Papua New Guinea - Female Labor Participation 2016
49.01%
+0.23pp from 2015
Papua New Guinea's female labor participation was 49.01% in 2016, increased +0.23pp from 48.78% in 2015. This was the 119th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Madagascar | 83.14% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Solomon Islands | 82.45% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Burundi | 81.00% | 0.3% |
| 4th | Tanzania | 80.16% | 0.1% |
| 5th | Mozambique | 78.04% | -0.1% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.48% | -0.2% |
| 7th | Cambodia | 75.92% | 3.4% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 75.89% | 0.2% |
| 9th | Angola | 73.70% | -0.3% |
| 10th | Eritrea | 73.27% | -0.1% |
| 11th | Burkina Faso | 73.27% | -0.4% |
| 12th | Iceland | 73.00% | 0.3% |
| 13th | Benin | 72.60% | 0.8% |
| 14th | Viet Nam | 72.53% | -0.5% |
| 15th | Liberia | 71.95% | 0.0% |
| 16th | South Sudan | 71.61% | -0.3% |
| 17th | Uganda | 71.59% | -2.9% |
| 18th | Kenya | 71.42% | 0.1% |
| 19th | Bahamas, The | 70.51% | 0.3% |
| 20th | Moldova | 68.93% | -0.7% |
| 21st | Peru | 67.72% | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Congo, Republic of | 66.47% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Macao SAR, China | 65.60% | -0.8% |
| 24th | Central African Republic | 65.30% | 0.0% |
| 25th | Kazakhstan | 65.21% | -0.4% |
| 26th | Cameroon | 64.23% | -2.1% |
| 27th | New Zealand | 64.05% | 1.9% |
| 28th | Ghana | 64.01% | -1.6% |
| 29th | St. Lucia | 63.60% | 0.2% |
| 30th | Norway | 62.97% | -0.4% |
| 31st | Switzerland | 62.93% | 0.9% |
| 32nd | Barbados | 62.53% | 1.3% |
| 33rd | China | 62.33% | -0.4% |
| 34th | Azerbaijan | 62.04% | 1.6% |
| 35th | Haiti | 61.83% | 0.2% |
| 36th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 61.66% | -0.3% |
| 37th | Niger | 61.33% | -0.6% |
| 38th | Singapore | 61.31% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Timor-Leste | 61.26% | -0.1% |
| 40th | Canada | 60.88% | -0.1% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 60.82% | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Sweden | 60.69% | 0.2% |
| 43rd | Malawi | 60.51% | -2.8% |
| 44th | Zimbabwe | 60.44% | 0.1% |
| 45th | Israel | 60.41% | 0.5% |
| 46th | Thailand | 60.17% | -1.5% |
| 47th | Mali | 59.55% | -2.7% |
| 48th | Australia | 59.38% | 0.4% |
| 49th | Belarus | 58.75% | 0.1% |
| 50th | Georgia | 58.55% | -0.2% |
| 51st | Cyprus | 58.28% | -1.4% |
| 52nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 58.17% | -1.8% |
| 53rd | Denmark | 57.68% | 1.5% |
| 54th | Jamaica | 57.65% | -1.5% |
| 55th | Brunei Darussalam | 57.41% | 0.0% |
| 56th | United Kingdom | 57.07% | 0.6% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 56.92% | -0.2% |
| 58th | Qatar | 56.79% | 1.4% |
| 59th | Botswana | 56.68% | 0.7% |
| 60th | New Caledonia | 56.62% | -2.0% |
| 61st | Paraguay | 56.47% | 3.0% |
| 62nd | Guam | 56.36% | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Uruguay | 56.34% | 0.1% |
| 64th | Estonia | 56.30% | 1.0% |
| 65th | Guinea-Bissau | 56.19% | 0.1% |
| 66th | Lao PDR | 56.11% | -0.2% |
| 67th | United States | 56.10% | 0.3% |
| 68th | Togo | 55.69% | 0.1% |
| 69th | Russian Federation | 55.68% | 0.2% |
| 70th | Lithuania | 55.61% | 2.2% |
| 71st | Virgin Islands (US) | 55.59% | -0.1% |
| 72nd | Ireland | 55.53% | 1.3% |
| 73rd | Namibia | 55.50% | -1.5% |
| 74th | Ecuador | 55.41% | 6.7% |
| 75th | Austria | 55.35% | 1.0% |
| 76th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.30% | 1.0% |
| 77th | Vanuatu | 55.28% | -0.8% |
| 78th | Finland | 54.98% | -0.8% |
| 79th | Bhutan | 54.89% | -0.2% |
| 80th | Latvia | 54.86% | 1.5% |
| 81st | Germany | 54.81% | 0.7% |
| 82nd | Colombia | 54.72% | -1.0% |
| 83rd | Rwanda | 54.61% | 0.2% |
| 84th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 54.28% | 0.1% |
| 85th | Armenia | 53.88% | 0.1% |
| 86th | Sierra Leone | 53.87% | -2.2% |
| 87th | Equatorial Guinea | 53.75% | 0.3% |
| 88th | Luxembourg | 53.63% | -1.1% |
| 89th | Brazil | 53.52% | 0.4% |
| 90th | Portugal | 53.48% | -0.4% |
| 91st | Lesotho | 53.15% | -2.5% |
| 92nd | Korea | 52.57% | 0.3% |
| 93rd | Slovak Republic | 52.51% | 1.1% |
| 94th | Spain | 52.49% | -0.3% |
| 95th | Panama | 52.16% | 1.3% |
| 96th | Slovenia | 52.11% | -0.3% |
| 97th | Mongolia | 52.09% | -2.5% |
| 98th | Cabo Verde | 51.94% | 0.2% |
| 99th | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.92% | -0.1% |
| 100th | Zambia | 51.89% | 0.2% |
