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Lao PDR - Female Labor Participation 1994

Name: Lao PDR Female Labor Participation 1994
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

59.72% −0.24pp from 1993 Global rank: 43rd

Lao PDR's female labor participation was 59.72% in 1994, decreased +0.24pp from 59.96% in 1993. This was the 43rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1994▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 1994
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	88.08%	-0.8%
2nd	Mozambique	86.91%	0.1%
3rd	Tanzania	84.28%	0.1%
4th	Madagascar	83.79%	0.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	81.21%	-0.2%
6th	Cambodia	78.81%	1.8%
7th	Burkina Faso	78.71%	-0.3%
8th	Malawi	78.14%	0.0%
9th	Cameroon	77.61%	0.0%
10th	Nigeria	77.54%	1.0%
11th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.42%	0.2%
12th	Georgia	75.88%	2.2%
13th	Angola	75.44%	0.0%
14th	Eritrea	74.24%	0.0%
15th	Viet Nam	74.04%	-0.3%
16th	Vanuatu	73.79%	-0.4%
17th	Azerbaijan	73.09%	4.5%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.93%	0.2%
19th	Liberia	71.59%	0.1%
20th	South Sudan	71.10%	0.0%
21st	China	71.08%	-0.7%
22nd	Uganda	70.98%	0.1%
23rd	Kenya	70.01%	0.1%
24th	Ghana	69.68%	-0.2%
25th	Niger	69.21%	0.0%
26th	Iceland	67.87%	0.7%
27th	Lesotho	66.81%	0.1%
28th	Kazakhstan	66.53%	1.1%
29th	Bahamas, The	66.07%	0.6%
30th	Timor-Leste	66.01%	-0.1%
31st	Congo, Republic of	66.01%	0.1%
32nd	Central African Republic	65.74%	0.0%
33rd	Thailand	65.46%	0.0%
34th	Sierra Leone	64.94%	-0.1%
35th	Virgin Islands (US)	64.48%	0.3%
36th	Chad	63.88%	-0.9%
37th	Guinea	63.33%	-0.1%
38th	Jamaica	62.17%	-0.7%
39th	Barbados	62.09%	1.0%
40th	Kyrgyz Republic	61.03%	9.0%
41st	Mali	60.41%	0.0%
42nd	Guam	59.72%	0.1%
43rd	Lao PDR	59.72%	-0.4%
44th	Zimbabwe	59.46%	0.3%
45th	New Caledonia	59.39%	0.2%
46th	Myanmar	58.56%	-0.6%
47th	Benin	58.55%	1.3%
48th	Sweden	58.54%	-1.4%
49th	Denmark	57.92%	-5.0%
50th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	57.60%	1.2%
51st	United States	57.35%	1.7%
52nd	Albania	57.04%	-2.6%
53rd	Haiti	56.97%	0.1%
54th	Canada	56.86%	-0.3%
55th	Lithuania	56.52%	-1.4%
56th	Netherlands	56.47%	0.2%
57th	Armenia	56.26%	-1.0%
58th	Moldova	55.85%	0.3%
59th	Bhutan	55.84%	0.7%
60th	Norway	55.45%	1.8%
61st	Guinea-Bissau	55.31%	0.0%
62nd	Finland	54.72%	-1.3%
63rd	Estonia	54.67%	-0.1%
64th	Togo	54.56%	0.2%
65th	New Zealand	54.42%	2.1%
66th	Russian Federation	54.03%	-3.4%
67th	Colombia	53.65%	0.6%
68th	Ukraine	53.29%	-0.1%
69th	Latvia	53.03%	-1.0%
70th	Mongolia	52.97%	0.3%
71st	Belarus	52.84%	0.3%
72nd	Australia	52.67%	1.7%
73rd	Czechia	52.62%	0.5%
74th	Equatorial Guinea	52.60%	0.1%
75th	Poland	52.50%	-0.6%
76th	Switzerland	51.95%	-1.6%
77th	United Kingdom	51.90%	0.0%
78th	Rwanda	51.81%	-0.3%
79th	Paraguay	51.53%	0.7%
80th	Slovenia	51.51%	-0.1%
81st	Qatar	51.36%	0.5%
82nd	Slovak Republic	51.36%	-6.8%
83rd	Zambia	51.10%	0.0%
84th	Israel	50.70%	3.3%
85th	Indonesia	50.67%	2.5%
86th	Turkmenistan	50.50%	7.2%
87th	Japan	50.11%	-0.3%
88th	St. Lucia	49.86%	1.0%
89th	Macao SAR, China	49.77%	3.3%
90th	Brunei Darussalam	49.49%	2.0%
91st	Portugal	49.15%	0.7%
92nd	Botswana	48.89%	0.1%
93rd	Argentina	48.66%	2.3%
94th	Serbia	48.64%	-1.1%
95th	French Polynesia	48.40%	-0.3%
96th	Namibia	48.25%	0.0%
97th	Austria	48.11%	5.4%
98th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.09%	0.2%
99th	Germany	47.98%	1.1%
100th	Korea	47.91%	1.6%
101st	Brazil	47.82%	2.4%
102nd	Ecuador	47.81%	0.8%
