Ireland - Female Labor Participation 2005
54.98%
+1.66pp from 2004
Ireland's female labor participation was 54.98% in 2005, increased +1.66pp from 53.32% in 2004. This was the 73rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 86.60% | 0.6% |
| 2nd | Mozambique | 86.48% | -0.8% |
| 3rd | Madagascar | 84.11% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 82.75% | -0.2% |
| 5th | Burundi | 78.36% | -1.5% |
| 6th | Malawi | 78.16% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Cameroon | 78.06% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.57% | -0.1% |
| 9th | Nigeria | 76.76% | -0.3% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 76.06% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Angola | 75.62% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Cambodia | 75.10% | -0.3% |
| 13th | Vanuatu | 74.14% | -0.2% |
| 14th | Eritrea | 74.07% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Liberia | 71.80% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 71.28% | 0.0% |
| 17th | South Sudan | 71.17% | 0.2% |
| 18th | Uganda | 71.03% | -0.1% |
| 19th | Iceland | 70.91% | 0.7% |
| 20th | Kenya | 70.76% | 0.1% |
| 21st | Viet Nam | 70.38% | 0.4% |
| 22nd | Bahamas, The | 68.97% | 0.2% |
| 23rd | Niger | 68.75% | -0.1% |
| 24th | Ghana | 68.22% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Congo, Republic of | 66.82% | 0.2% |
| 26th | Benin | 66.72% | 0.7% |
| 27th | Central African Republic | 65.90% | 0.0% |
| 28th | China | 65.83% | -0.6% |
| 29th | Thailand | 65.23% | 0.7% |
| 30th | Sierra Leone | 65.00% | -1.4% |
| 31st | Barbados | 64.69% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Kazakhstan | 64.63% | -0.3% |
| 33rd | Peru | 64.32% | 2.2% |
| 34th | Timor-Leste | 63.84% | -0.3% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 63.75% | 1.3% |
| 36th | Norway | 63.32% | 0.4% |
| 37th | Lesotho | 63.20% | -1.1% |
| 38th | Georgia | 63.09% | -1.8% |
| 39th | Azerbaijan | 62.98% | -1.9% |
| 40th | Canada | 60.99% | -0.5% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 60.91% | -0.1% |
| 42nd | Denmark | 60.62% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Mali | 60.54% | 0.0% |
| 44th | New Zealand | 60.10% | 1.7% |
| 45th | Netherlands | 59.52% | -0.4% |
| 46th | Virgin Islands (US) | 59.43% | 2.1% |
| 47th | Switzerland | 59.35% | 0.4% |
| 48th | Guinea | 59.25% | -1.9% |
| 49th | Sweden | 59.12% | 1.1% |
| 50th | New Caledonia | 59.01% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Haiti | 58.40% | 0.5% |
| 52nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 58.31% | -0.2% |
| 53rd | Finland | 58.16% | 1.0% |
| 54th | United States | 58.04% | 0.2% |
| 55th | Lao PDR | 57.83% | -0.3% |
| 56th | Australia | 57.05% | 2.3% |
| 57th | Chad | 57.02% | -1.1% |
| 58th | Macao SAR, China | 57.01% | 3.7% |
| 59th | Brazil | 56.86% | 2.2% |
| 60th | St. Lucia | 56.74% | 1.5% |
| 61st | Jamaica | 56.39% | -0.3% |
| 62nd | Brunei Darussalam | 56.17% | 0.2% |
| 63rd | Guinea-Bissau | 55.69% | 0.1% |
| 64th | Paraguay | 55.65% | -2.2% |
| 65th | Togo | 55.47% | 0.1% |
| 66th | Belarus | 55.42% | 0.4% |
| 67th | Côte d'Ivoire | 55.40% | 1.9% |
| 68th | Israel | 55.28% | 1.1% |
| 69th | Portugal | 55.27% | 1.8% |
| 70th | Russian Federation | 55.16% | 0.8% |
| 71st | Moldova | 55.02% | 0.8% |
| 72nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.02% | 3.6% |
| 73rd | Ireland | 54.98% | 3.1% |
| 74th | Kyrgyz Republic | 54.89% | 0.5% |
| 75th | United Kingdom | 54.86% | 0.6% |
| 76th | Guam | 54.80% | 4.2% |
| 77th | Rwanda | 54.00% | 0.1% |
| 78th | Mongolia | 53.89% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Singapore | 53.71% | 2.0% |
| 80th | Estonia | 53.51% | 0.6% |
| 81st | Cyprus | 53.51% | -0.3% |
| 82nd | Myanmar | 53.50% | -1.0% |
| 83rd | Armenia | 53.34% | -0.3% |
| 84th | Slovenia | 52.82% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Ukraine | 52.65% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Botswana | 52.58% | 1.3% |
| 87th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.31% | -0.2% |
| 88th | Ecuador | 51.92% | -1.5% |
| 89th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 51.65% | 0.7% |
| 90th | Zambia | 51.28% | 0.0% |
| 91st | Slovak Republic | 51.18% | -2.5% |
| 92nd | Colombia | 51.15% | -3.4% |
| 93rd | Channel Islands | 51.14% | 0.9% |
| 94th | Austria | 50.87% | 1.6% |
| 95th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.72% | 1.0% |
| 96th | Germany | 50.69% | 1.9% |
| 97th | Korea | 50.66% | 0.1% |
| 98th | Czechia | 50.66% | 0.2% |
