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Qatar - Female Labor Participation 2017

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

57.57% +0.78pp from 2016 Global rank: 56th

Qatar's female labor participation was 57.57% in 2017, increased +0.78pp from 56.79% in 2016. This was the 56th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	83.04%	-0.1%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.40%	-0.1%
3rd	Burundi	81.09%	0.1%
4th	Tanzania	80.20%	0.0%
5th	Mozambique	77.94%	-0.1%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.62%	0.2%
7th	Cambodia	76.42%	0.7%
8th	Nigeria	76.16%	0.4%
9th	Angola	73.46%	-0.3%
10th	Benin	73.18%	0.8%
11th	Eritrea	73.16%	-0.2%
12th	Burkina Faso	73.00%	-0.4%
13th	Iceland	72.59%	-0.6%
14th	Viet Nam	72.58%	0.1%
15th	Liberia	71.98%	0.0%
16th	South Sudan	71.24%	-0.5%
17th	Bahamas, The	70.76%	0.4%
18th	Peru	69.39%	2.5%
19th	Uganda	69.22%	-3.3%
20th	Kenya	68.69%	-3.8%
21st	Moldova	67.43%	-2.2%
22nd	Congo, Republic of	66.46%	0.0%
23rd	Central African Republic	65.31%	0.0%
24th	Kazakhstan	65.02%	-0.3%
25th	New Zealand	64.93%	1.4%
26th	Macao SAR, China	64.91%	-1.1%
27th	St. Lucia	63.70%	0.2%
28th	Ghana	62.97%	-1.6%
29th	Cameroon	62.82%	-2.2%
30th	Switzerland	62.71%	-0.4%
31st	Norway	62.64%	-0.5%
32nd	Barbados	62.52%	0.0%
33rd	Azerbaijan	62.21%	0.3%
34th	Haiti	62.02%	0.3%
35th	China	61.96%	-0.6%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.49%	-0.3%
37th	Timor-Leste	61.48%	0.4%
38th	Canada	61.07%	0.3%
39th	Sweden	61.04%	0.6%
40th	Niger	60.96%	-0.6%
41st	Netherlands	60.89%	0.1%
42nd	Singapore	60.81%	-0.8%
43rd	Zimbabwe	60.52%	0.1%
44th	Israel	60.28%	-0.2%
45th	Australia	59.88%	0.8%
46th	Thailand	59.35%	-1.4%
47th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	59.11%	3.9%
48th	Cyprus	58.92%	1.1%
49th	Malawi	58.77%	-2.9%
50th	Jamaica	58.60%	1.6%
51st	Belarus	58.59%	-0.3%
52nd	Georgia	58.38%	-0.3%
53rd	Mali	57.88%	-2.8%
54th	Paraguay	57.84%	2.4%
55th	Denmark	57.74%	0.1%
56th	Qatar	57.57%	1.4%
57th	Côte d'Ivoire	57.51%	-1.1%
58th	Brunei Darussalam	57.46%	0.1%
59th	United Kingdom	57.27%	0.3%
60th	Botswana	57.10%	0.7%
61st	Estonia	57.01%	1.3%
62nd	Virgin Islands (US)	56.53%	1.7%
63rd	Guam	56.40%	0.1%
64th	United States	56.40%	0.5%
65th	Guinea-Bissau	56.29%	0.2%
66th	Ecuador	56.17%	1.4%
67th	Uruguay	56.06%	-0.5%
68th	Lao PDR	56.02%	-0.2%
69th	Lithuania	55.82%	0.4%
70th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	55.75%	0.8%
71st	Togo	55.74%	0.1%
72nd	Ireland	55.59%	0.1%
73rd	New Caledonia	55.49%	-2.0%
74th	Namibia	55.44%	-0.1%
75th	Austria	55.35%	0.0%
76th	Russian Federation	55.34%	-0.6%
77th	Germany	55.14%	0.6%
78th	Latvia	55.06%	0.4%
79th	Finland	55.03%	0.1%
80th	Vanuatu	54.84%	-0.8%
81st	Bhutan	54.82%	-0.1%
82nd	Rwanda	54.72%	0.2%
83rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	54.65%	0.7%
84th	Brazil	54.35%	1.6%
85th	Colombia	54.34%	-0.7%
86th	Portugal	54.03%	1.0%
87th	Luxembourg	54.01%	0.7%
88th	Equatorial Guinea	53.85%	0.2%
89th	Armenia	53.77%	-0.2%
90th	Slovenia	53.54%	2.7%
91st	Korea	53.07%	1.0%
92nd	Mongolia	52.69%	1.1%
93rd	Sierra Leone	52.64%	-2.3%
94th	Slovak Republic	52.63%	0.2%
95th	Spain	52.28%	-0.4%
96th	Panama	52.25%	0.2%
97th	Czechia	52.11%	0.7%
98th	Cabo Verde	52.04%	0.2%
99th	Zambia	52.01%	0.2%
100th	Indonesia	51.94%	2.0%
101st	Lesotho	51.75%	-2.6%
102nd	Chile	51.74%	1.9%
103rd	Trinidad and Tobago	51.62%	-0.6%
