Moldova - Female Labor Participation 2019
68.34%
+1.92pp from 2018
Moldova's female labor participation was 68.34% in 2019, increased +1.92pp from 66.42% in 2018. This was the 20th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Madagascar | 82.92% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Solomon Islands | 82.37% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Burundi | 80.89% | -0.2% |
| 4th | Tanzania | 80.27% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.79% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Mozambique | 77.74% | -0.1% |
| 7th | Cambodia | 77.29% | 0.6% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 76.60% | 0.3% |
| 9th | Benin | 74.33% | 0.8% |
| 10th | Uganda | 73.85% | 3.0% |
| 11th | Angola | 72.99% | -0.3% |
| 12th | Eritrea | 72.93% | -0.2% |
| 13th | Burkina Faso | 72.47% | -0.4% |
| 14th | Liberia | 72.08% | 0.1% |
| 15th | South Sudan | 71.68% | 0.6% |
| 16th | Viet Nam | 71.51% | -1.9% |
| 17th | Iceland | 71.46% | -0.2% |
| 18th | Bahamas, The | 71.25% | 0.3% |
| 19th | Peru | 70.04% | 0.3% |
| 20th | Moldova | 68.34% | 2.9% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 66.51% | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 66.24% | 4.2% |
| 23rd | Central African Republic | 65.36% | 0.1% |
| 24th | New Zealand | 65.31% | 0.1% |
| 25th | Macao SAR, China | 64.71% | -0.4% |
| 26th | Kazakhstan | 64.66% | -0.2% |
| 27th | St. Lucia | 64.31% | 0.7% |
| 28th | Switzerland | 63.08% | 0.1% |
| 29th | Kenya | 62.82% | -4.6% |
| 30th | Norway | 62.64% | 0.0% |
| 31st | Azerbaijan | 62.44% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Haiti | 61.95% | -0.3% |
| 33rd | Singapore | 61.82% | 1.5% |
| 34th | Netherlands | 61.66% | 0.8% |
| 35th | Barbados | 61.59% | -0.1% |
| 36th | Sweden | 61.32% | 0.1% |
| 37th | China | 61.31% | -0.5% |
| 38th | Canada | 61.25% | 0.5% |
| 39th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 61.04% | -0.4% |
| 40th | Timor-Leste | 61.03% | -1.0% |
| 41st | Australia | 61.03% | 0.7% |
| 42nd | Zimbabwe | 60.72% | 0.2% |
| 43rd | Bhutan | 60.63% | 10.8% |
| 44th | Israel | 60.62% | -0.4% |
| 45th | Paraguay | 60.26% | 1.4% |
| 46th | Niger | 60.21% | -0.6% |
| 47th | Cyprus | 60.10% | 0.8% |
| 48th | Ghana | 60.06% | -2.4% |
| 49th | Cameroon | 60.04% | -2.3% |
| 50th | Jamaica | 59.84% | 2.6% |
| 51st | Qatar | 59.08% | 1.2% |
| 52nd | Malawi | 59.03% | 0.2% |
| 53rd | Thailand | 58.90% | -1.1% |
| 54th | Belarus | 58.28% | 0.3% |
| 55th | Lao PDR | 58.13% | 1.9% |
| 56th | Denmark | 58.06% | 0.7% |
| 57th | Botswana | 58.04% | 0.8% |
| 58th | United Kingdom | 58.04% | 0.9% |
| 59th | Mongolia | 57.90% | 12.0% |
| 60th | Estonia | 57.34% | 0.1% |
| 61st | Lithuania | 57.23% | 1.3% |
| 62nd | Belize | 57.10% | 5.5% |
| 63rd | United States | 56.87% | 0.7% |
| 64th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.84% | 0.9% |
| 65th | Guam | 56.50% | 0.2% |
| 66th | Panama | 56.35% | 3.4% |
| 67th | Ireland | 56.21% | 0.4% |
| 68th | Côte d'Ivoire | 56.18% | -1.2% |
| 69th | Guinea-Bissau | 56.06% | -0.6% |
| 70th | Uruguay | 56.00% | 0.1% |
| 71st | Togo | 55.87% | 0.1% |
| 72nd | Germany | 55.71% | 0.9% |
| 73rd | Finland | 55.68% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Austria | 55.51% | 0.2% |
| 75th | Latvia | 55.47% | -0.3% |
| 76th | Namibia | 55.32% | -0.1% |
| 77th | Brazil | 55.31% | 1.3% |
| 78th | Brunei Darussalam | 55.06% | -4.6% |
| 79th | Luxembourg | 54.93% | 0.2% |
| 80th | Russian Federation | 54.79% | -1.1% |
| 81st | Georgia | 54.72% | -1.8% |
| 82nd | Portugal | 54.51% | 0.3% |
| 83rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 54.51% | -0.4% |
| 84th | Ecuador | 54.40% | -0.1% |
| 85th | United Arab Emirates | 54.38% | 6.0% |
| 86th | Vanuatu | 53.95% | -0.8% |
| 87th | Indonesia | 53.95% | 1.5% |
| 88th | Equatorial Guinea | 53.93% | 0.0% |
| 89th | Korea | 53.77% | 1.0% |
| 90th | Mali | 53.39% | -4.0% |
| 91st | Slovenia | 53.38% | -0.6% |
| 92nd | New Caledonia | 53.25% | -2.0% |
| 93rd | Japan | 53.24% | 1.7% |
| 94th | Albania | 52.93% | 3.0% |
| 95th | Costa Rica | 52.73% | 8.4% |
| 96th | Chile | 52.65% | 0.4% |
| 97th | Dominican Republic | 52.54% | 4.5% |
| 98th | Colombia | 52.40% | -1.6% |
| 99th | Czechia | 52.30% | -0.5% |
| 100th | Zambia | 52.17% | 0.1% |
| 101st | Slovak Republic | 52.17% | -0.1% |
