Female Labor Participation - Ranking 2012
Year
In 2012, Madagascar (83.70%), Solomon Islands (82.49%), and Tanzania (82.07%) ranked highest in female labor participation among all countries. Yemen, Republic of ranked lowest at 7.73%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Madagascar | 83.70% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Solomon Islands | 82.49% | +0.1% |
| 3rd | Tanzania | 82.07% | -1.1% |
| 4th | Mozambique | 80.94% | -1.1% |
| 5th | Burundi | 79.95% | +0.4% |
| 6th | Cambodia | 78.36% | -4.3% |
| 7th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.61% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 75.92% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Angola | 74.63% | -0.3% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 74.31% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 73.63% | -0.1% |
| 12th | South Sudan | 72.18% | +0.1% |
| 13th | Viet Nam | 71.98% | +0.4% |
| 14th | Liberia | 71.93% | +0.1% |
| 15th | Kenya | 71.18% | +0.1% |
| 16th | Peru | 70.91% | -0.4% |
| 17th | Iceland | 70.62% | +0.8% |
| 18th | Benin | 70.20% | +0.9% |
| 19th | Bahamas, The | 69.76% | +0.2% |
| 20th | Cameroon | 68.76% | -1.2% |
| 21st | Ghana | 67.27% | -0.2% |
| 22nd | Malawi | 67.19% | -2.3% |
| 23rd | Congo, Republic of | 66.89% | -0.2% |
| 24th | Niger | 66.42% | -3.1% |
| 25th | Kazakhstan | 66.04% | -0.3% |
| 26th | Central African Republic | 65.69% | -0.2% |
| 27th | Uganda | 65.51% | -15.9% |
| 28th | Macao SAR, China | 65.32% | -0.7% |
| 29th | Moldova | 65.28% | +1.4% |
| 30th | Thailand | 65.07% | -1.1% |
| 31st | St. Lucia | 64.48% | +4.5% |
| 32nd | Norway | 63.54% | -0.3% |
| 33rd | China | 63.33% | -0.5% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 63.07% | +1.2% |
| 35th | Barbados | 62.88% | -2.2% |
| 36th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 62.46% | -2.1% |
| 37th | Côte d'Ivoire | 62.43% | +1.6% |
| 38th | New Zealand | 62.02% | +0.2% |
| 39th | Canada | 61.73% | +0.1% |
| 40th | Timor-Leste | 61.58% | -0.2% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 61.08% | +0.9% |
| 42nd | Haiti | 61.03% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Switzerland | 60.90% | +0.5% |
| 44th | Zimbabwe | 60.42% | -0.1% |
| 45th | Mali | 60.22% | -0.1% |
| 46th | Paraguay | 59.86% | +9.9% |
| 47th | Sweden | 59.72% | +0.3% |
| 48th | Israel | 59.33% | +3.9% |
| 49th | Georgia | 59.31% | -0.8% |
| 50th | Azerbaijan | 59.24% | -0.3% |
| 51st | New Caledonia | 59.16% | -0.1% |
| 52nd | Australia | 58.83% | -0.2% |
| 53rd | Singapore | 58.54% | +1.3% |
| 54th | Sierra Leone | 58.29% | -1.7% |
| 55th | Denmark | 58.28% | -0.7% |
| 56th | Belarus | 58.16% | +0.6% |
| 57th | Lesotho | 58.04% | -1.3% |
| 58th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 57.42% | -0.2% |
| 59th | Virgin Islands (US) | 57.31% | -2.9% |
| 60th | Brunei Darussalam | 57.22% | +0.3% |
| 61st | Cyprus | 57.20% | -0.5% |
| 62nd | Vanuatu | 57.06% | -0.8% |
| 63rd | United States | 56.78% | -0.4% |
| 64th | Lao PDR | 56.58% | -0.3% |
| 65th | Uruguay | 56.49% | -0.6% |
| 66th | Russian Federation | 56.27% | -0.1% |
| 67th | Guam | 56.18% | +0.1% |
| 68th | Colombia | 56.01% | +1.9% |
| 69th | Guinea-Bissau | 55.94% | +0.1% |
| 70th | United Kingdom | 55.93% | +0.5% |
| 71st | Finland | 55.87% | +0.2% |
| 72nd | Togo | 55.58% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Estonia | 55.38% | -0.4% |
| 74th | Botswana | 54.89% | +1.3% |
| 75th | Ireland | 54.72% | -0.4% |
| 76th | Portugal | 54.67% | +0.1% |
| 77th | Austria | 54.45% | +0.9% |
| 78th | Rwanda | 54.28% | +0.1% |
| 79th | Latvia | 54.09% | +2.2% |
| 80th | Armenia | 53.93% | -0.5% |
| 81st | Mongolia | 53.79% | -0.2% |
| 82nd | Germany | 53.68% | -0.1% |
| 83rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 53.52% | +0.7% |
| 84th | Lithuania | 53.20% | +1.0% |
| 85th | Namibia | 53.10% | +0.9% |
| 86th | Jamaica | 53.02% | +0.7% |
| 87th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.93% | +0.4% |
| 88th | Qatar | 52.91% | +0.9% |
| 89th | Spain | 52.90% | +1.2% |
| 90th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 52.89% | +1.1% |
| 91st | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.89% | +3.5% |
| 92nd | Brazil | 52.87% | -1.2% |
| 93rd | Chad | 52.46% | -1.2% |
| 94th | Slovenia | 52.32% | -0.1% |
| 95th | Channel Islands | 51.90% | +0.4% |
