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Maldives - Female Labor Participation 1991

Name: Maldives Female Labor Participation 1991
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

21.34% +1.46pp from 1990 Global rank: 172nd

Maldives's female labor participation was 21.34% in 1991, increased +1.46pp from 19.88% in 1990. This was the 172nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1991▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 1991
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	89.95%	-0.6%
2nd	Mozambique	86.81%	0.0%
3rd	Tanzania	84.08%	0.0%
4th	Madagascar	83.85%	0.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	81.86%	-0.2%
6th	Burkina Faso	79.37%	0.0%
7th	Malawi	78.29%	-0.1%
8th	Cameroon	77.58%	0.0%
9th	Cambodia	77.39%	-0.1%
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	76.82%	0.2%
11th	Angola	75.56%	-0.1%
12th	Nigeria	75.41%	1.0%
13th	Viet Nam	74.62%	-0.2%
14th	Eritrea	74.38%	-0.1%
15th	Vanuatu	73.99%	0.0%
16th	China	72.60%	-0.7%
17th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.82%	0.0%
18th	Georgia	71.50%	1.7%
19th	Liberia	71.48%	0.0%
20th	South Sudan	71.16%	0.0%
21st	Uganda	70.80%	0.0%
22nd	Ghana	70.07%	0.0%
23rd	Kenya	69.80%	0.1%
24th	Niger	69.23%	0.0%
25th	Lesotho	66.66%	0.0%
26th	Timor-Leste	66.53%	-0.5%
27th	Iceland	66.22%	0.0%
28th	Central African Republic	65.87%	-0.2%
29th	Congo, Republic of	65.82%	0.1%
30th	Thailand	65.52%	-0.1%
31st	Kazakhstan	65.14%	0.6%
32nd	Sierra Leone	65.05%	-0.1%
33rd	Bahamas, The	64.79%	0.7%
34th	Chad	64.62%	0.0%
35th	Azerbaijan	64.49%	0.4%
36th	Guinea	63.46%	0.0%
37th	Jamaica	63.44%	-0.7%
38th	Virgin Islands (US)	63.08%	6.1%
39th	Sweden	62.14%	-1.1%
40th	Denmark	61.44%	0.6%
41st	Barbados	60.93%	0.0%
42nd	Mali	60.48%	-0.1%
43rd	Lao PDR	60.23%	-0.1%
44th	Myanmar	59.77%	0.2%
45th	Slovak Republic	59.68%	0.9%
46th	Guam	59.56%	0.1%
47th	Zimbabwe	59.30%	0.3%
48th	Russian Federation	59.30%	-1.1%
49th	New Caledonia	59.28%	0.4%
50th	Lithuania	59.11%	-1.5%
51st	Albania	59.05%	10.4%
52nd	Estonia	58.23%	-2.4%
53rd	Canada	57.83%	-0.1%
54th	Armenia	57.54%	-0.1%
55th	Finland	57.39%	-2.1%
56th	Benin	57.10%	0.0%
57th	Haiti	56.75%	0.1%
58th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	56.35%	0.9%
59th	United States	55.88%	-0.2%
60th	Netherlands	55.61%	0.8%
61st	Guinea-Bissau	55.28%	0.1%
62nd	Moldova	55.22%	0.8%
63rd	Bhutan	54.86%	0.3%
64th	Togo	54.31%	0.1%
65th	New Zealand	53.67%	0.6%
66th	Poland	53.62%	0.2%
67th	Ukraine	53.50%	-0.1%
68th	Latvia	53.41%	-0.7%
69th	Norway	53.29%	1.0%
70th	Colombia	53.07%	-0.6%
71st	Belarus	52.89%	-0.4%
72nd	Equatorial Guinea	52.45%	0.1%
73rd	Czechia	52.29%	-0.9%
74th	Australia	52.04%	-0.5%
75th	Mongolia	51.97%	1.0%
76th	United Kingdom	51.84%	-0.3%
77th	Switzerland	51.82%	0.4%
78th	Rwanda	51.80%	0.1%
79th	Slovenia	51.75%	-0.5%
80th	Paraguay	51.20%	-0.2%
81st	Zambia	51.03%	0.1%
82nd	Qatar	51.01%	1.2%
83rd	Japan	50.63%	1.1%
84th	Portugal	50.13%	4.3%
85th	Kyrgyz Republic	49.56%	3.5%
86th	Indonesia	49.54%	-1.9%
87th	Serbia	49.46%	0.3%
88th	French Polynesia	48.72%	0.6%
89th	Botswana	48.71%	0.1%
90th	St. Lucia	48.34%	0.3%
91st	Namibia	48.23%	0.0%
92nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	47.95%	1.9%
93rd	Germany	47.91%	6.1%
94th	Papua New Guinea	47.90%	-0.5%
95th	Côte d'Ivoire	47.84%	0.2%
96th	Philippines	47.43%	0.2%
97th	Ecuador	47.26%	0.7%
98th	Korea	47.22%	0.0%
99th	Israel	46.69%	0.9%
100th	Croatia	46.62%	-1.5%
101st	France	46.46%	0.1%
102nd	Brunei Darussalam	46.43%	-1.1%
