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Senegal - Female Labor Participation 2021

Name: Senegal Female Labor Participation 2021
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

37.71% +0.63pp from 2020 Global rank: 156th

Senegal's female labor participation was 37.71% in 2021, increased +0.63pp from 37.08% in 2020. This was the 156th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	82.81%	0.8%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.26%	0.8%
3rd	Burundi	80.49%	2.5%
4th	Tanzania	80.43%	1.4%
5th	Mozambique	76.79%	-0.1%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	76.48%	0.2%
7th	Nigeria	75.89%	1.3%
8th	Benin	74.75%	1.6%
9th	Angola	74.70%	4.7%
10th	Uganda	74.67%	0.9%
11th	Cambodia	73.71%	-4.4%
12th	Eritrea	72.62%	0.9%
13th	Liberia	71.70%	0.4%
14th	South Sudan	71.34%	0.5%
15th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	71.06%	9.3%
16th	Moldova	70.67%	3.8%
17th	Iceland	69.15%	-0.2%
18th	Viet Nam	69.11%	0.0%
19th	Niger	67.80%	6.5%
20th	Burkina Faso	67.67%	-2.6%
21st	Bahamas, The	66.86%	2.6%
22nd	New Zealand	65.60%	1.4%
23rd	Bhutan	64.90%	3.0%
24th	Peru	64.85%	8.3%
25th	Central African Republic	64.80%	0.0%
26th	Singapore	64.41%	4.4%
27th	Macao SAR, China	64.07%	0.7%
28th	Kazakhstan	64.07%	0.7%
29th	Congo, Republic of	64.02%	1.2%
30th	Kenya	62.67%	0.8%
31st	Switzerland	62.63%	0.0%
32nd	Norway	62.18%	-0.5%
33rd	Haiti	62.10%	1.2%
34th	Netherlands	61.89%	0.2%
35th	Australia	61.52%	2.3%
36th	Timor-Leste	61.21%	1.2%
37th	China	61.18%	2.5%
38th	Azerbaijan	61.17%	-5.0%
39th	Sweden	60.70%	0.2%
40th	Canada	60.63%	2.1%
41st	Qatar	60.58%	1.9%
42nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	60.48%	0.4%
43rd	St. Lucia	60.38%	22.4%
44th	Lao PDR	60.32%	2.8%
45th	Zimbabwe	60.12%	1.2%
46th	Paraguay	59.85%	4.8%
47th	Israel	59.70%	0.5%
48th	Cyprus	59.53%	0.8%
49th	Thailand	59.18%	0.1%
50th	Barbados	58.96%	-1.2%
51st	Botswana	58.94%	5.0%
52nd	Malawi	58.79%	-6.9%
53rd	Jamaica	58.40%	1.4%
54th	Guinea-Bissau	58.38%	2.8%
55th	Denmark	58.16%	0.5%
56th	Belarus	58.02%	0.2%
57th	United Kingdom	58.02%	-0.4%
58th	Ireland	57.85%	5.1%
59th	Côte d'Ivoire	57.85%	2.4%
60th	Estonia	57.78%	1.1%
61st	Lithuania	57.37%	0.0%
62nd	Cameroon	57.09%	-1.7%
63rd	Luxembourg	56.93%	1.8%
64th	Ghana	56.85%	-1.9%
65th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	56.46%	0.6%
66th	Uruguay	56.03%	3.3%
67th	Finland	55.93%	1.4%
68th	Togo	55.66%	0.6%
69th	United States	55.63%	-0.1%
70th	Austria	55.35%	0.2%
71st	Russian Federation	55.13%	0.9%
72nd	Armenia	55.12%	1.5%
73rd	Germany	55.02%	-0.2%
74th	Brunei Darussalam	54.79%	0.6%
75th	Vanuatu	54.62%	2.2%
76th	Slovak Republic	54.62%	5.5%
77th	Latvia	54.17%	-3.0%
78th	Guam	54.13%	1.0%
79th	Zambia	54.12%	-0.5%
80th	Hong Kong SAR, China	53.72%	0.0%
81st	Korea	53.65%	1.0%
82nd	Ecuador	53.63%	11.2%
83rd	Slovenia	53.47%	0.7%
84th	Japan	53.46%	0.7%
85th	Mongolia	53.16%	-5.2%
86th	Namibia	53.11%	1.3%
87th	Georgia	53.06%	-3.9%
88th	Mali	52.98%	4.6%
89th	New Caledonia	52.95%	-0.8%
90th	Portugal	52.89%	-0.5%
91st	Rwanda	52.58%	-7.2%
92nd	Albania	52.52%	0.5%
93rd	Brazil	52.48%	4.3%
94th	Malta	52.22%	1.9%
95th	Hungary	52.21%	1.7%
96th	Spain	52.18%	2.5%
97th	Indonesia	52.07%	-2.1%
98th	Virgin Islands (US)	51.80%	2.3%
99th	Colombia	51.68%	1.1%
100th	France	51.61%	3.1%
101st	Czechia	51.56%	0.2%
102nd	Sierra Leone	51.47%	0.7%
103rd	Malaysia	51.37%	0.0%
