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Japan - Female Labor Participation 2014

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

49.18% +0.44pp from 2013 Global rank: 113th

Japan's female labor participation was 49.18% in 2014, increased +0.44pp from 48.74% in 2013. This was the 113th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2014▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2014
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	83.41%	-0.2%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.53%	0.1%
3rd	Burundi	80.46%	0.3%
4th	Tanzania	80.09%	-1.2%
5th	Mozambique	79.11%	-1.2%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.56%	0.0%
7th	Nigeria	75.66%	-0.1%
8th	Uganda	75.64%	-7.7%
9th	Cambodia	74.39%	0.0%
10th	Angola	74.17%	-0.3%
11th	Burkina Faso	73.79%	-0.3%
12th	Eritrea	73.48%	-0.1%
13th	Viet Nam	73.06%	0.2%
14th	South Sudan	72.00%	-0.3%
15th	Liberia	71.91%	0.0%
16th	Iceland	71.89%	1.2%
17th	Benin	71.41%	0.9%
18th	Kenya	71.30%	0.1%
19th	Bahamas, The	70.09%	0.3%
20th	Peru	69.30%	-1.3%
21st	Moldova	69.21%	5.5%
22nd	Cameroon	67.01%	-1.3%
23rd	Congo, Republic of	66.62%	-0.2%
24th	Macao SAR, China	66.33%	0.5%
25th	Ghana	66.10%	-1.5%
26th	Kazakhstan	65.71%	-0.3%
27th	Central African Republic	65.39%	-0.2%
28th	Malawi	63.92%	-2.5%
29th	St. Lucia	63.39%	0.2%
30th	Barbados	63.23%	-1.2%
31st	Norway	63.18%	-0.7%
32nd	New Zealand	62.83%	1.5%
33rd	China	62.83%	-0.3%
34th	Niger	62.07%	-3.4%
35th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	62.05%	-0.3%
36th	Switzerland	61.99%	1.3%
37th	Haiti	61.60%	0.4%
38th	Thailand	61.45%	-0.5%
39th	Timor-Leste	61.37%	-0.2%
40th	Canada	61.20%	-1.0%
41st	Zimbabwe	60.36%	0.0%
42nd	Côte d'Ivoire	60.29%	-1.7%
43rd	Sweden	60.28%	0.3%
44th	Netherlands	60.27%	-1.3%
45th	Azerbaijan	60.24%	1.5%
46th	Israel	60.15%	1.6%
47th	Mali	60.14%	0.0%
48th	Singapore	59.81%	2.1%
49th	Cyprus	58.94%	2.7%
50th	New Caledonia	58.87%	-0.3%
51st	Georgia	58.81%	-0.3%
52nd	Australia	58.70%	-0.1%
53rd	Belarus	58.57%	0.3%
54th	Brunei Darussalam	57.36%	0.1%
55th	Namibia	57.20%	-2.3%
56th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	57.17%	-0.2%
57th	Denmark	57.10%	-1.0%
58th	Uruguay	56.90%	2.8%
59th	United Kingdom	56.52%	0.5%
60th	Lao PDR	56.31%	-0.2%
61st	Sierra Leone	56.31%	-1.7%
62nd	Guam	56.30%	0.1%
63rd	United States	56.20%	-0.3%
64th	Vanuatu	56.17%	-0.8%
65th	Guinea-Bissau	56.04%	0.1%
66th	Lesotho	55.91%	-2.4%
67th	Botswana	55.89%	0.8%
68th	Russian Federation	55.86%	-0.2%
69th	Togo	55.61%	0.0%
70th	Finland	55.30%	-0.5%
71st	Colombia	55.00%	-0.5%
72nd	Ireland	54.88%	-0.6%
73rd	Austria	54.76%	0.1%
74th	Qatar	54.57%	2.4%
75th	Estonia	54.54%	-1.4%
76th	Jamaica	54.47%	1.0%
77th	Germany	54.47%	0.5%
78th	Rwanda	54.43%	0.1%
79th	Paraguay	54.39%	-5.7%
80th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	54.30%	0.6%
81st	Hong Kong SAR, China	53.94%	0.1%
82nd	Bhutan	53.93%	-7.3%
83rd	Lithuania	53.87%	1.8%
84th	Armenia	53.84%	-0.1%
85th	Portugal	53.78%	-0.7%
86th	Mongolia	53.53%	-0.2%
87th	Equatorial Guinea	53.40%	0.4%
88th	Trinidad and Tobago	53.39%	0.8%
89th	Latvia	53.30%	-0.9%
90th	Virgin Islands (US)	53.28%	-1.2%
91st	Brazil	52.71%	-0.2%
92nd	Spain	52.63%	-0.4%
93rd	Slovenia	52.53%	1.2%
94th	Luxembourg	52.21%	1.5%
95th	Slovak Republic	52.01%	2.0%
96th	Korea	51.84%	2.0%
97th	Cabo Verde	51.74%	0.2%
98th	Zambia	51.69%	0.2%
99th	Costa Rica	51.34%	0.2%
100th	Chad	51.14%	-1.3%
101st	Channel Islands	51.11%	-2.3%
