Female Labor Participation - Ranking 2023
Year
In 2023, Madagascar (82.87%), Solomon Islands (82.33%), and Nigeria (80.69%) ranked highest in female labor participation among all countries. Yemen, Republic of ranked lowest at 4.75%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Madagascar | 82.87% | +0.0% |
| 2nd | Solomon Islands | 82.33% | +0.0% |
| 3rd | Nigeria | 80.69% | +4.9% |
| 4th | Tanzania | 80.33% | +0.1% |
| 5th | Burundi | 79.98% | -0.3% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.72% | +0.0% |
| 7th | Mozambique | 77.27% | +0.1% |
| 8th | Cambodia | 77.22% | +0.1% |
| 9th | Uganda | 75.45% | +0.1% |
| 10th | Benin | 74.80% | +0.2% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 72.86% | +0.0% |
| 12th | Niger | 72.50% | -0.1% |
| 13th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 72.46% | +1.0% |
| 14th | Angola | 72.32% | -2.3% |
| 15th | Liberia | 71.97% | +0.1% |
| 16th | Bahamas, The | 71.01% | +0.2% |
| 17th | South Sudan | 70.39% | -0.3% |
| 18th | Iceland | 70.37% | -0.3% |
| 19th | Moldova | 70.06% | -2.1% |
| 20th | Viet Nam | 69.22% | -0.9% |
| 21st | New Zealand | 66.92% | +0.8% |
| 22nd | Congo, Republic of | 65.64% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Central African Republic | 65.61% | +0.1% |
| 24th | Peru | 65.08% | -2.5% |
| 25th | Kazakhstan | 65.03% | +0.4% |
| 26th | Burkina Faso | 64.72% | -1.0% |
| 27th | Botswana | 63.43% | +5.8% |
| 28th | Qatar | 63.31% | -0.4% |
| 29th | Singapore | 63.30% | +0.6% |
| 30th | Netherlands | 63.08% | +0.8% |
| 31st | Jamaica | 63.05% | +3.7% |
| 32nd | Kenya | 62.95% | +0.2% |
| 33rd | Macao SAR, China | 62.63% | +4.3% |
| 34th | Australia | 62.58% | +0.1% |
| 35th | Cyprus | 62.50% | +2.1% |
| 36th | Switzerland | 62.38% | +0.7% |
| 37th | Norway | 62.37% | +0.0% |
| 38th | Zimbabwe | 62.18% | +4.0% |
| 39th | St. Lucia | 62.14% | -0.9% |
| 40th | Azerbaijan | 61.75% | -0.7% |
| 41st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 61.72% | +0.5% |
| 42nd | Sweden | 61.69% | +1.0% |
| 43rd | Lao PDR | 61.41% | +0.1% |
| 44th | Israel | 61.34% | +0.4% |
| 45th | Barbados | 61.15% | +0.1% |
| 46th | Canada | 61.13% | +0.1% |
| 47th | Estonia | 61.05% | +1.5% |
| 48th | Timor-Leste | 60.77% | -0.6% |
| 49th | Thailand | 60.31% | +1.2% |
| 50th | China | 60.22% | +0.2% |
| 51st | Ireland | 60.16% | +1.8% |
| 52nd | Guinea-Bissau | 60.08% | +0.2% |
| 53rd | Denmark | 59.81% | +0.4% |
| 54th | Haiti | 59.35% | -1.0% |
| 55th | Côte d'Ivoire | 59.26% | +0.3% |
| 56th | Paraguay | 58.99% | +0.0% |
| 57th | Malawi | 58.64% | -0.2% |
| 58th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 58.57% | +1.7% |
| 59th | Rwanda | 58.04% | +6.1% |
| 60th | Albania | 57.96% | +2.8% |
| 61st | Lithuania | 57.91% | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Finland | 57.49% | +0.4% |
| 63rd | Belarus | 57.42% | -0.8% |
| 64th | United Kingdom | 57.38% | -0.6% |
| 65th | Luxembourg | 57.20% | +0.3% |
| 66th | Cameroon | 57.10% | 0.0% |
| 67th | Bhutan | 56.62% | +7.8% |
| 68th | United States | 56.60% | +1.0% |
| 69th | Uruguay | 56.52% | +1.5% |
| 70th | Togo | 56.49% | +0.4% |
| 71st | Guam | 56.39% | +0.2% |
| 72nd | Zambia | 56.36% | +4.4% |
| 73rd | Georgia | 56.25% | +0.9% |
| 74th | Korea | 56.04% | +1.8% |
| 75th | Germany | 55.82% | +0.5% |
| 76th | Austria | 55.81% | +0.2% |
| 77th | Slovak Republic | 55.70% | +0.0% |
| 78th | Ghana | 55.53% | +0.0% |
| 79th | Malta | 55.53% | +0.4% |
| 80th | Latvia | 55.44% | +0.2% |
| 81st | Russian Federation | 55.36% | +0.1% |
| 82nd | Japan | 54.85% | +1.2% |
| 83rd | Namibia | 54.83% | +0.2% |
| 84th | Brunei Darussalam | 54.83% | +2.1% |
| 85th | Portugal | 54.72% | +1.7% |
| 86th | Hungary | 54.00% | +1.8% |
| 87th | Vanuatu | 53.60% | -0.1% |
| 88th | Indonesia | 53.49% | +1.8% |
| 89th | Equatorial Guinea | 53.27% | -0.5% |
| 90th | Czechia | 53.24% | +2.0% |
| 91st | Brazil | 53.21% | -1.2% |
| 92nd | Mali | 53.06% | +0.1% |
| 93rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 53.00% | +0.2% |
| 94th | Slovenia | 52.99% | -1.7% |
| 95th | Argentina | 52.96% | +2.1% |
| 96th | Spain | 52.77% | +0.9% |
| 97th | Panama | 52.69% | +1.1% |
