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South Africa - Female Labor Participation 2016

Name: South Africa Female Labor Participation 2016
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

47.74% +0.02pp from 2015 Global rank: 124th

South Africa's female labor participation was 47.74% in 2016, increased +0.02pp from 47.72% in 2015. This was the 124th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	83.14%	-0.1%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.45%	-0.1%
3rd	Burundi	81.00%	0.3%
4th	Tanzania	80.16%	0.1%
5th	Mozambique	78.04%	-0.1%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.48%	-0.2%
7th	Cambodia	75.92%	3.4%
8th	Nigeria	75.89%	0.2%
9th	Angola	73.70%	-0.3%
10th	Eritrea	73.27%	-0.1%
11th	Burkina Faso	73.27%	-0.4%
12th	Iceland	73.00%	0.3%
13th	Benin	72.60%	0.8%
14th	Viet Nam	72.53%	-0.5%
15th	Liberia	71.95%	0.0%
16th	South Sudan	71.61%	-0.3%
17th	Uganda	71.59%	-2.9%
18th	Kenya	71.42%	0.1%
19th	Bahamas, The	70.51%	0.3%
20th	Moldova	68.93%	-0.7%
21st	Peru	67.72%	0.1%
22nd	Congo, Republic of	66.47%	-0.1%
23rd	Macao SAR, China	65.60%	-0.8%
24th	Central African Republic	65.30%	0.0%
25th	Kazakhstan	65.21%	-0.4%
26th	Cameroon	64.23%	-2.1%
27th	New Zealand	64.05%	1.9%
28th	Ghana	64.01%	-1.6%
29th	St. Lucia	63.60%	0.2%
30th	Norway	62.97%	-0.4%
31st	Switzerland	62.93%	0.9%
32nd	Barbados	62.53%	1.3%
33rd	China	62.33%	-0.4%
34th	Azerbaijan	62.04%	1.6%
35th	Haiti	61.83%	0.2%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.66%	-0.3%
37th	Niger	61.33%	-0.6%
38th	Singapore	61.31%	0.0%
39th	Timor-Leste	61.26%	-0.1%
40th	Canada	60.88%	-0.1%
41st	Netherlands	60.82%	0.1%
42nd	Sweden	60.69%	0.2%
43rd	Malawi	60.51%	-2.8%
44th	Zimbabwe	60.44%	0.1%
45th	Israel	60.41%	0.5%
46th	Thailand	60.17%	-1.5%
47th	Mali	59.55%	-2.7%
48th	Australia	59.38%	0.4%
49th	Belarus	58.75%	0.1%
50th	Georgia	58.55%	-0.2%
51st	Cyprus	58.28%	-1.4%
52nd	Côte d'Ivoire	58.17%	-1.8%
53rd	Denmark	57.68%	1.5%
54th	Jamaica	57.65%	-1.5%
55th	Brunei Darussalam	57.41%	0.0%
56th	United Kingdom	57.07%	0.6%
57th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	56.92%	-0.2%
58th	Qatar	56.79%	1.4%
59th	Botswana	56.68%	0.7%
60th	New Caledonia	56.62%	-2.0%
61st	Paraguay	56.47%	3.0%
62nd	Guam	56.36%	0.0%
63rd	Uruguay	56.34%	0.1%
64th	Estonia	56.30%	1.0%
65th	Guinea-Bissau	56.19%	0.1%
66th	Lao PDR	56.11%	-0.2%
67th	United States	56.10%	0.3%
68th	Togo	55.69%	0.1%
69th	Russian Federation	55.68%	0.2%
70th	Lithuania	55.61%	2.2%
71st	Virgin Islands (US)	55.59%	-0.1%
72nd	Ireland	55.53%	1.3%
73rd	Namibia	55.50%	-1.5%
74th	Ecuador	55.41%	6.7%
75th	Austria	55.35%	1.0%
76th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	55.30%	1.0%
77th	Vanuatu	55.28%	-0.8%
78th	Finland	54.98%	-0.8%
79th	Bhutan	54.89%	-0.2%
80th	Latvia	54.86%	1.5%
81st	Germany	54.81%	0.7%
82nd	Colombia	54.72%	-1.0%
83rd	Rwanda	54.61%	0.2%
84th	Hong Kong SAR, China	54.28%	0.1%
85th	Armenia	53.88%	0.1%
86th	Sierra Leone	53.87%	-2.2%
87th	Equatorial Guinea	53.75%	0.3%
88th	Luxembourg	53.63%	-1.1%
89th	Brazil	53.52%	0.4%
90th	Portugal	53.48%	-0.4%
91st	Lesotho	53.15%	-2.5%
92nd	Korea	52.57%	0.3%
93rd	Slovak Republic	52.51%	1.1%
94th	Spain	52.49%	-0.3%
95th	Panama	52.16%	1.3%
96th	Slovenia	52.11%	-0.3%
97th	Mongolia	52.09%	-2.5%
98th	Cabo Verde	51.94%	0.2%
99th	Trinidad and Tobago	51.92%	-0.1%
100th	Zambia	51.89%	0.2%
101st	Czechia	51.74%	1.1%
102nd	Channel Islands	51.52%	0.5%
103rd	Malaysia	50.99%	0.3%
