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Saudi Arabia - Female Labor Participation 2013

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

19.82% +0.06pp from 2012 Global rank: 177th

Saudi Arabia's female labor participation was 19.82% in 2013, increased +0.06pp from 19.76% in 2012. This was the 177th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2013▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2013
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	83.57%	-0.2%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.44%	-0.1%
3rd	Uganda	81.91%	25.0%
4th	Tanzania	81.10%	-1.2%
5th	Burundi	80.24%	0.4%
6th	Mozambique	80.04%	-1.1%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.58%	0.0%
8th	Nigeria	75.77%	-0.2%
9th	Cambodia	74.40%	-5.0%
10th	Angola	74.40%	-0.3%
11th	Burkina Faso	74.05%	-0.3%
12th	Eritrea	73.56%	-0.1%
13th	Viet Nam	72.91%	1.3%
14th	South Sudan	72.20%	0.0%
15th	Liberia	71.91%	0.0%
16th	Kenya	71.24%	0.1%
17th	Iceland	71.06%	0.6%
18th	Benin	70.81%	0.9%
19th	Peru	70.20%	-1.0%
20th	Bahamas, The	69.92%	0.2%
21st	Cameroon	67.89%	-1.3%
22nd	Ghana	67.13%	-0.2%
23rd	Congo, Republic of	66.74%	-0.2%
24th	Macao SAR, China	65.99%	1.0%
25th	Kazakhstan	65.89%	-0.2%
26th	Moldova	65.59%	0.5%
27th	Malawi	65.57%	-2.4%
28th	Central African Republic	65.55%	-0.2%
29th	Niger	64.26%	-3.2%
30th	Barbados	64.00%	1.8%
31st	Norway	63.59%	0.1%
32nd	St. Lucia	63.29%	-1.8%
33rd	China	63.02%	-0.5%
34th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	62.26%	-0.3%
35th	New Zealand	61.92%	-0.2%
36th	Canada	61.82%	0.1%
37th	Thailand	61.78%	-5.1%
38th	Timor-Leste	61.51%	-0.1%
39th	Haiti	61.38%	0.6%
40th	Côte d'Ivoire	61.35%	-1.7%
41st	Switzerland	61.21%	0.5%
42nd	Netherlands	61.04%	-0.1%
43rd	Zimbabwe	60.37%	-0.1%
44th	Mali	60.16%	-0.1%
45th	Sweden	60.13%	0.7%
46th	Azerbaijan	59.36%	0.2%
47th	Israel	59.18%	-0.3%
48th	New Caledonia	59.07%	-0.2%
49th	Georgia	59.01%	-0.5%
50th	Australia	58.74%	-0.2%
51st	Singapore	58.61%	0.1%
52nd	Namibia	58.57%	10.3%
53rd	Belarus	58.40%	0.4%
54th	Bhutan	58.19%	-7.7%
55th	Denmark	57.68%	-1.0%
56th	Paraguay	57.68%	-3.7%
57th	Cyprus	57.37%	0.3%
58th	Brunei Darussalam	57.30%	0.1%
59th	Sierra Leone	57.30%	-1.7%
60th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	57.29%	-0.2%
61st	Lesotho	57.28%	-1.3%
62nd	Vanuatu	56.62%	-0.8%
63rd	Lao PDR	56.44%	-0.3%
64th	United States	56.36%	-0.7%
65th	United Kingdom	56.26%	0.6%
66th	Guam	56.24%	0.1%
67th	Guinea-Bissau	55.99%	0.1%
68th	Russian Federation	55.99%	-0.5%
69th	Togo	55.59%	0.0%
70th	Finland	55.57%	-0.5%
71st	Botswana	55.43%	1.0%
72nd	Estonia	55.34%	-0.1%
73rd	Uruguay	55.33%	-2.1%
74th	Colombia	55.30%	-1.3%
75th	Ireland	55.23%	0.9%
76th	Austria	54.71%	0.5%
77th	Rwanda	54.36%	0.1%
78th	Germany	54.19%	1.0%
79th	Portugal	54.16%	-0.9%
80th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	53.95%	0.8%
81st	Jamaica	53.94%	1.7%
82nd	Virgin Islands (US)	53.91%	-5.9%
83rd	Armenia	53.88%	-0.1%
84th	Hong Kong SAR, China	53.87%	1.8%
85th	Latvia	53.77%	-0.6%
86th	Mongolia	53.65%	-0.3%
87th	Qatar	53.30%	0.7%
88th	Equatorial Guinea	53.18%	0.5%
89th	Trinidad and Tobago	52.96%	0.1%
90th	Lithuania	52.93%	-0.5%
91st	Spain	52.83%	-0.1%
92nd	Brazil	52.83%	-0.1%
93rd	Channel Islands	52.31%	0.8%
94th	Slovenia	51.93%	-0.7%
95th	Chad	51.80%	-1.3%
96th	Cabo Verde	51.64%	0.2%
97th	Zambia	51.61%	0.1%
98th	Luxembourg	51.46%	0.6%
99th	France	51.32%	0.2%
100th	Costa Rica	51.25%	-0.4%
101st	Myanmar	51.14%	-0.4%
102nd	Slovak Republic	50.99%	0.7%
