Rwanda - Female Labor Participation 2022
54.70%
+2.12pp from 2021
Rwanda's female labor participation was 54.70% in 2022, increased +2.12pp from 52.58% in 2021. This was the 80th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Madagascar | 82.83% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Solomon Islands | 82.31% | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Tanzania | 80.27% | -0.2% |
| 4th | Burundi | 80.25% | -0.3% |
| 5th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.69% | 1.6% |
| 6th | Mozambique | 77.20% | 0.5% |
| 7th | Cambodia | 77.17% | 4.7% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 76.93% | 1.4% |
| 9th | Uganda | 75.36% | 0.9% |
| 10th | Benin | 74.63% | -0.2% |
| 11th | Angola | 74.02% | -0.9% |
| 12th | Eritrea | 72.85% | 0.3% |
| 13th | Niger | 72.61% | 7.1% |
| 14th | Liberia | 71.92% | 0.3% |
| 15th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 71.72% | 0.9% |
| 16th | Moldova | 71.54% | 1.2% |
| 17th | Bahamas, The | 70.89% | 6.0% |
| 18th | South Sudan | 70.63% | -1.0% |
| 19th | Iceland | 70.57% | 2.1% |
| 20th | Viet Nam | 69.88% | 1.1% |
| 21st | Peru | 66.73% | 2.9% |
| 22nd | New Zealand | 66.37% | 1.2% |
| 23rd | Congo, Republic of | 65.72% | 2.7% |
| 24th | Central African Republic | 65.53% | 1.1% |
| 25th | Burkina Faso | 65.40% | -3.3% |
| 26th | Kazakhstan | 64.74% | 1.1% |
| 27th | Qatar | 63.54% | 4.9% |
| 28th | Singapore | 62.92% | -2.3% |
| 29th | Kenya | 62.83% | 0.3% |
| 30th | St. Lucia | 62.68% | 3.8% |
| 31st | Netherlands | 62.57% | 1.1% |
| 32nd | Australia | 62.52% | 1.6% |
| 33rd | Norway | 62.36% | 0.3% |
| 34th | Azerbaijan | 62.17% | 1.6% |
| 35th | Switzerland | 61.93% | -1.1% |
| 36th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 61.43% | 1.6% |
| 37th | Lao PDR | 61.37% | 1.7% |
| 38th | Cyprus | 61.22% | 2.8% |
| 39th | Timor-Leste | 61.17% | -0.1% |
| 40th | Barbados | 61.11% | 3.6% |
| 41st | Israel | 61.11% | 2.4% |
| 42nd | Sweden | 61.05% | 0.6% |
| 43rd | Canada | 61.05% | 0.7% |
| 44th | Jamaica | 60.80% | 4.1% |
| 45th | Estonia | 60.14% | 4.1% |
| 46th | China | 60.10% | -1.8% |
| 47th | Macao SAR, China | 60.03% | -6.3% |
| 48th | Guinea-Bissau | 59.97% | 2.7% |
| 49th | Haiti | 59.95% | -3.5% |
| 50th | Botswana | 59.93% | 1.7% |
| 51st | Zimbabwe | 59.77% | -0.6% |
| 52nd | Thailand | 59.58% | 0.7% |
| 53rd | Denmark | 59.55% | 2.4% |
| 54th | Ireland | 59.11% | 2.2% |
| 55th | Côte d'Ivoire | 59.06% | 2.1% |
| 56th | Paraguay | 58.99% | -1.4% |
| 57th | Malawi | 58.75% | -0.1% |
| 58th | Lithuania | 58.04% | 1.2% |
| 59th | Belarus | 57.89% | -0.2% |
| 60th | United Kingdom | 57.70% | -0.5% |
| 61st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 57.60% | 2.0% |
| 62nd | Finland | 57.27% | 2.4% |
| 63rd | Cameroon | 57.10% | 0.0% |
| 64th | Luxembourg | 57.00% | 0.1% |
| 65th | Albania | 56.41% | 7.4% |
| 66th | Guam | 56.29% | 4.0% |
| 67th | Togo | 56.24% | 1.0% |
| 68th | United States | 56.03% | 0.7% |
| 69th | Georgia | 55.76% | 5.1% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | 55.69% | 2.0% |
| 71st | Austria | 55.69% | 0.6% |
| 72nd | Uruguay | 55.66% | -0.7% |
| 73rd | Germany | 55.54% | 0.9% |
| 74th | Ghana | 55.51% | -2.4% |
| 75th | Malta | 55.31% | 5.9% |
| 76th | Russian Federation | 55.30% | 0.3% |
| 77th | Latvia | 55.30% | 2.1% |
| 78th | Korea | 55.03% | 2.6% |
| 79th | Namibia | 54.74% | 3.1% |
| 80th | Rwanda | 54.70% | 4.0% |
| 81st | Mongolia | 54.63% | 2.8% |
| 82nd | Ecuador | 54.24% | 1.1% |
| 83rd | Japan | 54.17% | 1.3% |
| 84th | Zambia | 53.97% | -0.3% |
| 85th | Slovenia | 53.88% | 0.8% |
| 86th | Brazil | 53.86% | 2.6% |
| 87th | Portugal | 53.80% | 1.7% |
| 88th | Brunei Darussalam | 53.70% | -2.0% |
| 89th | Vanuatu | 53.63% | -1.8% |
| 90th | Equatorial Guinea | 53.53% | 5.1% |
| 91st | United Arab Emirates | 53.06% | 5.2% |
| 92nd | Hungary | 53.06% | 1.6% |
| 93rd | Mali | 53.01% | 0.1% |
| 94th | Virgin Islands (US) | 52.92% | 2.2% |
| 95th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 52.79% | -1.7% |
| 96th | New Caledonia | 52.59% | -0.7% |
| 97th | Indonesia | 52.56% | 0.9% |
| 98th | Bhutan | 52.51% | -19.1% |
| 99th | Spain | 52.28% | 0.2% |
| 100th | Czechia | 52.19% | 1.2% |
| 101st | Panama | 52.14% | 6.6% |
