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South Africa - Female Labor Participation 2011

Name: South Africa Female Labor Participation 2011
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

45.15% +0.39pp from 2010 Global rank: 130th

South Africa's female labor participation was 45.15% in 2011, increased +0.39pp from 44.76% in 2010. This was the 130th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2011▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2011
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	83.81%	-0.1%
2nd	Tanzania	83.00%	-1.1%
3rd	Solomon Islands	82.43%	-0.1%
4th	Cambodia	81.84%	0.7%
5th	Mozambique	81.82%	-1.0%
6th	Burundi	79.63%	0.5%
7th	Uganda	77.93%	10.2%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.65%	0.0%
9th	Nigeria	75.94%	-0.6%
10th	Angola	74.87%	-1.0%
11th	Burkina Faso	74.57%	-0.3%
12th	Eritrea	73.72%	-0.1%
13th	South Sudan	72.10%	0.3%
14th	Liberia	71.87%	0.1%
15th	Viet Nam	71.72%	0.0%
16th	Peru	71.21%	-1.1%
17th	Kenya	71.11%	0.1%
18th	Iceland	70.05%	-0.6%
19th	Bahamas, The	69.63%	0.2%
20th	Cameroon	69.62%	-1.2%
21st	Benin	69.59%	0.7%
22nd	Malawi	68.77%	-2.4%
23rd	Niger	68.53%	0.0%
24th	Ghana	67.40%	-0.2%
25th	Congo, Republic of	67.01%	-0.1%
26th	Kazakhstan	66.21%	-0.2%
27th	Central African Republic	65.83%	-0.1%
28th	Thailand	65.81%	3.3%
29th	Macao SAR, China	65.77%	2.1%
30th	Moldova	64.37%	2.7%
31st	Barbados	64.30%	-0.2%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	63.79%	-2.0%
33rd	Norway	63.76%	0.0%
34th	China	63.66%	0.0%
35th	Bhutan	62.33%	-1.6%
36th	New Zealand	61.87%	0.8%
37th	Timor-Leste	61.70%	-0.4%
38th	St. Lucia	61.67%	1.4%
39th	Canada	61.64%	-0.4%
40th	Côte d'Ivoire	61.42%	1.7%
41st	Haiti	61.03%	0.7%
42nd	Switzerland	60.61%	1.0%
43rd	Netherlands	60.53%	0.4%
44th	Zimbabwe	60.50%	-0.1%
45th	Mali	60.30%	-0.1%
46th	Georgia	59.77%	-1.0%
47th	Sweden	59.53%	0.9%
48th	Azerbaijan	59.43%	-0.6%
49th	Sierra Leone	59.28%	-1.6%
50th	New Caledonia	59.24%	0.1%
51st	Virgin Islands (US)	59.05%	0.5%
52nd	Australia	58.93%	0.4%
53rd	Lesotho	58.79%	-1.3%
54th	Denmark	58.71%	-0.4%
55th	Belarus	57.83%	0.7%
56th	Singapore	57.79%	1.2%
57th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	57.55%	-0.2%
58th	Cyprus	57.52%	-0.6%
59th	Vanuatu	57.50%	-0.8%
60th	Israel	57.13%	-0.6%
61st	Brunei Darussalam	57.07%	0.4%
62nd	United States	57.00%	-0.9%
63rd	Uruguay	56.84%	3.5%
64th	Lao PDR	56.73%	-0.3%
65th	Russian Federation	56.34%	0.6%
66th	Guam	56.11%	-0.6%
67th	Guinea-Bissau	55.90%	0.1%
68th	Finland	55.74%	-0.2%
69th	United Kingdom	55.67%	0.3%
70th	Estonia	55.62%	1.0%
71st	Togo	55.58%	0.0%
72nd	Colombia	54.95%	1.0%
73rd	Ireland	54.93%	-0.6%
74th	Portugal	54.62%	-2.2%
75th	Paraguay	54.45%	2.7%
76th	Armenia	54.22%	-0.3%
77th	Rwanda	54.21%	0.1%
78th	Botswana	54.16%	1.5%
79th	Austria	53.94%	0.5%
80th	Mongolia	53.90%	1.3%
81st	Germany	53.71%	2.3%
82nd	Brazil	53.52%	-2.8%
83rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	53.13%	0.6%
84th	Chad	53.12%	-1.2%
85th	Latvia	52.91%	-1.5%
86th	Lithuania	52.70%	0.7%
87th	Equatorial Guinea	52.70%	0.4%
88th	Jamaica	52.65%	0.6%
89th	Namibia	52.61%	0.9%
90th	Albania	52.56%	12.2%
91st	Qatar	52.43%	3.2%
92nd	Slovenia	52.35%	-1.5%
93rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	52.33%	2.1%
94th	Spain	52.29%	1.1%
95th	Kyrgyz Republic	52.12%	1.3%
96th	Guinea	52.08%	-2.3%
97th	Channel Islands	51.72%	-2.0%
98th	Myanmar	51.53%	-0.3%
99th	Ukraine	51.52%	-0.6%
100th	Zambia	51.50%	0.1%
101st	Cabo Verde	51.43%	0.2%
