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South Africa - Female Labor Participation 1990

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

44.72% Global rank: 110th

South Africa's female labor participation was 44.72% in 1990. This was the 110th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1990▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 1990
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	90.45%	-
2nd	Mozambique	86.79%	-
3rd	Tanzania	84.05%	-
4th	Madagascar	83.87%	-
5th	Solomon Islands	82.00%	-
6th	Burkina Faso	79.39%	-
7th	Malawi	78.35%	-
8th	Cameroon	77.59%	-
9th	Cambodia	77.49%	-
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	76.64%	-
11th	Angola	75.60%	-
12th	Viet Nam	74.74%	-
13th	Nigeria	74.63%	-
14th	Eritrea	74.44%	-
15th	Vanuatu	74.02%	-
16th	China	73.09%	-
17th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.84%	-
18th	Liberia	71.45%	-
19th	South Sudan	71.17%	-
20th	Uganda	70.78%	-
21st	Georgia	70.32%	-
22nd	Ghana	70.05%	-
23rd	Kenya	69.73%	-
24th	Niger	69.24%	-
25th	Timor-Leste	66.88%	-
26th	Lesotho	66.65%	-
27th	Iceland	66.20%	-
28th	Central African Republic	65.97%	-
29th	Congo, Republic of	65.76%	-
30th	Thailand	65.61%	-
31st	Sierra Leone	65.09%	-
32nd	Kazakhstan	64.78%	-
33rd	Chad	64.62%	-
34th	Bahamas, The	64.33%	-
35th	Azerbaijan	64.26%	-
36th	Jamaica	63.88%	-
37th	Guinea	63.49%	-
38th	Sweden	62.80%	-
39th	Denmark	61.11%	-
40th	Barbados	60.94%	-
41st	Mali	60.52%	-
42nd	Lao PDR	60.30%	-
43rd	Lithuania	60.00%	-
44th	Russian Federation	59.96%	-
45th	Estonia	59.68%	-
46th	Myanmar	59.63%	-
47th	Guam	59.51%	-
48th	Virgin Islands (US)	59.47%	-
49th	Zimbabwe	59.15%	-
50th	Slovak Republic	59.13%	-
51st	New Caledonia	59.02%	-
52nd	Finland	58.63%	-
53rd	Canada	57.88%	-
54th	Armenia	57.60%	-
55th	Benin	57.11%	-
56th	Haiti	56.68%	-
57th	United States	56.00%	-
58th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	55.84%	-
59th	Guinea-Bissau	55.24%	-
60th	Netherlands	55.16%	-
61st	Moldova	54.76%	-
62nd	Bhutan	54.67%	-
63rd	Togo	54.24%	-
64th	Latvia	53.78%	-
65th	Ukraine	53.57%	-
66th	Poland	53.51%	-
67th	Albania	53.47%	-
68th	Colombia	53.36%	-
69th	New Zealand	53.35%	-
70th	Belarus	53.10%	-
71st	Norway	52.78%	-
72nd	Czechia	52.74%	-
73rd	Equatorial Guinea	52.38%	-
74th	Australia	52.31%	-
75th	United Kingdom	52.01%	-
76th	Slovenia	51.99%	-
77th	Rwanda	51.77%	-
78th	Switzerland	51.61%	-
79th	Mongolia	51.43%	-
80th	Paraguay	51.31%	-
81st	Zambia	51.00%	-
82nd	Indonesia	50.49%	-
83rd	Qatar	50.38%	-
84th	Japan	50.06%	-
85th	Serbia	49.30%	-
86th	Botswana	48.67%	-
87th	French Polynesia	48.44%	-
88th	Namibia	48.22%	-
89th	St. Lucia	48.21%	-
90th	Papua New Guinea	48.13%	-
91st	Portugal	48.05%	-
92nd	Kyrgyz Republic	47.90%	-
93rd	Côte d'Ivoire	47.77%	-
94th	Philippines	47.35%	-
95th	Croatia	47.31%	-
96th	Korea	47.21%	-
97th	Hong Kong SAR, China	47.06%	-
98th	Brunei Darussalam	46.96%	-
99th	Ecuador	46.95%	-
100th	France	46.42%	-
101st	Israel	46.28%	-
102nd	Hungary	46.12%	-