104th	Dominican Republic	51.06%	7.7%
105th	European Union	50.99%	1.4%
106th	Poland	50.97%	3.3%
107th	Equatorial Guinea	50.95%	1.6%
108th	Channel Islands	50.89%	0.7%
109th	Papua New Guinea	50.57%	1.5%
110th	United Arab Emirates	50.45%	-13.3%
111th	Argentina	50.26%	8.1%
112th	Costa Rica	50.25%	3.3%
113th	Belgium	49.37%	1.5%
114th	Bulgaria	49.19%	-0.7%
115th	Nicaragua	49.08%	2.0%
116th	Serbia	49.00%	6.2%
117th	Panama	48.89%	-12.6%
118th	Trinidad and Tobago	48.88%	-0.9%
119th	French Polynesia	48.27%	-0.2%
120th	Lesotho	48.25%	-0.5%
121st	Chad	48.12%	0.1%
122nd	Honduras	48.07%	2.2%
123rd	Ukraine	47.74%	-0.8%
124th	Cabo Verde	47.64%	1.9%
125th	Kuwait	47.51%	2.1%
126th	Comoros	47.07%	4.9%
127th	Eswatini	46.90%	1.0%
128th	Belize	46.81%	12.9%
129th	Chile	46.58%	2.5%
130th	Croatia	45.87%	3.2%
131st	South Africa	45.41%	2.9%
132nd	El Salvador	45.22%	4.7%
133rd	Gambia, The	44.97%	0.3%
134th	Mexico	44.62%	7.0%
135th	Philippines	44.20%	3.6%
136th	Kyrgyz Republic	44.00%	0.3%
137th	Suriname	43.58%	1.5%
138th	Greece	43.26%	1.3%
139th	Romania	42.75%	0.0%
140th	Tonga	42.60%	0.7%
141st	Guatemala	42.50%	11.0%
142nd	Cuba	42.43%	0.3%
143rd	Bangladesh	42.18%	4.6%
144th	Guinea	41.99%	0.3%
145th	Montenegro	41.43%	-4.4%
146th	Bahrain	41.20%	0.4%
147th	Myanmar	41.04%	-8.2%
148th	North Macedonia	40.93%	-2.2%
149th	Guyana	40.75%	1.1%
150th	Mauritius	40.56%	-5.9%
151st	Italy	39.88%	1.0%
152nd	Gabon	39.76%	1.8%
153rd	Uzbekistan	39.59%	1.3%
154th	Maldives	38.00%	2.4%
155th	Turkmenistan	37.84%	0.6%
156th	Senegal	37.71%	1.7%
157th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.42%	0.8%
158th	Fiji	36.55%	1.0%
159th	Puerto Rico (US)	35.60%	5.3%
160th	Saudi Arabia	34.22%	16.8%
161st	Samoa	33.49%	-4.9%
162nd	Türkiye	32.77%	6.3%
163rd	Libya	31.35%	1.1%
164th	Sri Lanka	31.33%	-1.1%
165th	Oman	29.56%	1.7%
166th	India	27.72%	6.6%
167th	Nepal	27.26%	0.2%
168th	Tunisia	26.70%	1.6%
169th	Mauritania	26.07%	0.8%
170th	Pakistan	24.37%	4.1%
171st	Lebanon	23.88%	-7.9%
172nd	São Tomé and Principe	22.94%	1.3%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.93%	0.2%
174th	Morocco	20.70%	0.0%
175th	Tajikistan	20.59%	0.5%
176th	Djibouti	18.54%	1.5%
177th	West Bank and Gaza	17.55%	6.8%
178th	Sudan	15.81%	-7.1%
179th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	15.59%	6.7%
180th	Afghanistan	14.62%	-11.3%
181st	Jordan	13.96%	-6.8%
182nd	Algeria	13.43%	1.7%
183rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.09%	-4.6%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	12.82%	1.2%
185th	Iraq	10.90%	0.2%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	4.88%	-0.5%

FAQ

What was Senegal's female labor participation in 2021?▾

Senegal's female labor participation in 2021 was 37.71%. This ranked 156th globally.

How did Senegal's female labor participation change in 2021?▾

Senegal's female labor participation increased by 1.7% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2021?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2021 at 82.81%.

What is the female labor participation of Senegal in 2021?▾

The female labor participation of Senegal in 2021 was 37.71%. This ranked 156th globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Senegal's female labor participation?▾

Senegal's female labor participation went from 37.08% in 2020 to 37.71% in 2021, a 1.7% increase.

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