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Italy - Female Labor Participation 2015

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

39.39% −0.36pp from 2014 Global rank: 153rd

Italy's female labor participation was 39.39% in 2015, decreased +0.36pp from 39.75% in 2014. This was the 153rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	83.25%	-0.2%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.57%	0.1%
3rd	Burundi	80.78%	0.4%
4th	Tanzania	80.12%	0.0%
5th	Mozambique	78.14%	-1.2%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.61%	0.1%
7th	Nigeria	75.76%	0.1%
8th	Angola	73.93%	-0.3%
9th	Uganda	73.72%	-2.5%
10th	Burkina Faso	73.53%	-0.4%
11th	Cambodia	73.42%	-1.3%
12th	Eritrea	73.37%	-0.1%
13th	Viet Nam	72.86%	-0.3%
14th	Iceland	72.79%	1.2%
15th	Benin	72.01%	0.8%
16th	Liberia	71.92%	0.0%
17th	South Sudan	71.81%	-0.3%
18th	Kenya	71.36%	0.1%
19th	Bahamas, The	70.29%	0.3%
20th	Moldova	69.41%	0.3%
21st	Peru	67.66%	-2.4%
22nd	Congo, Republic of	66.53%	-0.1%
23rd	Macao SAR, China	66.13%	-0.3%
24th	Cameroon	65.63%	-2.1%
25th	Kazakhstan	65.46%	-0.4%
26th	Central African Republic	65.30%	-0.1%
27th	Ghana	65.05%	-1.6%
28th	St. Lucia	63.50%	0.2%
29th	Norway	63.21%	0.0%
30th	New Zealand	62.86%	0.0%
31st	China	62.61%	-0.4%
32nd	Switzerland	62.36%	0.6%
33rd	Malawi	62.23%	-2.6%
34th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.84%	-0.3%
35th	Barbados	61.73%	-2.4%
36th	Niger	61.71%	-0.6%
37th	Haiti	61.70%	0.2%
38th	Singapore	61.31%	2.5%
39th	Timor-Leste	61.30%	-0.1%
40th	Mali	61.22%	1.8%
41st	Azerbaijan	61.10%	1.4%
42nd	Thailand	61.07%	-0.6%
43rd	Canada	60.97%	-0.4%
44th	Netherlands	60.76%	0.8%
45th	Sweden	60.56%	0.5%
46th	Zimbabwe	60.38%	0.0%
47th	Israel	60.11%	-0.1%
48th	Côte d'Ivoire	59.23%	-1.8%
49th	Australia	59.15%	0.8%
50th	Cyprus	59.10%	0.3%
51st	Georgia	58.68%	-0.2%
52nd	Belarus	58.67%	0.2%
53rd	Jamaica	58.52%	7.4%
54th	New Caledonia	57.77%	-1.9%
55th	Brunei Darussalam	57.38%	0.0%
56th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	57.04%	-0.2%
57th	Denmark	56.84%	-0.5%
58th	United Kingdom	56.72%	0.4%
59th	Namibia	56.35%	-1.5%
60th	Guam	56.34%	0.1%
61st	Uruguay	56.30%	-1.1%
62nd	Botswana	56.29%	0.7%
63rd	Lao PDR	56.20%	-0.2%
64th	Guinea-Bissau	56.11%	0.1%
65th	Qatar	55.99%	2.6%
66th	United States	55.94%	-0.5%
67th	Estonia	55.75%	2.2%
68th	Vanuatu	55.73%	-0.8%
69th	Virgin Islands (US)	55.66%	4.5%
70th	Togo	55.64%	0.1%
71st	Russian Federation	55.56%	-0.5%
72nd	Finland	55.41%	0.2%
73rd	Colombia	55.26%	0.5%
74th	Sierra Leone	55.09%	-2.2%
75th	Bhutan	54.98%	1.9%
76th	Austria	54.83%	0.1%
77th	Paraguay	54.83%	0.8%
78th	Ireland	54.81%	-0.1%
79th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	54.74%	0.8%
80th	Lesotho	54.53%	-2.5%
81st	Rwanda	54.52%	0.2%
82nd	Germany	54.44%	0.0%
83rd	Lithuania	54.43%	1.0%
84th	Luxembourg	54.25%	3.9%
85th	Hong Kong SAR, China	54.21%	0.5%
86th	Latvia	54.03%	1.4%
87th	Armenia	53.83%	0.0%
88th	Portugal	53.70%	-0.1%
89th	Equatorial Guinea	53.60%	0.4%
90th	Mongolia	53.43%	-0.2%
91st	Brazil	53.32%	1.2%
92nd	Spain	52.62%	0.0%
93rd	Korea	52.39%	1.1%
94th	Slovenia	52.28%	-0.5%
95th	Trinidad and Tobago	51.96%	-2.7%
96th	Slovak Republic	51.93%	-0.1%
97th	Ecuador	51.91%	8.8%
98th	Cabo Verde	51.84%	0.2%
99th	Zambia	51.79%	0.2%
100th	Panama	51.49%	1.6%
101st	Channel Islands	51.24%	0.3%
102nd	Czechia	51.19%	0.8%