103rd	Singapore	47.78%	1.9%
104th	France	47.47%	0.3%
105th	Philippines	47.43%	-0.1%
106th	Papua New Guinea	47.04%	-0.1%
107th	Hong Kong SAR, China	46.90%	1.2%
108th	Peru	46.07%	3.0%
109th	Croatia	45.69%	-0.7%
110th	Channel Islands	45.62%	0.0%
111th	Tonga	45.47%	5.4%
112th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	45.46%	0.1%
113th	Trinidad and Tobago	45.40%	1.9%
114th	Cyprus	45.37%	1.7%
115th	Hungary	45.34%	-0.1%
116th	Ireland	45.28%	2.2%
117th	European Union	45.14%	0.3%
118th	Uruguay	45.00%	3.6%
119th	Guatemala	44.99%	0.4%
120th	South Africa	44.96%	0.3%
121st	Gambia, The	44.93%	-0.4%
122nd	El Salvador	44.90%	3.4%
123rd	Honduras	44.58%	-0.3%
124th	Tajikistan	44.36%	0.0%
125th	Bulgaria	44.34%	-0.2%
126th	Eswatini	43.38%	-0.4%
127th	North Macedonia	43.37%	-1.6%
128th	Montenegro	43.23%	-0.7%
129th	Samoa	43.05%	0.4%
130th	Kuwait	42.38%	3.1%
131st	Cabo Verde	42.04%	0.7%
132nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.03%	-0.4%
133rd	Romania	41.85%	-0.3%
134th	Panama	40.45%	2.1%
135th	Belgium	40.04%	1.5%
136th	Uzbekistan	39.96%	0.8%
137th	Fiji	39.57%	-0.2%
138th	Guyana	38.73%	-1.4%
139th	Mauritius	38.57%	0.4%
140th	Sri Lanka	37.90%	0.6%
141st	Luxembourg	37.83%	2.1%
142nd	Malaysia	37.40%	1.3%
143rd	Gabon	37.38%	0.0%
144th	Dominican Republic	36.86%	0.4%
145th	Mexico	36.37%	1.5%
146th	Spain	36.31%	3.7%
147th	Greece	35.40%	1.9%
148th	Chile	34.78%	2.0%
149th	Costa Rica	34.66%	3.4%
150th	Belize	34.28%	-0.3%
151st	Puerto Rico (US)	33.72%	-0.7%
152nd	Cuba	33.38%	0.2%
153rd	Italy	33.10%	-0.7%
154th	Nicaragua	33.03%	0.6%
155th	Senegal	32.44%	0.3%
156th	Suriname	32.42%	0.8%
157th	Comoros	31.99%	-0.2%
158th	United Arab Emirates	31.20%	0.1%
159th	Türkiye	31.14%	16.9%
160th	India	30.74%	0.5%
161st	Bahrain	30.73%	1.7%
162nd	Malta	28.18%	0.8%
163rd	Libya	27.87%	1.4%
164th	Sudan	27.05%	3.5%
165th	Mauritania	26.43%	1.2%
166th	Maldives	26.06%	6.7%
167th	Bangladesh	25.93%	2.0%
168th	Morocco	23.80%	2.7%
169th	Oman	23.34%	0.5%
170th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	23.11%	3.7%
171st	Tunisia	23.07%	0.8%
172nd	São Tomé and Principe	21.73%	0.2%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.38%	-0.3%
174th	Nepal	20.84%	0.0%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	20.09%	1.8%
176th	Lebanon	18.92%	1.1%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	16.66%	1.1%
178th	Djibouti	15.58%	0.3%
179th	Saudi Arabia	15.53%	1.8%
180th	Afghanistan	15.36%	-1.0%
181st	Pakistan	14.48%	2.1%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	11.68%	0.4%
183rd	Algeria	11.54%	-0.3%
184th	Jordan	11.49%	0.4%
185th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.21%	1.6%
186th	Iraq	8.71%	0.2%

FAQ

What was Lao PDR's female labor participation in 1994?▾

Lao PDR's female labor participation in 1994 was 59.72%. This ranked 43rd globally.

How did Lao PDR's female labor participation change in 1994?▾

Lao PDR's female labor participation decreased by 0.4% in 1994 compared to 1993.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1994?▾

Burundi had the highest female labor participation in 1994 at 88.08%.

What is the female labor participation of Lao PDR in 1994?▾

The female labor participation of Lao PDR in 1994 was 59.72%. This ranked 43rd globally.

How does 1994 compare to 1993 for Lao PDR's female labor participation?▾

Lao PDR's female labor participation went from 59.96% in 1993 to 59.72% in 1994, a 0.4% decrease.

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