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Mozambique - Female Labor Participation 2018

Name: Mozambique Female Labor Participation 2018
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

77.84% −0.10pp from 2017 Global rank: 5th

Mozambique's female labor participation was 77.84% in 2018, decreased +0.10pp from 77.94% in 2017. This was the 5th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	82.97%	-0.1%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.36%	0.0%
3rd	Burundi	81.07%	0.0%
4th	Tanzania	80.23%	0.0%
5th	Mozambique	77.84%	-0.1%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.79%	0.2%
7th	Cambodia	76.85%	0.6%
8th	Nigeria	76.36%	0.3%
9th	Benin	73.76%	0.8%
10th	Angola	73.22%	-0.3%
11th	Eritrea	73.04%	-0.2%
12th	Viet Nam	72.90%	0.4%
13th	Burkina Faso	72.73%	-0.4%
14th	Liberia	72.02%	0.1%
15th	Uganda	71.69%	3.6%
16th	Iceland	71.60%	-1.4%
17th	South Sudan	71.29%	0.1%
18th	Bahamas, The	71.02%	0.4%
19th	Peru	69.85%	0.7%
20th	Congo, Republic of	66.47%	0.0%
21st	Moldova	66.42%	-1.5%
22nd	Kenya	65.81%	-4.2%
23rd	Central African Republic	65.31%	0.0%
24th	New Zealand	65.22%	0.5%
25th	Macao SAR, China	65.00%	0.1%
26th	Kazakhstan	64.82%	-0.3%
27th	St. Lucia	63.88%	0.3%
28th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	63.56%	7.5%
29th	Switzerland	63.01%	0.5%
30th	Azerbaijan	62.63%	0.7%
31st	Norway	62.63%	0.0%
32nd	Haiti	62.14%	0.2%
33rd	Barbados	61.63%	-1.4%
34th	Timor-Leste	61.62%	0.2%
35th	China	61.59%	-0.6%
36th	Ghana	61.52%	-2.3%
37th	Cameroon	61.42%	-2.2%
38th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.28%	-0.4%
39th	Sweden	61.26%	0.4%
40th	Netherlands	61.14%	0.4%
41st	Canada	60.97%	-0.2%
42nd	Singapore	60.89%	0.1%
43rd	Israel	60.86%	1.0%
44th	Australia	60.63%	1.3%
45th	Zimbabwe	60.62%	0.2%
46th	Niger	60.59%	-0.6%
47th	Cyprus	59.63%	1.2%
48th	Thailand	59.57%	0.4%
49th	Paraguay	59.41%	2.7%
50th	Malawi	58.90%	0.2%
51st	Qatar	58.37%	1.4%
52nd	Jamaica	58.31%	-0.5%
53rd	Belarus	58.08%	-0.9%
54th	Brunei Darussalam	57.72%	0.5%
55th	Denmark	57.65%	-0.2%
56th	Botswana	57.56%	0.8%
57th	United Kingdom	57.53%	0.4%
58th	Estonia	57.28%	0.5%
59th	Lao PDR	57.07%	1.9%
60th	Côte d'Ivoire	56.84%	-1.2%
61st	Lithuania	56.49%	1.2%
62nd	United States	56.47%	0.1%
63rd	Guam	56.40%	0.0%
64th	Guinea-Bissau	56.40%	0.2%
65th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	56.36%	1.1%
66th	Ireland	56.00%	0.7%
67th	Uruguay	55.95%	-0.2%
68th	Togo	55.80%	0.1%
69th	Georgia	55.74%	-4.5%
70th	Finland	55.69%	1.2%
71st	Latvia	55.64%	1.0%
72nd	Mali	55.62%	-3.9%
73rd	Austria	55.43%	0.1%
74th	Russian Federation	55.42%	0.1%
75th	Namibia	55.39%	-0.1%
76th	Germany	55.21%	0.1%
77th	Luxembourg	54.80%	1.5%
78th	Hong Kong SAR, China	54.75%	0.2%
79th	Bhutan	54.74%	-0.1%
80th	Brazil	54.58%	0.4%
81st	Panama	54.50%	4.3%
82nd	Ecuador	54.48%	-3.0%
83rd	Vanuatu	54.40%	-0.8%
84th	New Caledonia	54.37%	-2.0%
85th	Portugal	54.34%	0.6%
86th	Rwanda	54.16%	-1.0%
87th	Belize	54.10%	11.1%
88th	Equatorial Guinea	53.91%	0.1%
89th	Slovenia	53.72%	0.3%
90th	Armenia	53.63%	-0.3%
91st	Colombia	53.24%	-2.0%
92nd	Korea	53.22%	0.3%
93rd	Indonesia	53.13%	2.3%
94th	Virgin Islands (US)	52.91%	-6.4%
95th	Czechia	52.56%	0.9%
96th	Chile	52.42%	1.3%
97th	Japan	52.37%	2.6%
98th	Slovak Republic	52.24%	-0.7%
99th	Zambia	52.14%	0.2%
100th	Spain	51.87%	-0.8%
101st	Mongolia	51.72%	-1.8%
102nd	Malaysia	51.63%	0.7%
103rd	Hungary	51.53%	0.9%
104th	Sierra Leone	51.42%	-2.3%
105th	Albania	51.41%	3.4%
