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South Africa - Female Labor Participation 2022

Name: South Africa Female Labor Participation 2022
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

47.12% +1.71pp from 2021 Global rank: 128th

South Africa's female labor participation was 47.12% in 2022, increased +1.71pp from 45.41% in 2021. This was the 128th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2022▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2022
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	82.83%	0.0%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.31%	0.1%
3rd	Tanzania	80.27%	-0.2%
4th	Burundi	80.25%	-0.3%
5th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.69%	1.6%
6th	Mozambique	77.20%	0.5%
7th	Cambodia	77.17%	4.7%
8th	Nigeria	76.93%	1.4%
9th	Uganda	75.36%	0.9%
10th	Benin	74.63%	-0.2%
11th	Angola	74.02%	-0.9%
12th	Eritrea	72.85%	0.3%
13th	Niger	72.61%	7.1%
14th	Liberia	71.92%	0.3%
15th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	71.72%	0.9%
16th	Moldova	71.54%	1.2%
17th	Bahamas, The	70.89%	6.0%
18th	South Sudan	70.63%	-1.0%
19th	Iceland	70.57%	2.1%
20th	Viet Nam	69.88%	1.1%
21st	Peru	66.73%	2.9%
22nd	New Zealand	66.37%	1.2%
23rd	Congo, Republic of	65.72%	2.7%
24th	Central African Republic	65.53%	1.1%
25th	Burkina Faso	65.40%	-3.3%
26th	Kazakhstan	64.74%	1.1%
27th	Qatar	63.54%	4.9%
28th	Singapore	62.92%	-2.3%
29th	Kenya	62.83%	0.3%
30th	St. Lucia	62.68%	3.8%
31st	Netherlands	62.57%	1.1%
32nd	Australia	62.52%	1.6%
33rd	Norway	62.36%	0.3%
34th	Azerbaijan	62.17%	1.6%
35th	Switzerland	61.93%	-1.1%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.43%	1.6%
37th	Lao PDR	61.37%	1.7%
38th	Cyprus	61.22%	2.8%
39th	Timor-Leste	61.17%	-0.1%
40th	Barbados	61.11%	3.6%
41st	Israel	61.11%	2.4%
42nd	Sweden	61.05%	0.6%
43rd	Canada	61.05%	0.7%
44th	Jamaica	60.80%	4.1%
45th	Estonia	60.14%	4.1%
46th	China	60.10%	-1.8%
47th	Macao SAR, China	60.03%	-6.3%
48th	Guinea-Bissau	59.97%	2.7%
49th	Haiti	59.95%	-3.5%
50th	Botswana	59.93%	1.7%
51st	Zimbabwe	59.77%	-0.6%
52nd	Thailand	59.58%	0.7%
53rd	Denmark	59.55%	2.4%
54th	Ireland	59.11%	2.2%
55th	Côte d'Ivoire	59.06%	2.1%
56th	Paraguay	58.99%	-1.4%
57th	Malawi	58.75%	-0.1%
58th	Lithuania	58.04%	1.2%
59th	Belarus	57.89%	-0.2%
60th	United Kingdom	57.70%	-0.5%
61st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	57.60%	2.0%
62nd	Finland	57.27%	2.4%
63rd	Cameroon	57.10%	0.0%
64th	Luxembourg	57.00%	0.1%
65th	Albania	56.41%	7.4%
66th	Guam	56.29%	4.0%
67th	Togo	56.24%	1.0%
68th	United States	56.03%	0.7%
69th	Georgia	55.76%	5.1%
70th	Slovak Republic	55.69%	2.0%
71st	Austria	55.69%	0.6%
72nd	Uruguay	55.66%	-0.7%
73rd	Germany	55.54%	0.9%
74th	Ghana	55.51%	-2.4%
75th	Malta	55.31%	5.9%
76th	Russian Federation	55.30%	0.3%
77th	Latvia	55.30%	2.1%
78th	Korea	55.03%	2.6%
79th	Namibia	54.74%	3.1%
80th	Rwanda	54.70%	4.0%
81st	Mongolia	54.63%	2.8%
82nd	Ecuador	54.24%	1.1%
83rd	Japan	54.17%	1.3%
84th	Zambia	53.97%	-0.3%
85th	Slovenia	53.88%	0.8%
86th	Brazil	53.86%	2.6%
87th	Portugal	53.80%	1.7%
88th	Brunei Darussalam	53.70%	-2.0%
89th	Vanuatu	53.63%	-1.8%
90th	Equatorial Guinea	53.53%	5.1%
91st	United Arab Emirates	53.06%	5.2%
92nd	Hungary	53.06%	1.6%
93rd	Mali	53.01%	0.1%
94th	Virgin Islands (US)	52.92%	2.2%
95th	Hong Kong SAR, China	52.79%	-1.7%
96th	New Caledonia	52.59%	-0.7%
97th	Indonesia	52.56%	0.9%
98th	Bhutan	52.51%	-19.1%
99th	Spain	52.28%	0.2%
100th	Czechia	52.19%	1.2%