102nd	France	51.01%	-0.6%
103rd	Myanmar	50.95%	-0.4%
104th	Czechia	50.80%	-0.2%
105th	Panama	50.66%	0.9%
106th	Ukraine	50.65%	-0.6%
107th	Indonesia	50.64%	-0.1%
108th	Malaysia	50.48%	3.5%
109th	Chile	50.29%	1.3%
110th	European Union	50.23%	0.3%
111th	Kuwait	49.54%	0.5%
112th	Poland	49.53%	0.6%
113th	Japan	49.18%	0.9%
114th	Philippines	49.12%	1.6%
115th	French Polynesia	48.98%	-0.1%
116th	Hungary	48.88%	2.4%
117th	Papua New Guinea	48.58%	-0.1%
118th	Guinea	48.41%	-2.5%
119th	Bulgaria	48.39%	-0.3%
120th	Belgium	48.13%	0.7%
121st	Nicaragua	47.94%	1.9%
122nd	Ecuador	47.69%	-0.9%
123rd	Kyrgyz Republic	47.60%	3.8%
124th	Argentina	47.42%	-0.5%
125th	Belize	47.39%	1.9%
126th	United Arab Emirates	47.13%	2.3%
127th	Eswatini	46.67%	0.3%
128th	South Africa	46.49%	0.5%
129th	Croatia	46.25%	4.0%
130th	El Salvador	46.06%	-2.8%
131st	Honduras	46.01%	6.0%
132nd	Dominican Republic	45.37%	0.6%
133rd	Mauritius	45.22%	0.6%
134th	Montenegro	45.01%	5.0%
135th	Gambia, The	44.40%	-0.8%
136th	Albania	43.96%	0.4%
137th	Cuba	43.80%	0.8%
138th	Serbia	43.68%	1.4%
139th	Suriname	43.62%	1.8%
140th	Mexico	43.55%	-2.1%
141st	Greece	43.52%	0.8%
142nd	Tonga	43.21%	-0.3%
143rd	Bahrain	43.10%	0.3%
144th	North Macedonia	43.00%	-1.3%
145th	Malta	42.26%	3.8%
146th	Romania	42.05%	0.8%
147th	Guyana	41.66%	1.5%
148th	Fiji	41.54%	-3.2%
149th	Samoa	41.46%	0.0%
150th	Gabon	41.21%	0.7%
151st	Guatemala	39.98%	0.7%
152nd	Italy	39.75%	1.1%
153rd	Turkmenistan	39.68%	-1.2%
154th	Uzbekistan	39.28%	0.2%
155th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.99%	-0.8%
156th	Maldives	38.16%	1.1%
157th	Libya	34.14%	0.2%
158th	Senegal	33.97%	0.2%
159th	Bangladesh	33.57%	-0.1%
160th	Sri Lanka	33.21%	-1.9%
161st	Comoros	32.73%	0.1%
162nd	Puerto Rico (US)	31.87%	-1.9%
163rd	Türkiye	30.17%	-1.5%
164th	Oman	28.94%	2.4%
165th	Mauritania	26.91%	-0.8%
166th	India	26.61%	-0.2%
167th	Nepal	26.58%	1.6%
168th	Tunisia	25.73%	1.1%
169th	Lebanon	25.40%	2.7%
170th	Tajikistan	24.80%	-3.5%
171st	Morocco	24.78%	0.2%
172nd	Sudan	24.52%	-4.8%
173rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	23.17%	0.7%
174th	Pakistan	22.99%	0.9%
175th	São Tomé and Principe	22.73%	0.0%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.92%	0.1%
177th	Saudi Arabia	20.28%	2.3%
178th	Afghanistan	18.11%	5.7%
179th	Djibouti	17.63%	0.8%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	16.56%	4.6%
181st	Algeria	15.26%	1.5%
182nd	Iraq	13.72%	7.4%
183rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	12.99%	-2.6%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	12.81%	-1.7%
185th	Jordan	12.28%	-5.1%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	6.01%	-11.8%

FAQ

What was Japan's female labor participation in 2014?▾

Japan's female labor participation in 2014 was 49.18%. This ranked 113th globally.

How did Japan's female labor participation change in 2014?▾

Japan's female labor participation increased by 0.9% in 2014 compared to 2013.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2014?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2014 at 83.41%.

What is the female labor participation of Japan in 2014?▾

The female labor participation of Japan in 2014 was 49.18%. This ranked 113th globally.

How does 2014 compare to 2013 for Japan's female labor participation?▾

Japan's female labor participation went from 48.74% in 2013 to 49.18% in 2014, a 0.9% increase.

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