Lao PDR - Female Labor Participation 2004
58.01%
−0.17pp from 2003
Lao PDR's female labor participation was 58.01% in 2004, decreased +0.17pp from 58.18% in 2003. This was the 53rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2004▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mozambique | 87.17% | -0.8% |
| 2nd | Tanzania | 86.06% | 0.6% |
| 3rd | Madagascar | 84.09% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 82.91% | -0.2% |
| 5th | Burundi | 79.53% | -1.3% |
| 6th | Malawi | 78.16% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Cameroon | 78.03% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.69% | -0.1% |
| 9th | Nigeria | 76.99% | -0.2% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 76.32% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Angola | 75.60% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Cambodia | 75.33% | -0.3% |
| 13th | Vanuatu | 74.26% | -0.1% |
| 14th | Eritrea | 74.08% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Liberia | 71.81% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 71.28% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Uganda | 71.09% | -0.1% |
| 18th | South Sudan | 71.06% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Kenya | 70.70% | 0.1% |
| 20th | Iceland | 70.45% | -2.2% |
| 21st | Viet Nam | 70.10% | -0.4% |
| 22nd | Bahamas, The | 68.83% | 0.2% |
| 23rd | Niger | 68.80% | -0.1% |
| 24th | Ghana | 68.35% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Congo, Republic of | 66.71% | 0.2% |
| 26th | China | 66.25% | -0.6% |
| 27th | Benin | 66.24% | 0.7% |
| 28th | Sierra Leone | 65.92% | 1.9% |
| 29th | Central African Republic | 65.88% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Kazakhstan | 64.83% | -0.4% |
| 31st | Thailand | 64.81% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Barbados | 64.71% | 1.0% |
| 33rd | Georgia | 64.22% | -1.2% |
| 34th | Azerbaijan | 64.22% | -3.6% |
| 35th | Timor-Leste | 64.06% | -0.2% |
| 36th | Lesotho | 63.91% | -1.1% |
| 37th | Norway | 63.08% | 0.8% |
| 38th | Bhutan | 62.92% | 1.6% |
| 39th | Peru | 62.92% | 2.3% |
| 40th | Canada | 61.29% | 0.2% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 60.96% | -0.1% |
| 42nd | Denmark | 60.63% | 1.1% |
| 43rd | Mali | 60.56% | 0.0% |
| 44th | Guinea | 60.41% | -1.9% |
| 45th | Netherlands | 59.76% | -0.3% |
| 46th | Switzerland | 59.13% | -0.6% |
| 47th | New Zealand | 59.11% | 0.8% |
| 48th | New Caledonia | 59.03% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Sweden | 58.47% | -0.6% |
| 50th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 58.43% | -0.2% |
| 51st | Virgin Islands (US) | 58.21% | 3.6% |
| 52nd | Haiti | 58.09% | 0.5% |
| 53rd | Lao PDR | 58.01% | -0.3% |
| 54th | United States | 57.94% | -0.5% |
| 55th | Chad | 57.66% | -1.1% |
| 56th | Finland | 57.57% | -0.1% |
| 57th | Paraguay | 56.88% | 10.4% |
| 58th | Jamaica | 56.57% | 0.1% |
| 59th | Brunei Darussalam | 56.08% | 0.2% |
| 60th | St. Lucia | 55.91% | 1.5% |
| 61st | Australia | 55.77% | -0.4% |
| 62nd | Guinea-Bissau | 55.66% | 0.1% |
| 63rd | Brazil | 55.64% | 1.6% |
| 64th | Togo | 55.42% | 0.1% |
| 65th | Belarus | 55.18% | 0.5% |
| 66th | Macao SAR, China | 54.97% | 2.7% |
| 67th | Russian Federation | 54.72% | 1.1% |
| 68th | Israel | 54.67% | 0.9% |
| 69th | Kyrgyz Republic | 54.64% | -2.2% |
| 70th | Moldova | 54.58% | -2.7% |
| 71st | United Kingdom | 54.53% | 0.8% |
| 72nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 54.39% | 1.9% |
| 73rd | Portugal | 54.28% | -0.9% |
| 74th | Myanmar | 54.02% | -1.0% |
| 75th | Rwanda | 53.94% | 0.2% |
| 76th | Mongolia | 53.88% | -0.1% |
| 77th | Cyprus | 53.67% | -0.1% |
| 78th | Armenia | 53.52% | -0.4% |
| 79th | Ireland | 53.32% | 0.2% |
| 80th | Estonia | 53.20% | 1.8% |
| 81st | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.11% | 3.7% |
| 82nd | Colombia | 52.95% | -1.4% |
| 83rd | Slovenia | 52.84% | 4.8% |
| 84th | Ecuador | 52.73% | 7.2% |
| 85th | Ukraine | 52.70% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Singapore | 52.64% | 0.7% |
| 87th | Guam | 52.60% | -1.7% |
| 88th | Slovak Republic | 52.47% | -0.8% |
| 89th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.40% | -0.2% |
| 90th | Botswana | 51.91% | 1.3% |
| 91st | Lithuania | 51.34% | -6.3% |
| 92nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 51.27% | 0.5% |
| 93rd | Zambia | 51.26% | 0.1% |
| 94th | Channel Islands | 50.69% | 0.3% |
| 95th | Korea | 50.64% | 2.3% |
| 96th | Czechia | 50.55% | -0.5% |
