Switzerland - Female Labor Participation 2008
61.33%
+1.37pp from 2007
Switzerland's female labor participation was 61.33% in 2008, increased +1.37pp from 59.96% in 2007. This was the 40th 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 Switzerland's female labor participation in 2008?▾
Switzerland's female labor participation in 2008 was 61.33%. This ranked 40th globally.
How did Switzerland's female labor participation change in 2008?▾
Switzerland's female labor participation increased by 2.3% 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 Switzerland in 2008?▾
The female labor participation of Switzerland in 2008 was 61.33%. This ranked 40th globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Switzerland's female labor participation?▾
Switzerland's female labor participation went from 59.96% in 2007 to 61.33% in 2008, a 2.3% increase.
Related
2007
2009
All years
Full ranking 2008
Unemployment Rate
Youth Unemployment
Labor Force Participation
Agriculture Employment
Industry Employment
Peak: 2019
Lowest: 1990
Female Labor Participation 1990s
Female Labor Participation 2000s
Female Labor Participation 2010s
Female Labor Participation 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Cayman Islands
vs Iceland
vs Singapore
vs Ireland
OECD Female Labor Participation
Global Ranking