103rd	Macao SAR, China	45.64%	-
104th	North Macedonia	45.47%	-
105th	Channel Islands	45.34%	-
106th	Gambia, The	45.28%	-
107th	Germany	45.17%	-
108th	Sri Lanka	45.15%	-
109th	Bulgaria	44.91%	-
110th	South Africa	44.72%	-
111th	European Union	44.61%	-
112th	Honduras	44.54%	-
113th	Brazil	44.41%	-
114th	Tajikistan	44.30%	-
115th	Guatemala	44.29%	-
116th	Singapore	44.09%	-
117th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	44.00%	-
118th	Montenegro	43.83%	-
119th	Peru	43.74%	-
120th	Turkmenistan	43.63%	-
121st	Trinidad and Tobago	43.39%	-
122nd	Eswatini	43.27%	-
123rd	Argentina	43.12%	-
124th	Austria	43.10%	-
125th	Samoa	43.03%	-
126th	Cyprus	42.67%	-
127th	Uruguay	42.57%	-
128th	Ireland	41.72%	-
129th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.67%	-
130th	Romania	41.40%	-
131st	Kuwait	41.40%	-
132nd	El Salvador	40.97%	-
133rd	Cabo Verde	40.95%	-
134th	Fiji	39.68%	-
135th	Uzbekistan	38.24%	-
136th	Mauritius	37.99%	-
137th	Guyana	37.53%	-
138th	Gabon	37.41%	-
139th	Belgium	36.46%	-
140th	Cuba	36.35%	-
141st	Tonga	36.29%	-
142nd	Malaysia	35.83%	-
143rd	Greece	35.54%	-
144th	Dominican Republic	35.38%	-
145th	Italy	34.96%	-
146th	Luxembourg	34.26%	-
147th	Mexico	33.98%	-
148th	Türkiye	33.93%	-
149th	Spain	33.35%	-
150th	Nicaragua	33.03%	-
151st	Costa Rica	32.87%	-
152nd	Belize	32.66%	-
153rd	Suriname	32.43%	-
154th	Panama	32.40%	-
155th	Comoros	32.16%	-
156th	Senegal	32.06%	-
157th	Chile	30.98%	-
158th	Puerto Rico (US)	30.61%	-
159th	India	30.26%	-
160th	Bahrain	29.68%	-
161st	United Arab Emirates	29.32%	-
162nd	Malta	26.83%	-
163rd	Libya	26.51%	-
164th	Mauritania	25.23%	-
165th	Bangladesh	24.21%	-
166th	Sudan	23.58%	-
167th	Oman	22.86%	-
168th	Morocco	22.82%	-
169th	Tunisia	22.25%	-
170th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.19%	-
171st	São Tomé and Principe	21.72%	-
172nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.19%	-
173rd	Nepal	20.63%	-
174th	Maldives	19.88%	-
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	18.80%	-
176th	Lebanon	17.98%	-
177th	Yemen, Republic of	16.09%	-
178th	Afghanistan	15.74%	-
179th	Djibouti	15.38%	-
180th	Saudi Arabia	15.02%	-
181st	Algeria	11.71%	-
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	11.32%	-
183rd	Jordan	11.20%	-
184th	Pakistan	11.20%	-
185th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	9.57%	-
186th	Iraq	8.51%	-

FAQ

What was South Africa's female labor participation in 1990?▾

South Africa's female labor participation in 1990 was 44.72%. This ranked 110th globally.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1990?▾

Burundi had the highest female labor participation in 1990 at 90.45%.

What is the female labor participation of South Africa in 1990?▾

The female labor participation of South Africa in 1990 was 44.72%. This ranked 110th globally.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1990. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 13.9%. View full analysis →

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