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Samoa - Female Labor Participation 2020

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

35.21% −2.26pp from 2019 Global rank: 159th

Samoa's female labor participation was 35.21% in 2020, decreased +2.26pp from 37.47% in 2019. This was the 159th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2020▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2020
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	82.15%	-0.9%
2nd	Solomon Islands	81.60%	-0.9%
3rd	Tanzania	79.34%	-1.1%
4th	Burundi	78.56%	-2.9%
5th	Cambodia	77.09%	-0.3%
6th	Mozambique	76.87%	-1.1%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	76.31%	-1.9%
8th	Nigeria	74.89%	-2.2%
9th	Uganda	73.98%	0.2%
10th	Benin	73.59%	-1.0%
11th	Eritrea	71.99%	-1.3%
12th	Liberia	71.39%	-1.0%
13th	Angola	71.34%	-2.3%
14th	South Sudan	71.00%	-1.0%
15th	Burkina Faso	69.46%	-4.2%
16th	Iceland	69.31%	-3.0%
17th	Viet Nam	69.10%	-3.4%
18th	Moldova	68.09%	-0.4%
19th	Bahamas, The	65.17%	-8.5%
20th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	65.02%	-1.8%
21st	Central African Republic	64.78%	-0.9%
22nd	New Zealand	64.69%	-1.0%
23rd	Azerbaijan	64.38%	3.1%
24th	Niger	63.67%	5.7%
25th	Macao SAR, China	63.66%	-1.6%
26th	Kazakhstan	63.61%	-1.6%
27th	Congo, Republic of	63.28%	-4.9%
28th	Malawi	63.13%	6.9%
29th	Bhutan	63.00%	3.9%
30th	Switzerland	62.64%	-0.7%
31st	Norway	62.48%	-0.3%
32nd	Kenya	62.17%	-1.0%
33rd	Netherlands	61.78%	0.2%
34th	Singapore	61.72%	-0.2%
35th	Haiti	61.37%	-0.9%
36th	Sweden	60.59%	-1.2%
37th	Timor-Leste	60.46%	-0.9%
38th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	60.26%	-1.3%
39th	Australia	60.14%	-1.5%
40th	Peru	59.86%	-14.5%
41st	China	59.71%	-2.6%
42nd	Barbados	59.69%	-3.1%
43rd	Qatar	59.45%	0.6%
44th	Zimbabwe	59.43%	-2.1%
45th	Israel	59.40%	-2.0%
46th	Canada	59.38%	-3.1%
47th	Thailand	59.11%	0.3%
48th	Cyprus	59.05%	-1.7%
49th	Lao PDR	58.68%	1.0%
50th	United Kingdom	58.28%	0.4%
51st	United Arab Emirates	58.18%	7.0%
52nd	Cameroon	58.06%	-3.3%
53rd	Ghana	57.96%	-3.5%
54th	Denmark	57.89%	-0.3%
55th	Belarus	57.88%	-0.7%
56th	Jamaica	57.58%	-3.8%
57th	Lithuania	57.36%	0.2%
58th	Estonia	57.13%	-0.4%
59th	Paraguay	57.11%	-5.2%
60th	Guinea-Bissau	56.77%	1.3%
61st	Rwanda	56.65%	9.2%
62nd	Côte d'Ivoire	56.48%	0.5%
63rd	Botswana	56.14%	-3.3%
64th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	56.11%	-1.3%
65th	Mongolia	56.05%	-3.2%
66th	Panama	55.93%	-0.7%
67th	Luxembourg	55.93%	1.8%
68th	Latvia	55.84%	0.7%
69th	United States	55.70%	-2.0%
70th	Togo	55.34%	-1.0%
71st	Austria	55.22%	-0.5%
72nd	Georgia	55.21%	0.9%
73rd	Finland	55.18%	-0.9%
74th	Germany	55.11%	-1.1%
75th	Ireland	55.06%	-2.0%
76th	Russian Federation	54.63%	-0.3%
77th	Brunei Darussalam	54.47%	-1.1%
78th	Zambia	54.41%	4.3%
79th	Armenia	54.32%	6.9%
80th	Uruguay	54.23%	-3.2%
81st	Hong Kong SAR, China	53.73%	-1.4%
82nd	Guam	53.58%	-5.2%
83rd	Vanuatu	53.45%	-0.9%
84th	New Caledonia	53.38%	0.2%
85th	Indonesia	53.20%	-1.4%
86th	Portugal	53.16%	-2.5%
87th	Korea	53.14%	-1.2%
88th	Slovenia	53.11%	-0.5%
89th	Japan	53.09%	-0.3%
90th	Namibia	52.45%	-5.2%
91st	Albania	52.25%	-1.3%
92nd	Slovak Republic	51.80%	-0.7%
93rd	Czechia	51.46%	-1.6%
94th	Malaysia	51.37%	-0.8%
95th	Hungary	51.34%	0.0%
96th	Malta	51.25%	3.9%
97th	Colombia	51.11%	-2.5%
98th	Sierra Leone	51.09%	-1.0%
99th	Spain	50.92%	-2.1%
100th	Mali	50.63%	-5.2%
101st	Virgin Islands (US)	50.61%	0.1%
102nd	Channel Islands	50.53%	-1.5%