104th	Indonesia	50.95%	0.3%
105th	Hungary	50.84%	1.9%
106th	France	50.83%	-0.2%
107th	Chile	50.76%	0.8%
108th	European Union	50.46%	0.4%
109th	Japan	50.21%	1.6%
110th	Ukraine	50.07%	-0.6%
111th	Albania	49.89%	5.9%
112th	Chad	49.82%	-1.3%
113th	Poland	49.64%	0.2%
114th	Kuwait	49.53%	-0.2%
115th	Myanmar	49.23%	-3.1%
116th	United Arab Emirates	49.23%	2.2%
117th	Belize	49.10%	1.8%
118th	French Polynesia	49.08%	0.2%
119th	Papua New Guinea	49.01%	0.5%
120th	Dominican Republic	48.82%	1.4%
121st	Nicaragua	48.73%	0.8%
122nd	Philippines	48.19%	-1.0%
123rd	Belgium	47.81%	-0.5%
124th	South Africa	47.74%	0.1%
125th	Argentina	47.58%	0.2%
126th	Bulgaria	47.44%	-2.6%
127th	Eswatini	46.97%	0.3%
128th	Kyrgyz Republic	46.17%	-2.7%
129th	Costa Rica	46.02%	-8.1%
130th	Guinea	45.95%	-2.6%
131st	Honduras	45.91%	-1.4%
132nd	El Salvador	45.81%	1.6%
133rd	Montenegro	45.70%	-0.9%
134th	Mauritius	45.41%	-2.1%
135th	Serbia	45.27%	4.6%
136th	Croatia	45.15%	-3.2%
137th	Suriname	45.14%	1.7%
138th	Malta	44.65%	3.8%
139th	Cuba	44.48%	0.4%
140th	Gambia, The	44.38%	-0.2%
141st	Greece	44.09%	0.1%
142nd	Mexico	43.99%	0.1%
143rd	Bahrain	43.54%	0.4%
144th	Tonga	42.94%	-0.3%
145th	Guyana	42.90%	1.5%
146th	Romania	42.12%	-0.8%
147th	Gabon	41.65%	0.5%
148th	Samoa	41.39%	-0.1%
149th	North Macedonia	41.11%	-2.8%
150th	Italy	40.07%	1.7%
151st	Uzbekistan	39.57%	0.3%
152nd	Guatemala	39.53%	2.8%
153rd	Turkmenistan	39.27%	-0.5%
154th	Maldives	38.99%	1.1%
155th	Senegal	38.73%	13.7%
156th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.63%	-0.5%
157th	Fiji	38.51%	-3.8%
158th	Comoros	36.85%	5.9%
159th	Sri Lanka	35.25%	-0.2%
160th	Libya	34.11%	-0.1%
161st	Bangladesh	33.50%	-0.1%
162nd	Türkiye	32.38%	3.1%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	32.23%	1.1%
164th	Oman	30.27%	2.2%
165th	Nepal	27.35%	1.3%
166th	Lebanon	26.89%	3.0%
167th	Tunisia	26.65%	2.2%
168th	India	26.58%	0.0%
169th	Mauritania	26.45%	-0.9%
170th	Morocco	23.28%	-4.5%
171st	Pakistan	23.16%	-3.4%
172nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	23.07%	1.1%
173rd	Tajikistan	23.03%	-3.7%
174th	Saudi Arabia	22.87%	5.7%
175th	São Tomé and Principe	22.84%	0.3%
176th	Sudan	22.09%	-5.2%
177th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.97%	0.1%
178th	Afghanistan	20.16%	5.5%
179th	Djibouti	17.96%	1.0%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	17.44%	-3.1%
181st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	16.17%	12.6%
182nd	Jordan	15.05%	10.7%
183rd	Algeria	15.03%	-1.5%
184th	Iraq	14.65%	3.3%
185th	Syrian Arab Republic	12.80%	0.6%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	5.12%	-1.7%

FAQ

What was South Africa's female labor participation in 2016?▾

South Africa's female labor participation in 2016 was 47.74%. This ranked 124th globally.

How did South Africa's female labor participation change in 2016?▾

South Africa's female labor participation increased by 0.1% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2016?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2016 at 83.14%.

What is the female labor participation of South Africa in 2016?▾

The female labor participation of South Africa in 2016 was 47.74%. This ranked 124th globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for South Africa's female labor participation?▾

South Africa's female labor participation went from 47.72% in 2015 to 47.74% in 2016, a 0.1% increase.

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