| 98th | Ecuador | 52.52% | -3.2% |
| 99th | Dominican Republic | 52.48% | +4.0% |
| 100th | Mongolia | 52.47% | -4.0% |
| 101st | United Arab Emirates | 52.35% | -1.3% |
| 102nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 52.27% | -1.0% |
| 103rd | New Caledonia | 52.22% | -0.7% |
| 104th | Poland | 52.21% | +1.2% |
| 105th | France | 52.11% | +0.5% |
| 106th | European Union | 51.97% | +0.8% |
| 107th | Chile | 51.96% | +3.9% |
| 108th | Colombia | 51.83% | +1.8% |
| 109th | Montenegro | 51.78% | +6.8% |
| 110th | Sierra Leone | 51.77% | +0.3% |
| 111th | Malaysia | 51.59% | 0.0% |
| 112th | Armenia | 51.52% | +2.5% |
| 113th | Serbia | 51.41% | +2.5% |
| 114th | Bulgaria | 51.03% | +0.4% |
| 115th | Nicaragua | 50.73% | +1.2% |
| 116th | Papua New Guinea | 50.64% | 0.0% |
| 117th | Philippines | 50.45% | +0.1% |
| 118th | Cabo Verde | 50.22% | +0.6% |
| 119th | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.03% | +0.0% |
| 120th | Channel Islands | 50.00% | -1.7% |
| 121st | Belgium | 49.83% | -0.4% |
| 122nd | South Africa | 49.05% | +4.1% |
| 123rd | El Salvador | 48.52% | +5.4% |
| 124th | Lesotho | 48.43% | 0.0% |
| 125th | Eswatini | 48.24% | +2.1% |
| 126th | Kuwait | 48.18% | -2.9% |
| 127th | Chad | 47.82% | -0.2% |
| 128th | Mauritius | 47.64% | +12.0% |
| 129th | French Polynesia | 47.40% | -0.9% |
| 130th | Mexico | 47.32% | +2.9% |
| 131st | Croatia | 47.14% | +0.3% |
| 132nd | Comoros | 47.06% | +0.1% |
| 133rd | Guyana | 46.48% | +3.0% |
| 134th | Gambia, The | 45.24% | +0.2% |
| 135th | Greece | 44.65% | +0.5% |
| 136th | Suriname | 44.35% | +0.9% |
| 137th | Costa Rica | 44.09% | -12.3% |
| 138th | Belize | 44.08% | +1.2% |
| 139th | Kyrgyz Republic | 43.50% | -3.9% |
| 140th | Guinea | 42.74% | +0.5% |
| 141st | Tonga | 42.62% | +0.0% |
| 142nd | Bahrain | 42.38% | +0.4% |
| 143rd | Romania | 42.17% | -2.4% |
| 144th | North Macedonia | 42.16% | -0.1% |
| 145th | Gabon | 41.88% | -0.1% |
| 146th | Bangladesh | 41.87% | -4.1% |
| 147th | Italy | 41.31% | +2.0% |
| 148th | Uzbekistan | 41.24% | +0.3% |
| 149th | Cuba | 41.16% | -1.8% |
| 150th | Myanmar | 41.05% | 0.0% |
| 151st | Maldives | 40.31% | +0.3% |
| 152nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.53% | +2.6% |
| 153rd | Honduras | 39.36% | -9.7% |
| 154th | Fiji | 38.42% | +0.6% |
| 155th | Turkmenistan | 38.23% | -0.4% |
| 156th | Guatemala | 38.14% | -5.8% |
| 157th | Senegal | 37.77% | +0.2% |
| 158th | Puerto Rico (US) | 36.29% | +1.0% |
| 159th | Türkiye | 35.76% | +2.1% |
| 160th | Saudi Arabia | 34.28% | +0.5% |
| 161st | Libya | 33.47% | -0.5% |
| 162nd | Samoa | 31.16% | +0.0% |
| 163rd | India | 30.98% | +5.6% |
| 164th | Oman | 30.32% | -1.5% |
| 165th | Sri Lanka | 29.60% | -6.3% |
| 166th | Nepal | 27.30% | +0.2% |
| 167th | Tunisia | 26.78% | -2.7% |
| 168th | Mauritania | 26.20% | +0.6% |
| 169th | Pakistan | 24.00% | -0.1% |
| 170th | São Tomé and Principe | 22.87% | -0.6% |
| 171st | Lebanon | 22.23% | -0.5% |
| 172nd | Tajikistan | 21.67% | +1.3% |
| 173rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.71% | +0.2% |
| 174th | Morocco | 19.67% | +0.4% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 18.94% | +1.4% |
| 176th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 18.48% | +21.3% |
| 177th | Jordan | 15.93% | +14.4% |
| 178th | Algeria | 14.34% | +0.0% |
| 179th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.13% | +4.9% |
| 180th | Syrian Arab Republic | 12.88% | -1.1% |
| 181st | Iraq | 10.91% | -2.4% |
| 182nd | Afghanistan | 5.15% | -0.3% |
| 183rd | Yemen, Republic of | 4.75% | -1.0% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest female labor participation in 2023?▾
Madagascar has the highest female labor participation in 2023 at 82.87%.
Which country has the lowest female labor participation in 2023?▾
Yemen, Republic of has the lowest female labor participation in 2023 at 4.75%.
How many countries are ranked by female labor participation?▾
183 countries have female labor participation data for 2023.
What are the top 3 countries by female labor participation?▾
1. Madagascar (82.87%), 2. Solomon Islands (82.33%), 3. Nigeria (80.69%).