101st	Panama	52.14%	6.6%
102nd	Argentina	51.87%	3.2%
103rd	France	51.86%	0.5%
104th	Sierra Leone	51.61%	0.3%
105th	Malaysia	51.60%	0.4%
106th	Poland	51.59%	1.2%
107th	European Union	51.57%	1.1%
108th	Colombia	50.92%	-1.5%
109th	Channel Islands	50.89%	0.0%
110th	Bulgaria	50.80%	3.3%
111th	Papua New Guinea	50.65%	0.2%
112th	Dominican Republic	50.48%	-1.1%
113th	Philippines	50.38%	14.0%
114th	Costa Rica	50.28%	0.1%
115th	Armenia	50.24%	-8.9%
116th	Nicaragua	50.14%	2.2%
117th	Serbia	50.14%	2.3%
118th	Belgium	50.03%	1.3%
119th	Chile	50.03%	7.4%
120th	Trinidad and Tobago	50.02%	2.3%
121st	Cabo Verde	49.93%	4.8%
122nd	Kuwait	49.62%	4.4%
123rd	Montenegro	48.49%	17.0%
124th	Lesotho	48.44%	0.4%
125th	Chad	47.93%	-0.4%
126th	French Polynesia	47.85%	-0.9%
127th	Eswatini	47.23%	0.7%
128th	South Africa	47.12%	3.8%
129th	Comoros	47.03%	-0.1%
130th	Croatia	46.98%	2.4%
131st	El Salvador	46.03%	1.8%
132nd	Mexico	46.00%	3.1%
133rd	Kyrgyz Republic	45.24%	2.8%
134th	Guyana	45.13%	10.8%
135th	Gambia, The	45.13%	0.4%
136th	Greece	44.41%	2.7%
137th	Suriname	43.96%	0.9%
138th	Bangladesh	43.69%	3.6%
139th	Honduras	43.61%	-9.3%
140th	Belize	43.56%	-6.9%
141st	Romania	43.22%	1.1%
142nd	Tonga	42.62%	0.0%
143rd	Guinea	42.53%	1.3%
144th	Mauritius	42.52%	4.8%
145th	North Macedonia	42.21%	3.1%
146th	Bahrain	42.21%	2.4%
147th	Cuba	41.92%	-1.2%
148th	Gabon	41.90%	5.4%
149th	Uzbekistan	41.10%	3.8%
150th	Myanmar	41.07%	0.1%
151st	Italy	40.52%	1.6%
152nd	Guatemala	40.50%	-4.7%
153rd	Maldives	40.17%	5.7%
154th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.54%	3.0%
155th	Turkmenistan	38.39%	1.4%
156th	Fiji	38.21%	4.5%
157th	Senegal	37.71%	0.0%
158th	Puerto Rico (US)	35.92%	0.9%
159th	Türkiye	35.02%	6.8%
160th	Saudi Arabia	34.10%	-0.4%
161st	Libya	33.63%	7.3%
162nd	Sri Lanka	31.61%	0.9%
163rd	Samoa	31.15%	-7.0%
164th	Oman	30.80%	4.2%
165th	India	29.35%	5.9%
166th	Tunisia	27.52%	3.1%
167th	Nepal	27.24%	-0.1%
168th	Mauritania	26.05%	-0.1%
169th	Pakistan	24.03%	-1.4%
170th	São Tomé and Principe	23.01%	0.3%
171st	Lebanon	22.34%	-6.5%
172nd	Tajikistan	21.40%	3.9%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.67%	-1.3%
174th	Morocco	19.58%	-5.4%
175th	West Bank and Gaza	18.93%	7.9%
176th	Djibouti	18.68%	0.8%
177th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	15.23%	-2.3%
178th	Sudan	14.45%	-8.6%
179th	Algeria	14.33%	6.7%
180th	Jordan	13.92%	-0.3%
181st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.47%	2.9%
182nd	Syrian Arab Republic	13.02%	1.5%
183rd	Iraq	11.18%	2.6%
184th	Afghanistan	5.16%	-64.7%
185th	Yemen, Republic of	4.80%	-1.5%

FAQ

What was South Africa's female labor participation in 2022?▾

South Africa's female labor participation in 2022 was 47.12%. This ranked 128th globally.

How did South Africa's female labor participation change in 2022?▾

South Africa's female labor participation increased by 3.8% in 2022 compared to 2021.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2022?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2022 at 82.83%.

What is the female labor participation of South Africa in 2022?▾

The female labor participation of South Africa in 2022 was 47.12%. This ranked 128th globally.

How does 2022 compare to 2021 for South Africa's female labor participation?▾

South Africa's female labor participation went from 45.41% in 2021 to 47.12% in 2022, a 3.8% increase.

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