106th	Trinidad and Tobago	51.34%	-0.5%
107th	United Arab Emirates	51.31%	0.8%
108th	Channel Islands	51.31%	-0.2%
109th	France	50.81%	0.4%
110th	European Union	50.80%	0.2%
111th	Lesotho	50.36%	-2.7%
112th	Dominican Republic	50.29%	2.6%
113th	Honduras	50.02%	9.3%
114th	Poland	49.86%	0.2%
115th	Papua New Guinea	49.71%	0.8%
116th	Kuwait	49.61%	-0.5%
117th	Ukraine	49.50%	-0.6%
118th	French Polynesia	49.25%	-0.2%
119th	Bulgaria	49.18%	-0.9%
120th	Argentina	49.15%	3.1%
121st	Nicaragua	48.85%	-0.5%
122nd	Belgium	48.77%	1.7%
123rd	Costa Rica	48.66%	6.0%
124th	Cabo Verde	48.62%	-6.6%
125th	South Africa	48.52%	-0.2%
126th	Chad	48.50%	-1.3%
127th	Myanmar	48.44%	1.6%
128th	Malta	48.21%	4.5%
129th	Eswatini	47.08%	0.1%
130th	Serbia	46.38%	0.7%
131st	Suriname	45.86%	1.2%
132nd	Mauritius	45.60%	-0.2%
133rd	Philippines	45.53%	1.1%
134th	Montenegro	45.52%	0.5%
135th	Croatia	45.01%	-0.5%
136th	El Salvador	44.93%	-0.5%
137th	Gambia, The	44.79%	0.7%
138th	Cuba	44.77%	0.3%
139th	Guyana	44.26%	1.7%
140th	Mexico	44.13%	1.2%
141st	Kyrgyz Republic	44.02%	3.7%
142nd	Guinea	43.50%	-2.7%
143rd	Greece	43.39%	-1.0%
144th	Bahrain	43.21%	-0.9%
145th	Romania	42.93%	-0.6%
146th	Tonga	42.61%	-0.4%
147th	Gabon	41.91%	0.3%
148th	North Macedonia	41.28%	0.1%
149th	Comoros	41.15%	5.6%
150th	Italy	40.78%	0.5%
151st	Maldives	40.38%	1.5%
152nd	Uzbekistan	39.74%	0.2%
153rd	Samoa	39.42%	-4.7%
154th	Turkmenistan	38.93%	-0.4%
155th	Fiji	38.51%	0.0%
156th	Guatemala	38.41%	-0.6%
157th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.38%	-0.5%
158th	Bangladesh	38.06%	3.8%
159th	Senegal	36.35%	2.6%
160th	Türkiye	34.12%	1.7%
161st	Libya	34.04%	-0.1%
162nd	Sri Lanka	33.11%	-8.3%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	33.00%	1.5%
164th	Oman	30.37%	-0.4%
165th	Lebanon	28.47%	2.9%
166th	Nepal	27.63%	0.4%
167th	Tunisia	27.38%	3.4%
168th	India	26.57%	0.0%
169th	Mauritania	26.23%	0.1%
170th	São Tomé and Principe	23.09%	0.6%
171st	Morocco	22.23%	-1.0%
172nd	Saudi Arabia	21.82%	9.9%
173rd	Pakistan	21.57%	-3.5%
174th	Tajikistan	21.43%	-3.7%
175th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.06%	0.2%
176th	Afghanistan	19.81%	-6.8%
177th	Sudan	19.70%	-5.7%
178th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	18.42%	-17.0%
179th	Djibouti	18.34%	1.1%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	17.67%	0.0%
181st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	17.34%	-0.1%
182nd	Algeria	14.80%	-0.8%
183rd	Jordan	14.65%	-11.8%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	13.14%	1.5%
185th	Iraq	11.45%	1.0%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	4.99%	-1.1%

FAQ

What was Mozambique's female labor participation in 2018?▾

Mozambique's female labor participation in 2018 was 77.84%. This ranked 5th globally.

How did Mozambique's female labor participation change in 2018?▾

Mozambique's female labor participation decreased by 0.1% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2018?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2018 at 82.97%.

What is the female labor participation of Mozambique in 2018?▾

The female labor participation of Mozambique in 2018 was 77.84%. This ranked 5th globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Mozambique's female labor participation?▾

Mozambique's female labor participation went from 77.94% in 2017 to 77.84% in 2018, a 0.1% decrease.

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