| 96th | Zambia | 51.55% | +0.1% |
| 97th | Cabo Verde | 51.54% | +0.2% |
| 98th | Indonesia | 51.49% | +1.0% |
| 99th | Costa Rica | 51.44% | +10.7% |
| 100th | Myanmar | 51.35% | -0.4% |
| 101st | Ukraine | 51.23% | -0.6% |
| 102nd | France | 51.20% | +0.4% |
| 103rd | Luxembourg | 51.17% | +3.4% |
| 104th | Guinea | 50.86% | -2.3% |
| 105th | Slovak Republic | 50.65% | +1.0% |
| 106th | Korea | 50.29% | +0.6% |
| 107th | Czechia | 50.04% | +1.2% |
| 108th | Kyrgyz Republic | 50.03% | -4.0% |
| 109th | European Union | 49.97% | +0.8% |
| 110th | Poland | 49.35% | +0.8% |
| 111th | Chile | 49.18% | +0.5% |
| 112th | French Polynesia | 49.13% | +0.8% |
| 113th | Albania | 48.94% | -6.9% |
| 114th | Kuwait | 48.89% | +1.5% |
| 115th | Panama | 48.67% | +5.4% |
| 116th | Philippines | 48.46% | -1.0% |
| 117th | Papua New Guinea | 48.33% | +0.5% |
| 118th | Ecuador | 48.08% | +2.2% |
| 119th | Argentina | 48.06% | +0.2% |
| 120th | Japan | 48.03% | -0.1% |
| 121st | Bulgaria | 47.96% | +1.6% |
| 122nd | Hungary | 47.46% | +1.3% |
| 123rd | Belgium | 47.16% | +0.1% |
| 124th | Malaysia | 47.03% | +3.8% |
| 125th | El Salvador | 46.45% | +2.0% |
| 126th | Eswatini | 46.41% | +0.3% |
| 127th | Nicaragua | 46.19% | +1.9% |
| 128th | Belize | 46.00% | +1.1% |
| 129th | South Africa | 45.33% | +0.4% |
| 130th | Dominican Republic | 45.21% | +3.5% |
| 131st | United Arab Emirates | 44.99% | +2.4% |
| 132nd | Guatemala | 44.99% | +12.2% |
| 133rd | Gambia, The | 44.78% | +0.3% |
| 134th | Mexico | 44.48% | +2.5% |
| 135th | Croatia | 44.47% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Fiji | 44.33% | -3.1% |
| 137th | Tonga | 43.43% | -0.2% |
| 138th | Greece | 43.38% | +0.7% |
| 139th | Mauritius | 43.03% | +1.0% |
| 140th | Cuba | 42.92% | +1.2% |
| 141st | Bahrain | 42.81% | +0.5% |
| 142nd | Montenegro | 42.80% | +2.9% |
| 143rd | North Macedonia | 42.41% | -1.0% |
| 144th | Suriname | 42.10% | +1.8% |
| 145th | Serbia | 42.01% | +0.8% |
| 146th | Romania | 41.76% | -0.2% |
| 147th | Samoa | 41.44% | +0.1% |
| 148th | Turkmenistan | 40.69% | -1.6% |
| 149th | Gabon | 40.62% | +0.7% |
| 150th | Guyana | 40.44% | +1.5% |
| 151st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.56% | -0.5% |
| 152nd | Italy | 39.37% | +3.4% |
| 153rd | Uzbekistan | 39.10% | +0.6% |
| 154th | Malta | 38.68% | +8.8% |
| 155th | Honduras | 38.29% | -3.5% |
| 156th | Maldives | 37.36% | +1.0% |
| 157th | Bangladesh | 34.32% | -2.0% |
| 158th | Libya | 33.94% | -0.4% |
| 159th | Senegal | 33.80% | +0.3% |
| 160th | Puerto Rico (US) | 32.76% | -0.8% |
| 161st | Comoros | 32.69% | +0.0% |
| 162nd | Sri Lanka | 32.65% | -3.8% |
| 163rd | Türkiye | 29.36% | +2.5% |
| 164th | Oman | 27.61% | +2.1% |
| 165th | Mauritania | 27.35% | -0.3% |
| 166th | Sudan | 27.02% | -4.6% |
| 167th | India | 26.76% | -3.0% |
| 168th | Tajikistan | 26.61% | -3.3% |
| 169th | Nepal | 25.73% | +2.0% |
| 170th | Tunisia | 25.58% | +3.3% |
| 171st | Morocco | 24.36% | -3.0% |
| 172nd | Lebanon | 24.09% | +2.7% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | 22.75% | 0.0% |
| 174th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 22.51% | -0.1% |
| 175th | Pakistan | 22.51% | +1.3% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.86% | +0.6% |
| 177th | Saudi Arabia | 19.76% | +4.2% |
| 178th | Djibouti | 17.36% | +0.7% |
| 179th | Afghanistan | 16.21% | +2.0% |
| 180th | West Bank and Gaza | 16.17% | +3.5% |
| 181st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.89% | +9.5% |
| 182nd | Algeria | 14.82% | +1.4% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 13.86% | -3.9% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.50% | -9.6% |
| 185th | Iraq | 11.88% | -0.7% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 7.73% | -12.0% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest female labor participation in 2012?▾
Madagascar has the highest female labor participation in 2012 at 83.70%.
Which country has the lowest female labor participation in 2012?▾
Yemen, Republic of has the lowest female labor participation in 2012 at 7.73%.
How many countries are ranked by female labor participation?▾
186 countries have female labor participation data for 2012.
What are the top 3 countries by female labor participation?▾
1. Madagascar (83.70%), 2. Solomon Islands (82.49%), 3. Tanzania (82.07%).