104th	Channel Islands	51.41%	-0.2%
105th	Malaysia	51.29%	0.6%
106th	Hungary	51.06%	0.4%
107th	Japan	51.03%	1.6%
108th	United Arab Emirates	50.93%	3.4%
109th	European Union	50.71%	0.5%
110th	France	50.63%	-0.4%
111th	Kuwait	49.87%	0.7%
112th	Ukraine	49.79%	-0.6%
113th	Poland	49.76%	0.2%
114th	Albania	49.74%	-0.3%
115th	Bulgaria	49.60%	4.6%
116th	French Polynesia	49.33%	0.5%
117th	Papua New Guinea	49.30%	0.6%
118th	Chad	49.16%	-1.3%
119th	Nicaragua	49.12%	0.8%
120th	Dominican Republic	49.01%	0.4%
121st	Belize	48.68%	-0.9%
122nd	South Africa	48.63%	1.9%
123rd	Belgium	47.97%	0.3%
124th	Argentina	47.67%	0.2%
125th	Myanmar	47.66%	-3.2%
126th	Eswatini	47.02%	0.1%
127th	Malta	46.16%	3.4%
128th	Serbia	46.07%	1.8%
129th	Costa Rica	45.91%	-0.2%
130th	Honduras	45.76%	-0.3%
131st	Mauritius	45.72%	0.7%
132nd	Suriname	45.33%	0.4%
133rd	Montenegro	45.30%	-0.9%
134th	Croatia	45.24%	0.2%
135th	El Salvador	45.15%	-1.4%
136th	Philippines	45.05%	-6.5%
137th	Guinea	44.73%	-2.7%
138th	Cuba	44.64%	0.4%
139th	Gambia, The	44.50%	0.3%
140th	Greece	43.83%	-0.6%
141st	Mexico	43.63%	-0.8%
142nd	Bahrain	43.58%	0.1%
143rd	Guyana	43.54%	1.5%
144th	Romania	43.18%	2.5%
145th	Tonga	42.77%	-0.4%
146th	Kyrgyz Republic	42.44%	-8.1%
147th	Gabon	41.80%	0.4%
148th	Samoa	41.38%	0.0%
149th	North Macedonia	41.24%	0.3%
150th	Italy	40.58%	1.3%
151st	Maldives	39.78%	2.0%
152nd	Uzbekistan	39.65%	0.2%
153rd	Turkmenistan	39.09%	-0.5%
154th	Comoros	38.97%	5.8%
155th	Guatemala	38.66%	-2.2%
156th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.56%	-0.2%
157th	Fiji	38.50%	0.0%
158th	Bangladesh	36.68%	9.5%
159th	Sri Lanka	36.09%	2.4%
160th	Senegal	35.42%	-8.5%
161st	Libya	34.08%	-0.1%
162nd	Türkiye	33.53%	3.6%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	32.50%	0.8%
164th	Oman	30.48%	0.7%
165th	Lebanon	27.67%	2.9%
166th	Nepal	27.53%	0.7%
167th	India	26.58%	0.0%
168th	Tunisia	26.48%	-0.6%
169th	Mauritania	26.22%	-0.9%
170th	São Tomé and Principe	22.96%	0.5%
171st	Morocco	22.45%	-3.5%
172nd	Pakistan	22.36%	-3.5%
173rd	Tajikistan	22.25%	-3.4%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.18%	-3.8%
175th	Afghanistan	21.24%	5.4%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.01%	0.2%
177th	Sudan	20.90%	-5.4%
178th	Saudi Arabia	19.86%	-13.2%
179th	Djibouti	18.15%	1.0%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	17.67%	1.3%
181st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	17.36%	7.3%
182nd	Jordan	16.61%	10.4%
183rd	Algeria	14.92%	-0.7%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	12.94%	1.1%
185th	Iraq	11.33%	-22.6%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	5.04%	-1.5%

FAQ

What was Qatar's female labor participation in 2017?▾

Qatar's female labor participation in 2017 was 57.57%. This ranked 56th globally.

How did Qatar's female labor participation change in 2017?▾

Qatar's female labor participation increased by 1.4% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2017?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2017 at 83.04%.

What is the female labor participation of Qatar in 2017?▾

The female labor participation of Qatar in 2017 was 57.57%. This ranked 56th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Qatar's female labor participation?▾

Qatar's female labor participation went from 56.79% in 2016 to 57.57% in 2017, a 1.4% increase.

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