103rd	Macao SAR, China	46.14%	1.1%
104th	North Macedonia	45.67%	0.4%
105th	Hungary	45.65%	-1.0%
106th	Channel Islands	45.55%	0.5%
107th	European Union	45.24%	1.4%
108th	Gambia, The	45.20%	-0.2%
109th	Singapore	45.18%	2.5%
110th	South Africa	44.79%	0.2%
111th	Bulgaria	44.73%	-0.4%
112th	Argentina	44.64%	3.5%
113th	Turkmenistan	44.49%	2.0%
114th	Brazil	44.49%	0.2%
115th	Guatemala	44.43%	0.3%
116th	Tajikistan	44.30%	0.0%
117th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	44.24%	0.5%
118th	Honduras	44.08%	-1.0%
119th	Montenegro	43.81%	-0.1%
120th	Peru	43.70%	-0.1%
121st	Trinidad and Tobago	43.68%	0.7%
122nd	Austria	43.65%	1.3%
123rd	Cyprus	43.44%	1.8%
124th	Uruguay	43.44%	2.0%
125th	Eswatini	43.39%	0.3%
126th	Samoa	43.10%	0.1%
127th	Ireland	42.45%	1.8%
128th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.19%	1.2%
129th	Romania	41.56%	0.4%
130th	Cabo Verde	41.20%	0.6%
131st	Kuwait	41.20%	-0.5%
132nd	El Salvador	41.02%	0.1%
133rd	Sri Lanka	41.00%	-9.2%
134th	Fiji	39.73%	0.1%
135th	Uzbekistan	38.98%	1.9%
136th	Tonga	38.49%	6.1%
137th	Mauritius	38.12%	0.3%
138th	Guyana	38.06%	1.4%
139th	Belgium	37.91%	4.0%
140th	Panama	37.69%	16.3%
141st	Gabon	37.39%	-0.1%
142nd	Luxembourg	35.98%	5.0%
143rd	Malaysia	35.94%	0.3%
144th	Italy	35.48%	1.5%
145th	Cuba	35.43%	-2.5%
146th	Dominican Republic	35.41%	0.1%
147th	Mexico	34.22%	0.7%
148th	Türkiye	33.99%	0.2%
149th	Spain	33.44%	0.3%
150th	Belize	33.33%	2.0%
151st	Greece	33.33%	-6.2%
152nd	Costa Rica	33.33%	1.4%
153rd	Nicaragua	32.94%	-0.3%
154th	Suriname	32.65%	0.7%
155th	Comoros	32.18%	0.1%
156th	Senegal	32.14%	0.3%
157th	Chile	31.87%	2.9%
158th	Puerto Rico (US)	31.17%	1.8%
159th	India	30.36%	0.3%
160th	United Arab Emirates	30.07%	2.6%
161st	Bahrain	29.12%	-1.9%
162nd	Malta	27.01%	0.7%
163rd	Libya	26.81%	1.1%
164th	Mauritania	25.53%	1.2%
165th	Bangladesh	24.56%	1.5%
166th	Sudan	24.41%	3.5%
167th	Morocco	23.23%	1.8%
168th	Oman	23.01%	0.6%
169th	Tunisia	22.37%	0.6%
170th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.16%	-0.1%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	21.71%	-0.1%
172nd	Maldives	21.34%	7.3%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.23%	0.2%
174th	Nepal	20.69%	0.3%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.06%	1.4%
176th	Lebanon	18.05%	0.4%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	16.22%	0.8%
178th	Afghanistan	15.70%	-0.3%
179th	Djibouti	15.42%	0.3%
180th	Saudi Arabia	14.91%	-0.8%
181st	Pakistan	13.77%	23.0%
182nd	Algeria	11.67%	-0.3%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	11.36%	0.4%
184th	Jordan	11.14%	-0.5%
185th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	9.77%	2.1%
186th	Iraq	8.55%	0.5%

FAQ

What was Maldives's female labor participation in 1991?▾

Maldives's female labor participation in 1991 was 21.34%. This ranked 172nd globally.

How did Maldives's female labor participation change in 1991?▾

Maldives's female labor participation increased by 7.3% in 1991 compared to 1990.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1991?▾

Burundi had the highest female labor participation in 1991 at 89.95%.

What is the female labor participation of Maldives in 1991?▾

The female labor participation of Maldives in 1991 was 21.34%. This ranked 172nd globally.

How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Maldives's female labor participation?▾

Maldives's female labor participation went from 19.88% in 1990 to 21.34% in 1991, a 7.3% increase.

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