Female Labor Participation - Ranking 1998
Year
In 1998, Mozambique (87.17%), Burundi (84.97%), and Tanzania (84.32%) ranked highest in female labor participation among all countries. Iraq ranked lowest at 9.15%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mozambique | 87.17% | +0.1% |
| 2nd | Burundi | 84.97% | -1.0% |
| 3rd | Tanzania | 84.32% | +0.0% |
| 4th | Madagascar | 83.86% | +0.0% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 81.39% | +0.2% |
| 6th | Cambodia | 78.92% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 78.11% | +0.1% |
| 8th | Malawi | 78.09% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Burkina Faso | 77.80% | -0.3% |
| 10th | Cameroon | 77.78% | +0.1% |
| 11th | Nigeria | 77.55% | -0.1% |
| 12th | Angola | 75.45% | +0.0% |
| 13th | Eritrea | 74.21% | -0.1% |
| 14th | Azerbaijan | 74.02% | -1.2% |
| 15th | Vanuatu | 73.80% | +0.1% |
| 16th | Viet Nam | 71.82% | -1.0% |
| 17th | Liberia | 71.74% | +0.0% |
| 18th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 71.36% | -0.1% |
| 19th | Uganda | 71.24% | +0.0% |
| 20th | South Sudan | 71.09% | +0.1% |
| 21st | Kenya | 70.33% | +0.1% |
| 22nd | Georgia | 69.48% | -1.2% |
| 23rd | Iceland | 69.39% | +2.6% |
| 24th | Ghana | 69.16% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Niger | 69.10% | -0.1% |
| 26th | China | 68.99% | -0.8% |
| 27th | Bahamas, The | 67.57% | +0.5% |
| 28th | Lesotho | 67.24% | +0.2% |
| 29th | Kazakhstan | 66.57% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Thailand | 66.36% | -2.0% |
| 31st | Congo, Republic of | 66.05% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Timor-Leste | 65.76% | +0.3% |
| 33rd | Central African Republic | 65.71% | +0.0% |
| 34th | Sierra Leone | 64.79% | -0.1% |
| 35th | Barbados | 63.25% | +0.3% |
| 36th | Guinea | 63.03% | -0.2% |
| 37th | Benin | 61.74% | +1.4% |
| 38th | Chad | 61.44% | -1.0% |
| 39th | Zimbabwe | 60.49% | +0.4% |
| 40th | Mali | 60.46% | +0.0% |
| 41st | Guam | 59.97% | +0.1% |
| 42nd | Jamaica | 59.93% | -1.0% |
| 43rd | Norway | 59.56% | +1.7% |
| 44th | New Caledonia | 59.40% | -0.7% |
| 45th | Denmark | 59.36% | +1.3% |
| 46th | Kyrgyz Republic | 59.30% | -0.2% |
| 47th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 59.29% | -0.3% |
| 48th | Lao PDR | 59.04% | -0.1% |
| 49th | United States | 58.39% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Switzerland | 58.01% | +1.9% |
| 51st | Bhutan | 57.91% | +1.1% |
| 52nd | Canada | 57.67% | +1.0% |
| 53rd | Netherlands | 57.67% | +0.8% |
| 54th | Myanmar | 57.39% | -0.5% |
| 55th | Sweden | 57.36% | -2.1% |
| 56th | Haiti | 56.91% | -0.1% |
| 57th | Moldova | 56.37% | +0.7% |
| 58th | New Zealand | 56.30% | -0.2% |
| 59th | Virgin Islands (US) | 55.90% | -0.8% |
| 60th | Guinea-Bissau | 55.42% | +0.1% |
| 61st | Finland | 55.06% | +0.4% |
| 62nd | Peru | 54.99% | +1.5% |
| 63rd | Togo | 54.98% | +0.2% |
| 64th | Armenia | 54.56% | -0.5% |
| 65th | Macao SAR, China | 54.32% | -0.4% |
| 66th | Colombia | 54.01% | -0.2% |
| 67th | Australia | 53.72% | +0.1% |
| 68th | Albania | 53.71% | -2.6% |
| 69th | Mongolia | 53.49% | +0.3% |
| 70th | Lithuania | 53.40% | -1.5% |
| 71st | Slovenia | 53.14% | +1.1% |
| 72nd | Brunei Darussalam | 53.11% | +1.7% |
| 73rd | Ukraine | 53.04% | -0.1% |
| 74th | Turkmenistan | 52.86% | -1.8% |
| 75th | United Kingdom | 52.72% | +0.1% |
| 76th | Estonia | 52.71% | -2.9% |
| 77th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.67% | +0.0% |
| 78th | Belarus | 52.48% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Rwanda | 52.39% | +0.5% |
| 80th | Paraguay | 52.26% | -0.3% |
| 81st | Czechia | 51.96% | +0.2% |
| 82nd | Portugal | 51.89% | +2.8% |
| 83rd | St. Lucia | 51.88% | +1.0% |
| 84th | Ecuador | 51.69% | +6.5% |
| 85th | Latvia | 51.58% | -0.6% |
| 86th | Slovak Republic | 51.39% | -0.8% |
| 87th | Israel | 51.32% | -0.2% |
| 88th | Argentina | 51.29% | +1.2% |
| 89th | Zambia | 51.10% | +0.0% |
| 90th | Indonesia | 51.09% | +2.5% |
| 91st | Russian Federation | 51.03% | -1.3% |
| 92nd | Singapore | 50.84% | +0.5% |
| 93rd | Japan | 50.06% | -0.5% |
| 94th | Ireland | 49.78% | +3.0% |
| 95th | Poland | 49.53% | -0.5% |
| 96th | Brazil | 49.48% | +1.6% |
| 97th | Uruguay | 49.26% | +2.3% |
| 98th | Botswana | 49.10% | +0.1% |
| 99th | Austria | 48.82% | +1.2% |