| 97th | Latvia | 50.41% | -0.2% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.23% | 1.2% |
| 99th | Austria | 50.06% | -0.3% |
| 100th | Argentina | 49.96% | 2.1% |
| 101st | Germany | 49.74% | -0.5% |
| 102nd | France | 49.58% | -0.3% |
| 103rd | Namibia | 49.20% | 1.0% |
| 104th | Uruguay | 49.09% | -0.5% |
| 105th | Turkmenistan | 49.08% | -1.0% |
| 106th | Papua New Guinea | 48.30% | 0.1% |
| 107th | Japan | 48.16% | 0.0% |
| 108th | Qatar | 47.90% | -3.5% |
| 109th | Albania | 47.85% | -1.3% |
| 110th | Poland | 47.72% | -1.1% |
| 111th | South Africa | 47.54% | 0.4% |
| 112th | European Union | 47.52% | 0.5% |
| 113th | French Polynesia | 47.42% | -0.2% |
| 114th | Panama | 47.26% | 0.7% |
| 115th | Indonesia | 47.24% | -1.3% |
| 116th | Philippines | 46.71% | -0.7% |
| 117th | Hungary | 46.65% | 0.5% |
| 118th | Kuwait | 45.92% | 0.7% |
| 119th | Cabo Verde | 45.80% | 1.0% |
| 120th | Gambia, The | 45.72% | 0.6% |
| 121st | Bulgaria | 45.71% | 1.9% |
| 122nd | Serbia | 45.27% | -0.9% |
| 123rd | Eswatini | 45.24% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Croatia | 45.20% | 2.5% |
| 125th | Spain | 44.76% | 3.2% |
| 126th | Luxembourg | 44.60% | 4.0% |
| 127th | El Salvador | 44.50% | -3.9% |
| 128th | Belgium | 44.19% | 3.0% |
| 129th | Tonga | 44.15% | -0.2% |
| 130th | North Macedonia | 42.49% | 0.1% |
| 131st | Malaysia | 42.26% | 0.9% |
| 132nd | Romania | 42.09% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Guatemala | 42.05% | -12.4% |
| 134th | Samoa | 41.98% | -0.1% |
| 135th | Montenegro | 41.87% | -0.5% |
| 136th | Belize | 41.86% | 1.3% |
| 137th | Honduras | 41.78% | -0.9% |
| 138th | Tajikistan | 41.77% | -5.9% |
| 139th | Greece | 41.05% | 3.0% |
| 140th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.79% | -0.3% |
| 141st | Mexico | 40.10% | 2.9% |
| 142nd | Costa Rica | 39.83% | -3.9% |
| 143rd | Mauritius | 39.77% | -3.3% |
| 144th | Nicaragua | 39.26% | 2.2% |
| 145th | Chile | 39.21% | 3.7% |
| 146th | Dominican Republic | 39.17% | 0.0% |
| 147th | Uzbekistan | 39.06% | -0.3% |
| 148th | Gabon | 38.50% | 0.5% |
| 149th | Italy | 38.13% | 3.6% |
| 150th | Cuba | 38.07% | 1.5% |
| 151st | Maldives | 37.07% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Bahrain | 36.67% | 1.7% |
| 153rd | United Arab Emirates | 36.50% | 1.8% |
| 154th | Puerto Rico (US) | 36.24% | -1.3% |
| 155th | Fiji | 36.19% | -1.1% |
| 156th | Suriname | 36.15% | 2.0% |
| 157th | Guyana | 35.54% | 1.9% |
| 158th | Sri Lanka | 35.35% | -0.7% |
| 159th | India | 34.75% | 0.3% |
| 160th | Senegal | 33.30% | 0.1% |
| 161st | Comoros | 32.62% | 0.5% |
| 162nd | Libya | 31.83% | 1.2% |
| 163rd | Bangladesh | 29.12% | 0.2% |
| 164th | Mauritania | 28.01% | -0.3% |
| 165th | Malta | 27.78% | -7.8% |
| 166th | Sudan | 26.68% | -1.0% |
| 167th | Morocco | 25.29% | 1.0% |
| 168th | Oman | 24.75% | 0.6% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 23.67% | 0.1% |
| 170th | Türkiye | 23.14% | -12.8% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | 22.72% | 0.1% |
| 172nd | Nepal | 22.21% | 1.2% |
| 173rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.89% | -0.3% |
| 174th | Lebanon | 20.28% | 0.9% |
| 175th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 19.68% | 4.0% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 17.78% | 4.6% |
| 177th | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.75% | -6.6% |
| 178th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 17.56% | 6.5% |
| 179th | Saudi Arabia | 16.58% | 2.5% |
| 180th | Djibouti | 16.55% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | 15.37% | -6.7% |
| 182nd | Afghanistan | 14.21% | 0.4% |
| 183rd | West Bank and Gaza | 12.86% | 2.9% |
| 184th | Algeria | 12.71% | 1.7% |
| 185th | Iraq | 11.13% | 3.4% |
| 186th | Jordan | 11.12% | 2.4% |
FAQ
What was Lao PDR's female labor participation in 2004?▾
Lao PDR's female labor participation in 2004 was 58.01%. This ranked 53rd globally.
How did Lao PDR's female labor participation change in 2004?▾
Lao PDR's female labor participation decreased by 0.3% in 2004 compared to 2003.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2004?▾
Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 2004 at 87.17%.
What is the female labor participation of Lao PDR in 2004?▾
The female labor participation of Lao PDR in 2004 was 58.01%. This ranked 53rd globally.
How does 2004 compare to 2003 for Lao PDR's female labor participation?▾
Lao PDR's female labor participation went from 58.18% in 2003 to 58.01% in 2004, a 0.3% decrease.
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