103rd	Ukraine	50.94%	-0.6%
104th	Czechia	50.89%	1.7%
105th	Korea	50.81%	1.0%
106th	Indonesia	50.71%	-1.5%
107th	Panama	50.21%	3.2%
108th	European Union	50.10%	0.3%
109th	Chile	49.66%	1.0%
110th	Guinea	49.64%	-2.4%
111th	Kuwait	49.29%	0.8%
112th	Poland	49.23%	-0.3%
113th	French Polynesia	49.05%	-0.2%
114th	Malaysia	48.76%	3.7%
115th	Japan	48.74%	1.5%
116th	Papua New Guinea	48.62%	0.6%
117th	Bulgaria	48.53%	1.2%
118th	Philippines	48.34%	-0.2%
119th	Ecuador	48.13%	0.1%
120th	Belgium	47.80%	1.4%
121st	Hungary	47.74%	0.6%
122nd	Argentina	47.64%	-0.9%
123rd	El Salvador	47.40%	2.1%
124th	Nicaragua	47.06%	1.9%
125th	Eswatini	46.53%	0.3%
126th	Belize	46.50%	1.1%
127th	South Africa	46.27%	2.1%
128th	United Arab Emirates	46.06%	2.4%
129th	Kyrgyz Republic	45.84%	-8.4%
130th	Dominican Republic	45.09%	-0.3%
131st	Mauritius	44.96%	4.5%
132nd	Gambia, The	44.75%	-0.1%
133rd	Mexico	44.48%	0.0%
134th	Croatia	44.45%	0.0%
135th	Albania	43.78%	-10.5%
136th	North Macedonia	43.55%	2.7%
137th	Cuba	43.44%	1.2%
138th	Honduras	43.41%	13.4%
139th	Tonga	43.32%	-0.3%
140th	Greece	43.17%	-0.5%
141st	Serbia	43.06%	2.5%
142nd	Bahrain	42.95%	0.3%
143rd	Fiji	42.93%	-3.2%
144th	Montenegro	42.87%	0.2%
145th	Suriname	42.86%	1.8%
146th	Romania	41.71%	-0.1%
147th	Samoa	41.46%	0.1%
148th	Guyana	41.05%	1.5%
149th	Gabon	40.93%	0.7%
150th	Malta	40.72%	5.3%
151st	Turkmenistan	40.15%	-1.3%
152nd	Guatemala	39.69%	-11.8%
153rd	Italy	39.32%	-0.1%
154th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.31%	-0.6%
155th	Uzbekistan	39.19%	0.2%
156th	Maldives	37.76%	1.1%
157th	Libya	34.07%	0.4%
158th	Senegal	33.89%	0.3%
159th	Sri Lanka	33.87%	3.7%
160th	Bangladesh	33.62%	-2.0%
161st	Comoros	32.71%	0.1%
162nd	Puerto Rico (US)	32.48%	-0.8%
163rd	Türkiye	30.64%	4.4%
164th	Oman	28.25%	2.3%
165th	Mauritania	27.14%	-0.8%
166th	India	26.67%	-0.4%
167th	Nepal	26.16%	1.7%
168th	Sudan	25.75%	-4.7%
169th	Tajikistan	25.69%	-3.4%
170th	Tunisia	25.45%	-0.5%
171st	Lebanon	24.74%	2.7%
172nd	Morocco	24.72%	1.5%
173rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	23.01%	2.2%
174th	Pakistan	22.79%	1.3%
175th	São Tomé and Principe	22.73%	-0.1%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.89%	0.2%
177th	Saudi Arabia	19.82%	0.3%
178th	Djibouti	17.49%	0.7%
179th	Afghanistan	17.14%	5.7%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	15.83%	-2.1%
181st	Algeria	15.04%	1.5%
182nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.34%	-10.4%
183rd	Syrian Arab Republic	13.03%	-3.5%
184th	Jordan	12.95%	-6.6%
185th	Iraq	12.78%	7.5%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	6.82%	-11.9%

FAQ

What was Saudi Arabia's female labor participation in 2013?▾

Saudi Arabia's female labor participation in 2013 was 19.82%. This ranked 177th globally.

How did Saudi Arabia's female labor participation change in 2013?▾

Saudi Arabia's female labor participation increased by 0.3% in 2013 compared to 2012.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2013?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2013 at 83.57%.

What is the female labor participation of Saudi Arabia in 2013?▾

The female labor participation of Saudi Arabia in 2013 was 19.82%. This ranked 177th globally.

How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Saudi Arabia's female labor participation?▾

Saudi Arabia's female labor participation went from 19.76% in 2012 to 19.82% in 2013, a 0.3% increase.

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