| 101st | Czechia | 51.74% | 1.1% |
| 102nd | Channel Islands | 51.52% | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Malaysia | 50.99% | 0.3% |
| 104th | Indonesia | 50.95% | 0.3% |
| 105th | Hungary | 50.84% | 1.9% |
| 106th | France | 50.83% | -0.2% |
| 107th | Chile | 50.76% | 0.8% |
| 108th | European Union | 50.46% | 0.4% |
| 109th | Japan | 50.21% | 1.6% |
| 110th | Ukraine | 50.07% | -0.6% |
| 111th | Albania | 49.89% | 5.9% |
| 112th | Chad | 49.82% | -1.3% |
| 113th | Poland | 49.64% | 0.2% |
| 114th | Kuwait | 49.53% | -0.2% |
| 115th | Myanmar | 49.23% | -3.1% |
| 116th | United Arab Emirates | 49.23% | 2.2% |
| 117th | Belize | 49.10% | 1.8% |
| 118th | French Polynesia | 49.08% | 0.2% |
| 119th | Papua New Guinea | 49.01% | 0.5% |
| 120th | Dominican Republic | 48.82% | 1.4% |
| 121st | Nicaragua | 48.73% | 0.8% |
| 122nd | Philippines | 48.19% | -1.0% |
| 123rd | Belgium | 47.81% | -0.5% |
| 124th | South Africa | 47.74% | 0.1% |
| 125th | Argentina | 47.58% | 0.2% |
| 126th | Bulgaria | 47.44% | -2.6% |
| 127th | Eswatini | 46.97% | 0.3% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | 46.17% | -2.7% |
| 129th | Costa Rica | 46.02% | -8.1% |
| 130th | Guinea | 45.95% | -2.6% |
| 131st | Honduras | 45.91% | -1.4% |
| 132nd | El Salvador | 45.81% | 1.6% |
| 133rd | Montenegro | 45.70% | -0.9% |
| 134th | Mauritius | 45.41% | -2.1% |
| 135th | Serbia | 45.27% | 4.6% |
| 136th | Croatia | 45.15% | -3.2% |
| 137th | Suriname | 45.14% | 1.7% |
| 138th | Malta | 44.65% | 3.8% |
| 139th | Cuba | 44.48% | 0.4% |
| 140th | Gambia, The | 44.38% | -0.2% |
| 141st | Greece | 44.09% | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Mexico | 43.99% | 0.1% |
| 143rd | Bahrain | 43.54% | 0.4% |
| 144th | Tonga | 42.94% | -0.3% |
| 145th | Guyana | 42.90% | 1.5% |
| 146th | Romania | 42.12% | -0.8% |
| 147th | Gabon | 41.65% | 0.5% |
| 148th | Samoa | 41.39% | -0.1% |
| 149th | North Macedonia | 41.11% | -2.8% |
| 150th | Italy | 40.07% | 1.7% |
| 151st | Uzbekistan | 39.57% | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Guatemala | 39.53% | 2.8% |
| 153rd | Turkmenistan | 39.27% | -0.5% |
| 154th | Maldives | 38.99% | 1.1% |
| 155th | Senegal | 38.73% | 13.7% |
| 156th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.63% | -0.5% |
| 157th | Fiji | 38.51% | -3.8% |
| 158th | Comoros | 36.85% | 5.9% |
| 159th | Sri Lanka | 35.25% | -0.2% |
| 160th | Libya | 34.11% | -0.1% |
| 161st | Bangladesh | 33.50% | -0.1% |
| 162nd | Türkiye | 32.38% | 3.1% |
| 163rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 32.23% | 1.1% |
| 164th | Oman | 30.27% | 2.2% |
| 165th | Nepal | 27.35% | 1.3% |
| 166th | Lebanon | 26.89% | 3.0% |
| 167th | Tunisia | 26.65% | 2.2% |
| 168th | India | 26.58% | 0.0% |
| 169th | Mauritania | 26.45% | -0.9% |
| 170th | Morocco | 23.28% | -4.5% |
| 171st | Pakistan | 23.16% | -3.4% |
| 172nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 23.07% | 1.1% |
| 173rd | Tajikistan | 23.03% | -3.7% |
| 174th | Saudi Arabia | 22.87% | 5.7% |
| 175th | São Tomé and Principe | 22.84% | 0.3% |
| 176th | Sudan | 22.09% | -5.2% |
| 177th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.97% | 0.1% |
| 178th | Afghanistan | 20.16% | 5.5% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 17.96% | 1.0% |
| 180th | West Bank and Gaza | 17.44% | -3.1% |
| 181st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16.17% | 12.6% |
| 182nd | Jordan | 15.05% | 10.7% |
| 183rd | Algeria | 15.03% | -1.5% |
| 184th | Iraq | 14.65% | 3.3% |
| 185th | Syrian Arab Republic | 12.80% | 0.6% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 5.12% | -1.7% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's female labor participation in 2016?▾
Papua New Guinea's female labor participation in 2016 was 49.01%. This ranked 119th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's female labor participation change in 2016?▾
Papua New Guinea's female labor participation increased by 0.5% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2016?▾
Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2016 at 83.14%.
What is the female labor participation of Papua New Guinea in 2016?▾
The female labor participation of Papua New Guinea in 2016 was 49.01%. This ranked 119th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Papua New Guinea's female labor participation?▾
Papua New Guinea's female labor participation went from 48.78% in 2015 to 49.01% in 2016, a 0.5% increase.
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