103rd	Brazil	50.34%	-9.0%
104th	European Union	50.29%	-1.3%
105th	Equatorial Guinea	50.15%	-7.0%
106th	France	50.05%	-1.1%
107th	Papua New Guinea	49.81%	-0.3%
108th	Bulgaria	49.52%	-1.7%
109th	Poland	49.33%	-0.5%
110th	St. Lucia	49.33%	-23.3%
111th	Trinidad and Tobago	49.33%	-3.3%
112th	Belgium	48.66%	-0.9%
113th	Costa Rica	48.64%	-7.7%
114th	Lesotho	48.49%	-1.0%
115th	French Polynesia	48.35%	-1.8%
116th	Ecuador	48.24%	-11.3%
117th	Nicaragua	48.12%	-1.1%
118th	Ukraine	48.10%	-2.3%
119th	Chad	48.07%	-1.0%
120th	Dominican Republic	47.41%	-9.8%
121st	Honduras	47.04%	5.6%
122nd	Cabo Verde	46.76%	-7.2%
123rd	Kuwait	46.54%	-5.6%
124th	Argentina	46.49%	-7.0%
125th	Eswatini	46.45%	-1.5%
126th	Serbia	46.16%	-1.3%
127th	Chile	45.44%	-13.7%
128th	Comoros	44.89%	3.6%
129th	Gambia, The	44.82%	-0.4%
130th	Myanmar	44.73%	-3.4%
131st	Croatia	44.45%	-0.7%
132nd	South Africa	44.15%	-9.1%
133rd	Kyrgyz Republic	43.88%	-0.4%
134th	Montenegro	43.34%	-7.6%
135th	El Salvador	43.21%	-6.0%
136th	Mauritius	43.11%	-7.1%
137th	Suriname	42.93%	-6.7%
138th	Romania	42.74%	-0.5%
139th	Greece	42.72%	-1.8%
140th	Philippines	42.68%	-8.4%
141st	Cuba	42.29%	-5.4%
142nd	Tonga	42.28%	-0.9%
143rd	North Macedonia	41.86%	-2.3%
144th	Guinea	41.85%	-1.0%
145th	Mexico	41.70%	-8.5%
146th	Belize	41.48%	-27.4%
147th	Bahrain	41.05%	-3.5%
148th	Bangladesh	40.32%	2.5%
149th	Guyana	40.30%	-2.5%
150th	Italy	39.50%	-3.4%
151st	Uzbekistan	39.10%	-2.0%
152nd	Gabon	39.06%	-7.0%
153rd	Guatemala	38.30%	3.2%
154th	Turkmenistan	37.61%	-3.0%
155th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.12%	-2.9%
156th	Maldives	37.10%	-9.0%
157th	Senegal	37.08%	-0.6%
158th	Fiji	36.18%	-6.1%
159th	Samoa	35.21%	-6.0%
160th	Puerto Rico (US)	33.80%	1.5%
161st	Sri Lanka	31.66%	-7.0%
162nd	Libya	31.01%	-8.8%
163rd	Türkiye	30.83%	-10.1%
164th	Saudi Arabia	29.31%	20.3%
165th	Oman	29.07%	-3.7%
166th	Nepal	27.21%	-1.2%
167th	Tunisia	26.27%	-7.1%
168th	India	26.00%	-2.0%
169th	Lebanon	25.94%	-11.4%
170th	Mauritania	25.87%	-1.5%
171st	Pakistan	23.41%	0.7%
172nd	São Tomé and Principe	22.65%	-2.6%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.89%	-1.0%
174th	Morocco	20.69%	-6.0%
175th	Tajikistan	20.49%	-0.9%
176th	Djibouti	18.26%	-1.4%
177th	Sudan	17.01%	-7.9%
178th	Afghanistan	16.47%	-10.0%
179th	West Bank and Gaza	16.43%	-10.6%
180th	Jordan	14.98%	9.4%
181st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	14.61%	-7.9%
182nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.72%	-18.4%
183rd	Algeria	13.21%	-10.0%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	12.67%	-5.4%
185th	Iraq	10.89%	-6.0%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	4.90%	-0.8%

FAQ

What was Samoa's female labor participation in 2020?▾

Samoa's female labor participation in 2020 was 35.21%. This ranked 159th globally.

How did Samoa's female labor participation change in 2020?▾

Samoa's female labor participation decreased by 6.0% in 2020 compared to 2019.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2020?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2020 at 82.15%.

What is the female labor participation of Samoa in 2020?▾

The female labor participation of Samoa in 2020 was 35.21%. This ranked 159th globally.

How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Samoa's female labor participation?▾

Samoa's female labor participation went from 37.47% in 2019 to 35.21% in 2020, a 6.0% decrease.

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