| 100th | Qatar | 48.62% | -1.1% |
| 101st | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.60% | +0.2% |
| 102nd | Germany | 48.54% | +0.4% |
| 103rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 48.42% | +1.2% |
| 104th | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.37% | +0.1% |
| 105th | Cyprus | 48.11% | +1.3% |
| 106th | French Polynesia | 48.08% | -0.2% |
| 107th | France | 48.06% | +0.7% |
| 108th | Channel Islands | 47.79% | +0.9% |
| 109th | Papua New Guinea | 47.66% | +0.6% |
| 110th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.35% | +1.0% |
| 111th | Philippines | 47.27% | +0.1% |
| 112th | Korea | 47.12% | -5.4% |
| 113th | Namibia | 47.01% | +0.3% |
| 114th | Serbia | 46.34% | -0.8% |
| 115th | South Africa | 46.12% | +0.4% |
| 116th | Guatemala | 45.74% | +0.6% |
| 117th | European Union | 45.70% | +0.6% |
| 118th | El Salvador | 45.57% | +8.9% |
| 119th | Honduras | 45.29% | +0.4% |
| 120th | Hungary | 45.18% | +0.0% |
| 121st | Gambia, The | 45.02% | +0.1% |
| 122nd | Tonga | 44.78% | -0.3% |
| 123rd | Croatia | 44.66% | -0.5% |
| 124th | Tajikistan | 44.37% | +0.0% |
| 125th | Bulgaria | 44.24% | -0.5% |
| 126th | Panama | 44.20% | +4.3% |
| 127th | Eswatini | 43.87% | +0.6% |
| 128th | Kuwait | 43.79% | +0.2% |
| 129th | Cabo Verde | 43.38% | +0.8% |
| 130th | Samoa | 42.64% | +0.0% |
| 131st | Montenegro | 42.34% | -0.4% |
| 132nd | Romania | 42.12% | +0.6% |
| 133rd | Belgium | 41.54% | +1.4% |
| 134th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.34% | -0.3% |
| 135th | Sri Lanka | 41.33% | +17.2% |
| 136th | North Macedonia | 40.89% | -1.5% |
| 137th | Uzbekistan | 39.69% | -0.1% |
| 138th | Malaysia | 39.51% | +1.4% |
| 139th | Costa Rica | 39.44% | +6.3% |
| 140th | Mexico | 39.32% | -0.8% |
| 141st | Belize | 39.25% | +2.4% |
| 142nd | Greece | 39.03% | +4.9% |
| 143rd | Dominican Republic | 38.89% | +1.4% |
| 144th | Mauritius | 38.74% | 0.0% |
| 145th | Fiji | 38.67% | -1.1% |
| 146th | Spain | 38.43% | +0.9% |
| 147th | Chile | 37.85% | +1.0% |
| 148th | Luxembourg | 37.85% | +0.8% |
| 149th | Gabon | 37.66% | +0.3% |
| 150th | Guyana | 36.54% | -1.5% |
| 151st | Cuba | 34.99% | +0.7% |
| 152nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 34.74% | -0.4% |
| 153rd | Italy | 34.48% | +1.5% |
| 154th | Nicaragua | 34.24% | +0.8% |
| 155th | Maldives | 33.18% | +5.9% |
| 156th | India | 33.16% | +1.9% |
| 157th | Bahrain | 32.96% | +1.9% |
| 158th | Senegal | 32.85% | +0.3% |
| 159th | United Arab Emirates | 32.82% | +1.6% |
| 160th | Suriname | 32.64% | +0.3% |
| 161st | Comoros | 32.03% | +0.2% |
| 162nd | Malta | 29.74% | +0.7% |
| 163rd | Libya | 29.60% | +1.5% |
| 164th | Türkiye | 29.18% | +1.6% |
| 165th | Sudan | 28.39% | -1.0% |
| 166th | Bangladesh | 27.97% | +1.6% |
| 167th | Mauritania | 27.68% | +1.2% |
| 168th | Morocco | 24.62% | +1.7% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 23.76% | -0.2% |
| 170th | Oman | 23.68% | +1.0% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | 22.14% | +0.7% |
| 172nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 21.17% | -0.2% |
| 173rd | Nepal | 20.95% | +0.5% |
| 174th | Yemen, Republic of | 20.52% | +5.2% |
| 175th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 19.70% | -3.3% |
| 176th | Lebanon | 19.56% | +0.7% |
| 177th | Saudi Arabia | 16.60% | +1.6% |
| 178th | Syrian Arab Republic | 16.51% | -6.8% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 16.05% | +1.2% |
| 180th | Pakistan | 15.25% | +2.1% |
| 181st | Afghanistan | 14.63% | -1.3% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 12.53% | +3.7% |
| 183rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12.06% | +6.7% |
| 184th | Algeria | 11.82% | +0.5% |
| 185th | Jordan | 11.66% | +0.5% |
| 186th | Iraq | 9.15% | +3.3% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest female labor participation in 1998?▾
Mozambique has the highest female labor participation in 1998 at 87.17%.
Which country has the lowest female labor participation in 1998?▾
Iraq has the lowest female labor participation in 1998 at 9.15%.
How many countries are ranked by female labor participation?▾
186 countries have female labor participation data for 1998.
What are the top 3 countries by female labor participation?▾
1. Mozambique (87.17%), 2. Burundi (84.97%), 3. Tanzania (84.32%).