| 99th | Lithuania | 50.64% | -1.4% |
| 100th | Latvia | 50.39% | 0.0% |
| 101st | France | 50.14% | 1.1% |
| 102nd | Uruguay | 49.87% | 1.6% |
| 103rd | Namibia | 49.69% | 1.0% |
| 104th | Argentina | 49.10% | -1.7% |
| 105th | Japan | 48.28% | 0.3% |
| 106th | Papua New Guinea | 48.18% | -0.2% |
| 107th | Panama | 47.95% | 1.5% |
| 108th | European Union | 47.94% | 0.9% |
| 109th | South Africa | 47.71% | 0.4% |
| 110th | Qatar | 47.70% | -0.4% |
| 111th | Poland | 47.65% | -0.1% |
| 112th | Philippines | 47.45% | 1.6% |
| 113th | Turkmenistan | 47.45% | -3.3% |
| 114th | French Polynesia | 47.36% | -0.1% |
| 115th | Albania | 47.24% | -1.3% |
| 116th | Hungary | 46.81% | 0.3% |
| 117th | Cabo Verde | 46.27% | 1.0% |
| 118th | Spain | 46.18% | 3.2% |
| 119th | Kuwait | 46.09% | 0.4% |
| 120th | Indonesia | 46.08% | -2.4% |
| 121st | Belgium | 45.69% | 3.4% |
| 122nd | Luxembourg | 45.66% | 2.4% |
| 123rd | Croatia | 45.39% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Eswatini | 45.38% | 0.3% |
| 125th | Gambia, The | 45.30% | -0.9% |
| 126th | El Salvador | 45.22% | 1.6% |
| 127th | Serbia | 44.92% | -0.8% |
| 128th | Bulgaria | 44.65% | -2.3% |
| 129th | Tonga | 44.04% | -0.2% |
| 130th | Costa Rica | 43.68% | 9.7% |
| 131st | Malaysia | 42.64% | 0.9% |
| 132nd | North Macedonia | 42.57% | 0.2% |
| 133rd | Belize | 42.39% | 1.2% |
| 134th | Romania | 42.07% | -0.1% |
| 135th | Guatemala | 41.95% | -0.2% |
| 136th | Samoa | 41.86% | -0.3% |
| 137th | Montenegro | 41.71% | -0.4% |
| 138th | Honduras | 41.39% | -0.9% |
| 139th | Greece | 41.26% | 0.5% |
| 140th | Mauritius | 41.20% | 3.6% |
| 141st | Mexico | 41.15% | 2.6% |
| 142nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.56% | -0.6% |
| 143rd | Chile | 40.13% | 2.3% |
| 144th | Nicaragua | 40.12% | 2.2% |
| 145th | Dominican Republic | 39.79% | 1.6% |
| 146th | Tajikistan | 39.16% | -6.2% |
| 147th | Cuba | 39.00% | 2.4% |
| 148th | Uzbekistan | 38.79% | -0.7% |
| 149th | Gabon | 38.71% | 0.5% |
| 150th | Italy | 37.76% | -1.0% |
| 151st | Bahrain | 37.61% | 2.6% |
| 152nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 37.57% | 3.7% |
| 153rd | United Arab Emirates | 37.19% | 1.9% |
| 154th | Maldives | 37.07% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Suriname | 36.88% | 2.0% |
| 156th | Guyana | 36.19% | 1.8% |
| 157th | Sri Lanka | 35.11% | -0.7% |
| 158th | Fiji | 34.97% | -3.4% |
| 159th | India | 34.85% | 0.3% |
| 160th | Senegal | 33.34% | 0.1% |
| 161st | Comoros | 32.63% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Libya | 32.18% | 1.1% |
| 163rd | Malta | 29.88% | 7.6% |
| 164th | Bangladesh | 29.19% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Mauritania | 27.93% | -0.3% |
| 166th | Sudan | 26.41% | -1.0% |
| 167th | Morocco | 25.54% | 1.0% |
| 168th | Oman | 24.91% | 0.6% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 23.70% | 0.1% |
| 170th | Türkiye | 23.11% | -0.1% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | 22.74% | 0.1% |
| 172nd | Nepal | 22.50% | 1.3% |
| 173rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.79% | -0.5% |
| 174th | Lebanon | 20.51% | 1.1% |
| 175th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 20.46% | 3.9% |
| 176th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 18.68% | 6.4% |
| 177th | Pakistan | 18.35% | 3.2% |
| 178th | Saudi Arabia | 17.02% | 2.7% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 16.58% | 0.2% |
| 180th | Syrian Arab Republic | 16.54% | -6.8% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | 14.33% | -6.8% |
| 182nd | Afghanistan | 14.30% | 0.7% |
| 183rd | Algeria | 12.95% | 1.9% |
| 184th | West Bank and Gaza | 12.78% | -0.7% |
| 185th | Iraq | 11.50% | 3.4% |
| 186th | Jordan | 11.38% | 2.4% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's female labor participation in 2005?▾
Ireland's female labor participation in 2005 was 54.98%. This ranked 73rd globally.
How did Ireland's female labor participation change in 2005?▾
Ireland's female labor participation increased by 3.1% in 2005 compared to 2004.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2005?▾
Tanzania had the highest female labor participation in 2005 at 86.60%.
What is the female labor participation of Ireland in 2005?▾
The female labor participation of Ireland in 2005 was 54.98%. This ranked 73rd globally.
How does 2005 compare to 2004 for Ireland's female labor participation?▾
Ireland's female labor participation went from 53.32% in 2004 to 54.98% in 2005, a 3.1% increase.
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