| 102nd | Spain | 52.04% | 0.3% |
| 103rd | Rwanda | 51.87% | -4.2% |
| 104th | Malaysia | 51.78% | 0.3% |
| 105th | Sierra Leone | 51.58% | 0.3% |
| 106th | Hungary | 51.34% | -0.4% |
| 107th | Channel Islands | 51.31% | 0.0% |
| 108th | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.03% | -0.6% |
| 109th | European Union | 50.96% | 0.3% |
| 110th | Armenia | 50.80% | -5.3% |
| 111th | France | 50.62% | -0.4% |
| 112th | Virgin Islands (US) | 50.56% | -4.4% |
| 113th | Cabo Verde | 50.41% | 3.7% |
| 114th | Bulgaria | 50.39% | 2.5% |
| 115th | Argentina | 50.00% | 1.7% |
| 116th | Papua New Guinea | 49.96% | 0.5% |
| 117th | Poland | 49.60% | -0.5% |
| 118th | Malta | 49.33% | 2.3% |
| 119th | Kuwait | 49.32% | -0.6% |
| 120th | French Polynesia | 49.22% | -0.1% |
| 121st | Ukraine | 49.21% | -0.6% |
| 122nd | Belgium | 49.10% | 0.7% |
| 123rd | Lesotho | 48.96% | -2.8% |
| 124th | Nicaragua | 48.63% | -0.4% |
| 125th | South Africa | 48.58% | 0.1% |
| 126th | Chad | 48.53% | 0.1% |
| 127th | Eswatini | 47.16% | 0.2% |
| 128th | Montenegro | 46.89% | 3.0% |
| 129th | Serbia | 46.75% | 0.8% |
| 130th | Philippines | 46.57% | 2.3% |
| 131st | Mauritius | 46.42% | 1.8% |
| 132nd | Myanmar | 46.29% | -4.4% |
| 133rd | Suriname | 46.01% | 0.3% |
| 134th | El Salvador | 45.98% | 2.3% |
| 135th | Mexico | 45.57% | 3.3% |
| 136th | Gambia, The | 45.02% | 0.5% |
| 137th | Croatia | 44.78% | -0.5% |
| 138th | Cuba | 44.69% | -0.2% |
| 139th | Honduras | 44.53% | -11.0% |
| 140th | Kyrgyz Republic | 44.04% | 0.1% |
| 141st | Greece | 43.51% | 0.3% |
| 142nd | Comoros | 43.32% | 5.3% |
| 143rd | Romania | 42.96% | 0.1% |
| 144th | North Macedonia | 42.86% | 3.8% |
| 145th | Tonga | 42.65% | 0.1% |
| 146th | Bahrain | 42.52% | -1.6% |
| 147th | Guinea | 42.27% | -2.8% |
| 148th | Gabon | 41.99% | 0.2% |
| 149th | Guyana | 41.35% | -6.6% |
| 150th | Italy | 40.91% | 0.3% |
| 151st | Maldives | 40.76% | 0.9% |
| 152nd | Uzbekistan | 39.89% | 0.4% |
| 153rd | Bangladesh | 39.33% | 3.3% |
| 154th | Turkmenistan | 38.79% | -0.4% |
| 155th | Fiji | 38.53% | 0.1% |
| 156th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.21% | -0.5% |
| 157th | Samoa | 37.47% | -4.9% |
| 158th | Senegal | 37.31% | 2.6% |
| 159th | Guatemala | 37.11% | -3.4% |
| 160th | Türkiye | 34.29% | 0.5% |
| 161st | Sri Lanka | 34.05% | 2.9% |
| 162nd | Libya | 33.99% | -0.1% |
| 163rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 33.29% | 0.9% |
| 164th | Oman | 30.19% | -0.6% |
| 165th | Lebanon | 29.29% | 2.9% |
| 166th | Tunisia | 28.27% | 3.2% |
| 167th | Nepal | 27.54% | -0.3% |
| 168th | India | 26.54% | -0.1% |
| 169th | Mauritania | 26.26% | 0.1% |
| 170th | Saudi Arabia | 24.37% | 11.6% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | 23.25% | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Pakistan | 23.24% | 7.7% |
| 173rd | Morocco | 22.00% | -1.0% |
| 174th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 21.09% | 0.2% |
| 175th | Tajikistan | 20.68% | -3.5% |
| 176th | Djibouti | 18.53% | 1.0% |
| 177th | Sudan | 18.47% | -6.3% |
| 178th | West Bank and Gaza | 18.38% | 4.1% |
| 179th | Afghanistan | 18.30% | -7.6% |
| 180th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16.81% | -3.1% |
| 181st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 15.86% | -13.9% |
| 182nd | Algeria | 14.68% | -0.8% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 13.69% | -6.6% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.39% | 1.9% |
| 185th | Iraq | 11.58% | 1.2% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 4.94% | -1.0% |
FAQ
What was Moldova's female labor participation in 2019?▾
Moldova's female labor participation in 2019 was 68.34%. This ranked 20th globally.
How did Moldova's female labor participation change in 2019?▾
Moldova's female labor participation increased by 2.9% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2019?▾
Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2019 at 82.92%.
What is the female labor participation of Moldova in 2019?▾
The female labor participation of Moldova in 2019 was 68.34%. This ranked 20th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Moldova's female labor participation?▾
Moldova's female labor participation went from 66.42% in 2018 to 68.34% in 2019, a 2.9% increase.
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