Mexico - Female Labor Participation 2015
43.93%
+0.38pp from 2014
Mexico's female labor participation was 43.93% in 2015, increased +0.38pp from 43.55% in 2014. This was the 140th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 Mexico's female labor participation in 2015?▾
Mexico's female labor participation in 2015 was 43.93%. This ranked 140th globally.
How did Mexico's female labor participation change in 2015?▾
Mexico's female labor participation increased 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 Mexico in 2015?▾
The female labor participation of Mexico in 2015 was 43.93%. This ranked 140th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Mexico's female labor participation?▾
Mexico's female labor participation went from 43.55% in 2014 to 43.93% in 2015, a 0.9% increase.
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