Singapore - Female Labor Participation 2008
56.09%
+2.46pp from 2007
Singapore's female labor participation was 56.09% in 2008, increased +2.46pp from 53.63% in 2007. This was the 66th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 85.57% | -0.9% |
| 2nd | Mozambique | 84.27% | -0.9% |
| 3rd | Madagascar | 84.04% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 82.67% | -0.1% |
| 5th | Burundi | 78.22% | 0.7% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.59% | -0.1% |
| 7th | Nigeria | 76.59% | -0.2% |
| 8th | Cameroon | 75.73% | -3.0% |
| 9th | Angola | 75.63% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 75.31% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 73.90% | -0.1% |
| 12th | Malawi | 73.75% | -2.0% |
| 13th | Cambodia | 71.97% | -3.6% |
| 14th | Liberia | 71.76% | 0.0% |
| 15th | South Sudan | 71.59% | 0.2% |
| 16th | Viet Nam | 71.55% | 0.6% |
| 17th | Kenya | 70.94% | 0.1% |
| 18th | Uganda | 70.84% | -0.1% |
| 19th | Iceland | 70.66% | -0.9% |
| 20th | Peru | 70.27% | 0.3% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 69.34% | 0.2% |
| 22nd | Niger | 68.61% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Benin | 68.14% | 0.7% |
| 24th | Ghana | 67.81% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 67.64% | -1.8% |
| 26th | Congo, Republic of | 67.00% | 0.0% |
| 27th | Kazakhstan | 66.72% | 1.3% |
| 28th | Vanuatu | 66.40% | -5.5% |
| 29th | Central African Republic | 65.82% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Bhutan | 65.25% | 0.7% |
| 31st | Thailand | 64.87% | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Barbados | 64.65% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Norway | 64.55% | 0.1% |
| 34th | China | 64.54% | -0.7% |
| 35th | Macao SAR, China | 63.87% | 2.0% |
| 36th | Timor-Leste | 62.93% | -0.9% |
| 37th | Sierra Leone | 62.18% | -1.5% |
| 38th | Canada | 61.90% | 0.2% |
| 39th | New Zealand | 61.45% | 0.5% |
| 40th | Switzerland | 61.33% | 2.3% |
| 41st | Lesotho | 61.02% | -1.2% |
| 42nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 60.80% | -0.2% |
| 43rd | Zimbabwe | 60.77% | -0.1% |
| 44th | Georgia | 60.72% | -0.4% |
| 45th | Mali | 60.44% | -0.1% |
| 46th | Netherlands | 60.23% | 0.5% |
| 47th | Denmark | 60.05% | -1.3% |
| 48th | Sweden | 59.84% | 0.2% |
| 49th | Haiti | 59.72% | 0.7% |
| 50th | Moldova | 59.24% | 0.6% |
| 51st | St. Lucia | 59.21% | 1.4% |
| 52nd | New Caledonia | 59.02% | -0.2% |
| 53rd | Australia | 58.60% | 0.8% |
| 54th | Côte d'Ivoire | 58.42% | 1.7% |
| 55th | United States | 58.29% | 0.4% |
| 56th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 57.92% | -0.2% |
| 57th | Finland | 57.37% | 0.1% |
| 58th | Lao PDR | 57.24% | -0.3% |
| 59th | Ireland | 56.83% | -0.2% |
| 60th | Belarus | 56.49% | 0.8% |
| 61st | Azerbaijan | 56.43% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Brunei Darussalam | 56.43% | 0.2% |
| 63rd | Israel | 56.20% | 0.1% |
| 64th | Russian Federation | 56.16% | 0.0% |
| 65th | Cyprus | 56.12% | 0.7% |
| 66th | Singapore | 56.09% | 4.6% |
| 67th | Brazil | 56.04% | -0.4% |
| 68th | Portugal | 55.79% | -0.2% |
| 69th | Guinea-Bissau | 55.77% | 0.1% |
| 70th | Guinea | 55.70% | -2.1% |
| 71st | Jamaica | 55.69% | -0.4% |
| 72nd | Togo | 55.61% | 0.1% |
| 73rd | United Kingdom | 55.45% | 0.5% |
| 74th | Chad | 55.08% | -1.2% |
| 75th | Botswana | 55.07% | 1.7% |
| 76th | Latvia | 54.84% | 3.7% |
| 77th | Estonia | 54.78% | 1.4% |
| 78th | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.57% | 1.2% |
| 79th | Uruguay | 54.44% | 1.8% |
| 80th | Rwanda | 54.05% | 0.0% |
| 81st | Paraguay | 53.76% | -0.5% |
| 82nd | Slovenia | 53.63% | 0.2% |
| 83rd | Mongolia | 53.37% | -1.2% |
| 84th | Armenia | 52.96% | -0.6% |
| 85th | Austria | 52.87% | 0.9% |
| 86th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 52.53% | 0.7% |
| 87th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 52.45% | -0.1% |
| 88th | Ukraine | 52.40% | -0.6% |
| 89th | Myanmar | 52.28% | -0.6% |
| 90th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.24% | 0.0% |
| 91st | Ecuador | 52.02% | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Germany | 52.00% | -0.4% |
| 93rd | Channel Islands | 51.71% | 0.2% |
| 94th | Kyrgyz Republic | 51.43% | -2.8% |
| 95th | Zambia | 51.37% | 0.1% |
| 96th | Namibia | 51.15% | 1.0% |
| 97th | Guam | 50.81% | 5.2% |
| 98th | Slovak Republic | 50.76% | 0.9% |
| 99th | France | 50.74% | 0.2% |