103rd	France	50.96%	-0.1%
104th	Malaysia	50.83%	0.7%
105th	Myanmar	50.80%	-0.3%
106th	Indonesia	50.77%	0.3%
107th	Chad	50.48%	-1.3%
108th	Ukraine	50.36%	-0.6%
109th	Chile	50.35%	0.1%
110th	European Union	50.29%	0.1%
111th	Costa Rica	50.06%	-2.5%
112th	Hungary	49.90%	2.1%
113th	Kuwait	49.65%	0.2%
114th	Poland	49.53%	0.0%
115th	Japan	49.41%	0.5%
116th	French Polynesia	49.00%	0.0%
117th	Papua New Guinea	48.78%	0.4%
118th	Bulgaria	48.73%	0.7%
119th	Philippines	48.67%	-0.9%
120th	Nicaragua	48.34%	0.8%
121st	Belize	48.25%	1.8%
122nd	United Arab Emirates	48.18%	2.2%
123rd	Dominican Republic	48.16%	6.1%
124th	Belgium	48.05%	-0.2%
125th	South Africa	47.72%	2.6%
126th	Argentina	47.50%	0.2%
127th	Kyrgyz Republic	47.46%	-0.3%
128th	Guinea	47.19%	-2.5%
129th	Albania	47.12%	7.2%
130th	Eswatini	46.82%	0.3%
131st	Croatia	46.66%	0.9%
132nd	Honduras	46.55%	1.2%
133rd	Mauritius	46.37%	2.6%
134th	Montenegro	46.12%	2.5%
135th	El Salvador	45.09%	-2.1%
136th	Gambia, The	44.47%	0.1%
137th	Suriname	44.38%	1.7%
138th	Cuba	44.31%	1.2%
139th	Greece	44.03%	1.2%
140th	Mexico	43.93%	0.9%
141st	Bahrain	43.37%	0.6%
142nd	Serbia	43.30%	-0.9%
143rd	Tonga	43.08%	-0.3%
144th	Malta	43.02%	1.8%
145th	Romania	42.47%	1.0%
146th	North Macedonia	42.31%	-1.6%
147th	Guyana	42.27%	1.5%
148th	Gabon	41.45%	0.6%
149th	Samoa	41.42%	-0.1%
150th	Fiji	40.02%	-3.7%
151st	Turkmenistan	39.46%	-0.6%
152nd	Uzbekistan	39.45%	0.4%
153rd	Italy	39.39%	-0.9%
154th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.82%	-0.4%
155th	Maldives	38.57%	1.1%
156th	Guatemala	38.44%	-3.9%
157th	Sri Lanka	35.33%	6.4%
158th	Comoros	34.78%	6.3%
159th	Libya	34.13%	0.0%
160th	Senegal	34.06%	0.3%
161st	Bangladesh	33.53%	-0.1%
162nd	Puerto Rico (US)	31.88%	0.0%
163rd	Türkiye	31.42%	4.1%
164th	Oman	29.62%	2.4%
165th	Nepal	27.01%	1.6%
166th	Mauritania	26.68%	-0.9%
167th	India	26.58%	-0.1%
168th	Lebanon	26.11%	2.8%
169th	Tunisia	26.07%	1.3%
170th	Morocco	24.36%	-1.7%
171st	Pakistan	23.98%	4.3%
172nd	Tajikistan	23.91%	-3.6%
173rd	Sudan	23.30%	-4.9%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.81%	-1.5%
175th	São Tomé and Principe	22.77%	0.2%
176th	Saudi Arabia	21.64%	6.7%
177th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.94%	0.1%
178th	Afghanistan	19.11%	5.6%
179th	West Bank and Gaza	18.00%	8.7%
180th	Djibouti	17.79%	0.9%
181st	Algeria	15.26%	0.0%
182nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	14.36%	10.5%
183rd	Iraq	14.18%	3.3%
184th	Jordan	13.60%	10.7%
185th	Syrian Arab Republic	12.73%	-0.6%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	5.21%	-13.4%

FAQ

What was Italy's female labor participation in 2015?▾

Italy's female labor participation in 2015 was 39.39%. This ranked 153rd globally.

How did Italy's female labor participation change in 2015?▾

Italy's female labor participation decreased by 0.9% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2015?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2015 at 83.25%.

What is the female labor participation of Italy in 2015?▾

The female labor participation of Italy in 2015 was 39.39%. This ranked 153rd globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Italy's female labor participation?▾

Italy's female labor participation went from 39.75% in 2014 to 39.39% in 2015, a 0.9% decrease.

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