102nd	Trinidad and Tobago	51.11%	-2.1%
103rd	France	51.00%	-0.2%
104th	Indonesia	50.99%	0.0%
105th	Slovak Republic	50.16%	-0.8%
106th	Korea	49.99%	0.5%
107th	European Union	49.57%	0.5%
108th	Luxembourg	49.50%	1.3%
109th	Czechia	49.47%	0.5%
110th	Poland	48.97%	0.2%
111th	Philippines	48.94%	1.7%
112th	Chile	48.91%	4.4%
113th	French Polynesia	48.75%	0.8%
114th	Kuwait	48.15%	1.8%
115th	Japan	48.09%	-0.5%
116th	Papua New Guinea	48.07%	0.8%
117th	Argentina	47.95%	0.5%
118th	Bulgaria	47.20%	-1.3%
119th	Belgium	47.10%	-1.4%
120th	Ecuador	47.07%	-2.0%
121st	Hungary	46.84%	0.4%
122nd	Costa Rica	46.48%	5.4%
123rd	Eswatini	46.29%	0.3%
124th	Panama	46.16%	-4.5%
125th	Fiji	45.74%	4.2%
126th	El Salvador	45.53%	-0.9%
127th	Belize	45.50%	1.1%
128th	Nicaragua	45.32%	2.0%
129th	Malaysia	45.30%	1.1%
130th	South Africa	45.15%	0.9%
131st	Gambia, The	44.65%	-2.0%
132nd	Croatia	44.48%	-3.4%
133rd	United Arab Emirates	43.94%	2.5%
134th	Dominican Republic	43.66%	4.8%
135th	Tonga	43.52%	-0.3%
136th	Mexico	43.41%	1.1%
137th	Greece	43.08%	-0.4%
138th	North Macedonia	42.82%	5.2%
139th	Mauritius	42.61%	-2.0%
140th	Bahrain	42.58%	-2.3%
141st	Cuba	42.40%	1.1%
142nd	Romania	41.87%	0.0%
143rd	Serbia	41.67%	-0.3%
144th	Montenegro	41.59%	0.0%
145th	Samoa	41.41%	-0.2%
146th	Turkmenistan	41.36%	-2.6%
147th	Suriname	41.35%	1.9%
148th	Gabon	40.32%	0.7%
149th	Guatemala	40.10%	-3.6%
150th	Guyana	39.85%	1.5%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.77%	-1.1%
152nd	Honduras	39.68%	-7.0%
153rd	Uzbekistan	38.88%	-0.2%
154th	Italy	38.07%	0.5%
155th	Maldives	36.98%	1.0%
156th	Malta	35.56%	3.5%
157th	Bangladesh	35.02%	-2.0%
158th	Libya	34.06%	-0.1%
159th	Sri Lanka	33.95%	-0.1%
160th	Senegal	33.71%	0.2%
161st	Puerto Rico (US)	33.03%	-2.4%
162nd	Comoros	32.68%	0.0%
163rd	Türkiye	28.64%	4.4%
164th	Sudan	28.33%	3.4%
165th	India	27.58%	-3.0%
166th	Tajikistan	27.51%	-3.1%
167th	Mauritania	27.43%	-0.3%
168th	Oman	27.05%	1.9%
169th	Nepal	25.22%	2.3%
170th	Morocco	25.12%	-1.7%
171st	Tunisia	24.77%	-0.1%
172nd	Lebanon	23.45%	2.8%
173rd	São Tomé and Principe	22.75%	0.1%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.54%	-2.8%
175th	Pakistan	22.23%	0.9%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.73%	0.6%
177th	Saudi Arabia	18.95%	7.5%
178th	Djibouti	17.24%	0.7%
179th	Afghanistan	15.89%	2.1%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	15.63%	11.3%
181st	Syrian Arab Republic	14.93%	15.1%
182nd	Algeria	14.61%	1.4%
183rd	Jordan	14.42%	-0.3%
184th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.60%	-10.2%
185th	Iraq	11.97%	-0.7%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	8.79%	-12.0%

FAQ

What was South Africa's female labor participation in 2011?▾

South Africa's female labor participation in 2011 was 45.15%. This ranked 130th globally.

How did South Africa's female labor participation change in 2011?▾

South Africa's female labor participation increased by 0.9% in 2011 compared to 2010.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2011?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2011 at 83.81%.

What is the female labor participation of South Africa in 2011?▾

The female labor participation of South Africa in 2011 was 45.15%. This ranked 130th globally.

How does 2011 compare to 2010 for South Africa's female labor participation?▾

South Africa's female labor participation went from 44.76% in 2010 to 45.15% in 2011, a 0.9% increase.

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