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Mozambique - Female Labor Participation 2008

Name: Mozambique Female Labor Participation 2008
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

84.27% −0.76pp from 2007 Global rank: 2nd

Mozambique's female labor participation was 84.27% in 2008, decreased +0.76pp from 85.04% in 2007. This was the 2nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	85.57%	-0.9%
2nd	Mozambique	84.27%	-0.9%
3rd	Madagascar	84.04%	0.0%
4th	Solomon Islands	82.67%	-0.1%
5th	Burundi	78.22%	0.7%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.59%	-0.1%
7th	Nigeria	76.59%	-0.2%
8th	Cameroon	75.73%	-3.0%
9th	Angola	75.63%	0.0%
10th	Burkina Faso	75.31%	-0.3%
11th	Eritrea	73.90%	-0.1%
12th	Malawi	73.75%	-2.0%
13th	Cambodia	71.97%	-3.6%
14th	Liberia	71.76%	0.0%
15th	South Sudan	71.59%	0.2%
16th	Viet Nam	71.55%	0.6%
17th	Kenya	70.94%	0.1%
18th	Uganda	70.84%	-0.1%
19th	Iceland	70.66%	-0.9%
20th	Peru	70.27%	0.3%
21st	Bahamas, The	69.34%	0.2%
22nd	Niger	68.61%	-0.1%
23rd	Benin	68.14%	0.7%
24th	Ghana	67.81%	-0.2%
25th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	67.64%	-1.8%
26th	Congo, Republic of	67.00%	0.0%
27th	Kazakhstan	66.72%	1.3%
28th	Vanuatu	66.40%	-5.5%
29th	Central African Republic	65.82%	0.0%
30th	Bhutan	65.25%	0.7%
31st	Thailand	64.87%	0.1%
32nd	Barbados	64.65%	0.0%
33rd	Norway	64.55%	0.1%
34th	China	64.54%	-0.7%
35th	Macao SAR, China	63.87%	2.0%
36th	Timor-Leste	62.93%	-0.9%
37th	Sierra Leone	62.18%	-1.5%
38th	Canada	61.90%	0.2%
39th	New Zealand	61.45%	0.5%
40th	Switzerland	61.33%	2.3%
41st	Lesotho	61.02%	-1.2%
42nd	Virgin Islands (US)	60.80%	-0.2%
43rd	Zimbabwe	60.77%	-0.1%
44th	Georgia	60.72%	-0.4%
45th	Mali	60.44%	-0.1%
46th	Netherlands	60.23%	0.5%
47th	Denmark	60.05%	-1.3%
48th	Sweden	59.84%	0.2%
49th	Haiti	59.72%	0.7%
50th	Moldova	59.24%	0.6%
51st	St. Lucia	59.21%	1.4%
52nd	New Caledonia	59.02%	-0.2%
53rd	Australia	58.60%	0.8%
54th	Côte d'Ivoire	58.42%	1.7%
55th	United States	58.29%	0.4%
56th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	57.92%	-0.2%
57th	Finland	57.37%	0.1%
58th	Lao PDR	57.24%	-0.3%
59th	Ireland	56.83%	-0.2%
60th	Belarus	56.49%	0.8%
61st	Azerbaijan	56.43%	0.0%
62nd	Brunei Darussalam	56.43%	0.2%
63rd	Israel	56.20%	0.1%
64th	Russian Federation	56.16%	0.0%
65th	Cyprus	56.12%	0.7%
66th	Singapore	56.09%	4.6%
67th	Brazil	56.04%	-0.4%
68th	Portugal	55.79%	-0.2%
69th	Guinea-Bissau	55.77%	0.1%
70th	Guinea	55.70%	-2.1%
71st	Jamaica	55.69%	-0.4%
72nd	Togo	55.61%	0.1%
73rd	United Kingdom	55.45%	0.5%
74th	Chad	55.08%	-1.2%
75th	Botswana	55.07%	1.7%
76th	Latvia	54.84%	3.7%
77th	Estonia	54.78%	1.4%
78th	Trinidad and Tobago	54.57%	1.2%
79th	Uruguay	54.44%	1.8%
80th	Rwanda	54.05%	0.0%
81st	Paraguay	53.76%	-0.5%
82nd	Slovenia	53.63%	0.2%
83rd	Mongolia	53.37%	-1.2%
84th	Armenia	52.96%	-0.6%
85th	Austria	52.87%	0.9%
86th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	52.53%	0.7%
87th	Hong Kong SAR, China	52.45%	-0.1%
88th	Ukraine	52.40%	-0.6%
89th	Myanmar	52.28%	-0.6%
90th	Equatorial Guinea	52.24%	0.0%
91st	Ecuador	52.02%	0.1%
92nd	Germany	52.00%	-0.4%
93rd	Channel Islands	51.71%	0.2%
94th	Kyrgyz Republic	51.43%	-2.8%
95th	Zambia	51.37%	0.1%
96th	Namibia	51.15%	1.0%
97th	Guam	50.81%	5.2%
98th	Slovak Republic	50.76%	0.9%
99th	France	50.74%	0.2%
100th	Lithuania	50.47%	0.8%
101st	Indonesia	50.39%	1.1%
102nd	Colombia	50.37%	0.8%
103rd	Korea	50.35%	-0.6%