| 102nd | Argentina | 51.87% | 3.2% |
| 103rd | France | 51.86% | 0.5% |
| 104th | Sierra Leone | 51.61% | 0.3% |
| 105th | Malaysia | 51.60% | 0.4% |
| 106th | Poland | 51.59% | 1.2% |
| 107th | European Union | 51.57% | 1.1% |
| 108th | Colombia | 50.92% | -1.5% |
| 109th | Channel Islands | 50.89% | 0.0% |
| 110th | Bulgaria | 50.80% | 3.3% |
| 111th | Papua New Guinea | 50.65% | 0.2% |
| 112th | Dominican Republic | 50.48% | -1.1% |
| 113th | Philippines | 50.38% | 14.0% |
| 114th | Costa Rica | 50.28% | 0.1% |
| 115th | Armenia | 50.24% | -8.9% |
| 116th | Nicaragua | 50.14% | 2.2% |
| 117th | Serbia | 50.14% | 2.3% |
| 118th | Belgium | 50.03% | 1.3% |
| 119th | Chile | 50.03% | 7.4% |
| 120th | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.02% | 2.3% |
| 121st | Cabo Verde | 49.93% | 4.8% |
| 122nd | Kuwait | 49.62% | 4.4% |
| 123rd | Montenegro | 48.49% | 17.0% |
| 124th | Lesotho | 48.44% | 0.4% |
| 125th | Chad | 47.93% | -0.4% |
| 126th | French Polynesia | 47.85% | -0.9% |
| 127th | Eswatini | 47.23% | 0.7% |
| 128th | South Africa | 47.12% | 3.8% |
| 129th | Comoros | 47.03% | -0.1% |
| 130th | Croatia | 46.98% | 2.4% |
| 131st | El Salvador | 46.03% | 1.8% |
| 132nd | Mexico | 46.00% | 3.1% |
| 133rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 45.24% | 2.8% |
| 134th | Guyana | 45.13% | 10.8% |
| 135th | Gambia, The | 45.13% | 0.4% |
| 136th | Greece | 44.41% | 2.7% |
| 137th | Suriname | 43.96% | 0.9% |
| 138th | Bangladesh | 43.69% | 3.6% |
| 139th | Honduras | 43.61% | -9.3% |
| 140th | Belize | 43.56% | -6.9% |
| 141st | Romania | 43.22% | 1.1% |
| 142nd | Tonga | 42.62% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Guinea | 42.53% | 1.3% |
| 144th | Mauritius | 42.52% | 4.8% |
| 145th | North Macedonia | 42.21% | 3.1% |
| 146th | Bahrain | 42.21% | 2.4% |
| 147th | Cuba | 41.92% | -1.2% |
| 148th | Gabon | 41.90% | 5.4% |
| 149th | Uzbekistan | 41.10% | 3.8% |
| 150th | Myanmar | 41.07% | 0.1% |
| 151st | Italy | 40.52% | 1.6% |
| 152nd | Guatemala | 40.50% | -4.7% |
| 153rd | Maldives | 40.17% | 5.7% |
| 154th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.54% | 3.0% |
| 155th | Turkmenistan | 38.39% | 1.4% |
| 156th | Fiji | 38.21% | 4.5% |
| 157th | Senegal | 37.71% | 0.0% |
| 158th | Puerto Rico (US) | 35.92% | 0.9% |
| 159th | Türkiye | 35.02% | 6.8% |
| 160th | Saudi Arabia | 34.10% | -0.4% |
| 161st | Libya | 33.63% | 7.3% |
| 162nd | Sri Lanka | 31.61% | 0.9% |
| 163rd | Samoa | 31.15% | -7.0% |
| 164th | Oman | 30.80% | 4.2% |
| 165th | India | 29.35% | 5.9% |
| 166th | Tunisia | 27.52% | 3.1% |
| 167th | Nepal | 27.24% | -0.1% |
| 168th | Mauritania | 26.05% | -0.1% |
| 169th | Pakistan | 24.03% | -1.4% |
| 170th | São Tomé and Principe | 23.01% | 0.3% |
| 171st | Lebanon | 22.34% | -6.5% |
| 172nd | Tajikistan | 21.40% | 3.9% |
| 173rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.67% | -1.3% |
| 174th | Morocco | 19.58% | -5.4% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 18.93% | 7.9% |
| 176th | Djibouti | 18.68% | 0.8% |
| 177th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 15.23% | -2.3% |
| 178th | Sudan | 14.45% | -8.6% |
| 179th | Algeria | 14.33% | 6.7% |
| 180th | Jordan | 13.92% | -0.3% |
| 181st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 13.47% | 2.9% |
| 182nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.02% | 1.5% |
| 183rd | Iraq | 11.18% | 2.6% |
| 184th | Afghanistan | 5.16% | -64.7% |
| 185th | Yemen, Republic of | 4.80% | -1.5% |
FAQ
What was Rwanda's female labor participation in 2022?▾
Rwanda's female labor participation in 2022 was 54.70%. This ranked 80th globally.
How did Rwanda's female labor participation change in 2022?▾
Rwanda's female labor participation increased by 4.0% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2022?▾
Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2022 at 82.83%.
What is the female labor participation of Rwanda in 2022?▾
The female labor participation of Rwanda in 2022 was 54.70%. This ranked 80th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Rwanda's female labor participation?▾
Rwanda's female labor participation went from 52.58% in 2021 to 54.70% in 2022, a 4.0% increase.
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