| 100th | Lithuania | 50.47% | 0.8% |
| 101st | Indonesia | 50.39% | 1.1% |
| 102nd | Colombia | 50.37% | 0.8% |
| 103rd | Korea | 50.35% | -0.6% |
| 104th | Spain | 49.93% | 2.9% |
| 105th | Czechia | 49.22% | -1.1% |
| 106th | Qatar | 49.18% | -0.5% |
| 107th | European Union | 48.95% | 0.7% |
| 108th | Bulgaria | 48.92% | 1.8% |
| 109th | Panama | 48.59% | 2.1% |
| 110th | Japan | 48.36% | -0.1% |
| 111th | Argentina | 48.06% | -1.7% |
| 112th | South Africa | 48.06% | 0.2% |
| 113th | Papua New Guinea | 48.06% | 0.3% |
| 114th | Cabo Verde | 47.83% | 1.2% |
| 115th | French Polynesia | 47.60% | 0.7% |
| 116th | Luxembourg | 47.18% | 1.1% |
| 117th | Poland | 47.12% | 0.9% |
| 118th | Philippines | 47.06% | -1.1% |
| 119th | Belgium | 46.93% | 0.7% |
| 120th | Hungary | 46.64% | -0.3% |
| 121st | Kuwait | 46.27% | 0.5% |
| 122nd | El Salvador | 46.08% | -0.1% |
| 123rd | Eswatini | 45.80% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Croatia | 45.65% | 1.3% |
| 125th | Albania | 45.51% | -1.2% |
| 126th | Gambia, The | 45.15% | 0.4% |
| 127th | Serbia | 44.75% | -1.1% |
| 128th | Costa Rica | 44.44% | 0.3% |
| 129th | Chile | 44.18% | 4.6% |
| 130th | Belize | 43.96% | 1.2% |
| 131st | Malaysia | 43.87% | 1.0% |
| 132nd | Tonga | 43.77% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Turkmenistan | 43.60% | -3.2% |
| 134th | Romania | 42.91% | 1.1% |
| 135th | Nicaragua | 42.71% | 2.1% |
| 136th | Mexico | 42.57% | -0.4% |
| 137th | North Macedonia | 42.32% | -1.0% |
| 138th | Dominican Republic | 41.85% | 3.9% |
| 139th | Montenegro | 41.83% | 0.3% |
| 140th | Guatemala | 41.71% | -0.2% |
| 141st | Samoa | 41.65% | -0.2% |
| 142nd | Greece | 41.53% | 0.1% |
| 143rd | Mauritius | 41.44% | 2.3% |
| 144th | Cuba | 41.27% | 1.4% |
| 145th | Bahrain | 40.94% | 3.1% |
| 146th | United Arab Emirates | 40.71% | 3.0% |
| 147th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.46% | -0.1% |
| 148th | Fiji | 40.27% | 4.7% |
| 149th | Gabon | 39.46% | 0.7% |
| 150th | Honduras | 39.44% | 4.3% |
| 151st | Suriname | 39.10% | 1.9% |
| 152nd | Uzbekistan | 38.42% | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Italy | 38.40% | 1.9% |
| 154th | Guyana | 38.07% | 1.6% |
| 155th | Maldives | 36.50% | -0.6% |
| 156th | Puerto Rico (US) | 36.17% | -2.3% |
| 157th | Sri Lanka | 34.42% | -0.7% |
| 158th | Senegal | 33.48% | 0.2% |
| 159th | Libya | 33.36% | 1.2% |
| 160th | Malta | 33.13% | 3.3% |
| 161st | Comoros | 32.65% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Bangladesh | 32.40% | 5.2% |
| 163rd | Tajikistan | 31.66% | -7.1% |
| 164th | India | 30.89% | -4.0% |
| 165th | Mauritania | 27.68% | -0.3% |
| 166th | Morocco | 26.28% | 1.0% |
| 167th | Oman | 25.70% | 1.3% |
| 168th | Sudan | 25.60% | -1.0% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 24.82% | 0.9% |
| 170th | Türkiye | 24.33% | 3.8% |
| 171st | Nepal | 23.61% | 1.8% |
| 172nd | São Tomé and Principe | 22.73% | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 21.90% | -6.1% |
| 174th | Lebanon | 21.59% | 2.9% |
| 175th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.55% | -0.1% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 19.85% | 2.8% |
| 177th | Djibouti | 16.89% | 0.7% |
| 178th | Saudi Arabia | 16.74% | -1.8% |
| 179th | Afghanistan | 14.94% | 1.9% |
| 180th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.76% | -13.2% |
| 181st | West Bank and Gaza | 14.71% | -2.1% |
| 182nd | Jordan | 13.94% | -3.0% |
| 183rd | Algeria | 13.87% | 2.5% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.70% | -3.6% |
| 185th | Iraq | 12.22% | -0.6% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 11.56% | -7.0% |
FAQ
What was Singapore's female labor participation in 2008?▾
Singapore's female labor participation in 2008 was 56.09%. This ranked 66th globally.
How did Singapore's female labor participation change in 2008?▾
Singapore's female labor participation increased by 4.6% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2008?▾
Tanzania had the highest female labor participation in 2008 at 85.57%.
What is the female labor participation of Singapore in 2008?▾
The female labor participation of Singapore in 2008 was 56.09%. This ranked 66th globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Singapore's female labor participation?▾
Singapore's female labor participation went from 53.63% in 2007 to 56.09% in 2008, a 4.6% increase.
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