104th	Spain	49.93%	2.9%
105th	Czechia	49.22%	-1.1%
106th	Qatar	49.18%	-0.5%
107th	European Union	48.95%	0.7%
108th	Bulgaria	48.92%	1.8%
109th	Panama	48.59%	2.1%
110th	Japan	48.36%	-0.1%
111th	Argentina	48.06%	-1.7%
112th	South Africa	48.06%	0.2%
113th	Papua New Guinea	48.06%	0.3%
114th	Cabo Verde	47.83%	1.2%
115th	French Polynesia	47.60%	0.7%
116th	Luxembourg	47.18%	1.1%
117th	Poland	47.12%	0.9%
118th	Philippines	47.06%	-1.1%
119th	Belgium	46.93%	0.7%
120th	Hungary	46.64%	-0.3%
121st	Kuwait	46.27%	0.5%
122nd	El Salvador	46.08%	-0.1%
123rd	Eswatini	45.80%	0.4%
124th	Croatia	45.65%	1.3%
125th	Albania	45.51%	-1.2%
126th	Gambia, The	45.15%	0.4%
127th	Serbia	44.75%	-1.1%
128th	Costa Rica	44.44%	0.3%
129th	Chile	44.18%	4.6%
130th	Belize	43.96%	1.2%
131st	Malaysia	43.87%	1.0%
132nd	Tonga	43.77%	-0.1%
133rd	Turkmenistan	43.60%	-3.2%
134th	Romania	42.91%	1.1%
135th	Nicaragua	42.71%	2.1%
136th	Mexico	42.57%	-0.4%
137th	North Macedonia	42.32%	-1.0%
138th	Dominican Republic	41.85%	3.9%
139th	Montenegro	41.83%	0.3%
140th	Guatemala	41.71%	-0.2%
141st	Samoa	41.65%	-0.2%
142nd	Greece	41.53%	0.1%
143rd	Mauritius	41.44%	2.3%
144th	Cuba	41.27%	1.4%
145th	Bahrain	40.94%	3.1%
146th	United Arab Emirates	40.71%	3.0%
147th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.46%	-0.1%
148th	Fiji	40.27%	4.7%
149th	Gabon	39.46%	0.7%
150th	Honduras	39.44%	4.3%
151st	Suriname	39.10%	1.9%
152nd	Uzbekistan	38.42%	0.0%
153rd	Italy	38.40%	1.9%
154th	Guyana	38.07%	1.6%
155th	Maldives	36.50%	-0.6%
156th	Puerto Rico (US)	36.17%	-2.3%
157th	Sri Lanka	34.42%	-0.7%
158th	Senegal	33.48%	0.2%
159th	Libya	33.36%	1.2%
160th	Malta	33.13%	3.3%
161st	Comoros	32.65%	0.0%
162nd	Bangladesh	32.40%	5.2%
163rd	Tajikistan	31.66%	-7.1%
164th	India	30.89%	-4.0%
165th	Mauritania	27.68%	-0.3%
166th	Morocco	26.28%	1.0%
167th	Oman	25.70%	1.3%
168th	Sudan	25.60%	-1.0%
169th	Tunisia	24.82%	0.9%
170th	Türkiye	24.33%	3.8%
171st	Nepal	23.61%	1.8%
172nd	São Tomé and Principe	22.73%	-0.1%
173rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	21.90%	-6.1%
174th	Lebanon	21.59%	2.9%
175th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.55%	-0.1%
176th	Pakistan	19.85%	2.8%
177th	Djibouti	16.89%	0.7%
178th	Saudi Arabia	16.74%	-1.8%
179th	Afghanistan	14.94%	1.9%
180th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	14.76%	-13.2%
181st	West Bank and Gaza	14.71%	-2.1%
182nd	Jordan	13.94%	-3.0%
183rd	Algeria	13.87%	2.5%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	13.70%	-3.6%
185th	Iraq	12.22%	-0.6%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	11.56%	-7.0%

FAQ

What was Mozambique's female labor participation in 2008?▾

Mozambique's female labor participation in 2008 was 84.27%. This ranked 2nd globally.

How did Mozambique's female labor participation change in 2008?▾

Mozambique's female labor participation decreased by 0.9% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2008?▾

Tanzania had the highest female labor participation in 2008 at 85.57%.

What is the female labor participation of Mozambique in 2008?▾

The female labor participation of Mozambique in 2008 was 84.27%. This ranked 2nd globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Mozambique's female labor participation?▾

Mozambique's female labor participation went from 85.04% in 2007 to 84.27% in 2008, a 0.9% decrease.

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