Thailand - Female Labor Participation 2020
59.11%
+0.21pp from 2019
Thailand's female labor participation was 59.11% in 2020, increased +0.21pp from 58.90% in 2019. This was the 47th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Madagascar | 82.15% | -0.9% |
| 2nd | Solomon Islands | 81.60% | -0.9% |
| 3rd | Tanzania | 79.34% | -1.1% |
| 4th | Burundi | 78.56% | -2.9% |
| 5th | Cambodia | 77.09% | -0.3% |
| 6th | Mozambique | 76.87% | -1.1% |
| 7th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 76.31% | -1.9% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 74.89% | -2.2% |
| 9th | Uganda | 73.98% | 0.2% |
| 10th | Benin | 73.59% | -1.0% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 71.99% | -1.3% |
| 12th | Liberia | 71.39% | -1.0% |
| 13th | Angola | 71.34% | -2.3% |
| 14th | South Sudan | 71.00% | -1.0% |
| 15th | Burkina Faso | 69.46% | -4.2% |
| 16th | Iceland | 69.31% | -3.0% |
| 17th | Viet Nam | 69.10% | -3.4% |
| 18th | Moldova | 68.09% | -0.4% |
| 19th | Bahamas, The | 65.17% | -8.5% |
| 20th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 65.02% | -1.8% |
| 21st | Central African Republic | 64.78% | -0.9% |
| 22nd | New Zealand | 64.69% | -1.0% |
| 23rd | Azerbaijan | 64.38% | 3.1% |
| 24th | Niger | 63.67% | 5.7% |
| 25th | Macao SAR, China | 63.66% | -1.6% |
| 26th | Kazakhstan | 63.61% | -1.6% |
| 27th | Congo, Republic of | 63.28% | -4.9% |
| 28th | Malawi | 63.13% | 6.9% |
| 29th | Bhutan | 63.00% | 3.9% |
| 30th | Switzerland | 62.64% | -0.7% |
| 31st | Norway | 62.48% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Kenya | 62.17% | -1.0% |
| 33rd | Netherlands | 61.78% | 0.2% |
| 34th | Singapore | 61.72% | -0.2% |
| 35th | Haiti | 61.37% | -0.9% |
| 36th | Sweden | 60.59% | -1.2% |
| 37th | Timor-Leste | 60.46% | -0.9% |
| 38th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 60.26% | -1.3% |
| 39th | Australia | 60.14% | -1.5% |
| 40th | Peru | 59.86% | -14.5% |
| 41st | China | 59.71% | -2.6% |
| 42nd | Barbados | 59.69% | -3.1% |
| 43rd | Qatar | 59.45% | 0.6% |
| 44th | Zimbabwe | 59.43% | -2.1% |
| 45th | Israel | 59.40% | -2.0% |
| 46th | Canada | 59.38% | -3.1% |
| 47th | Thailand | 59.11% | 0.3% |
| 48th | Cyprus | 59.05% | -1.7% |
| 49th | Lao PDR | 58.68% | 1.0% |
| 50th | United Kingdom | 58.28% | 0.4% |
| 51st | United Arab Emirates | 58.18% | 7.0% |
| 52nd | Cameroon | 58.06% | -3.3% |
| 53rd | Ghana | 57.96% | -3.5% |
| 54th | Denmark | 57.89% | -0.3% |
| 55th | Belarus | 57.88% | -0.7% |
| 56th | Jamaica | 57.58% | -3.8% |
| 57th | Lithuania | 57.36% | 0.2% |
| 58th | Estonia | 57.13% | -0.4% |
| 59th | Paraguay | 57.11% | -5.2% |
| 60th | Guinea-Bissau | 56.77% | 1.3% |
| 61st | Rwanda | 56.65% | 9.2% |
| 62nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 56.48% | 0.5% |
| 63rd | Botswana | 56.14% | -3.3% |
| 64th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.11% | -1.3% |
| 65th | Mongolia | 56.05% | -3.2% |
| 66th | Panama | 55.93% | -0.7% |
| 67th | Luxembourg | 55.93% | 1.8% |
| 68th | Latvia | 55.84% | 0.7% |
| 69th | United States | 55.70% | -2.0% |
| 70th | Togo | 55.34% | -1.0% |
| 71st | Austria | 55.22% | -0.5% |
| 72nd | Georgia | 55.21% | 0.9% |
| 73rd | Finland | 55.18% | -0.9% |
| 74th | Germany | 55.11% | -1.1% |
| 75th | Ireland | 55.06% | -2.0% |
| 76th | Russian Federation | 54.63% | -0.3% |
| 77th | Brunei Darussalam | 54.47% | -1.1% |
| 78th | Zambia | 54.41% | 4.3% |
| 79th | Armenia | 54.32% | 6.9% |
| 80th | Uruguay | 54.23% | -3.2% |
| 81st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 53.73% | -1.4% |
| 82nd | Guam | 53.58% | -5.2% |
| 83rd | Vanuatu | 53.45% | -0.9% |
| 84th | New Caledonia | 53.38% | 0.2% |
| 85th | Indonesia | 53.20% | -1.4% |
| 86th | Portugal | 53.16% | -2.5% |
| 87th | Korea | 53.14% | -1.2% |
| 88th | Slovenia | 53.11% | -0.5% |
| 89th | Japan | 53.09% | -0.3% |
| 90th | Namibia | 52.45% | -5.2% |
| 91st | Albania | 52.25% | -1.3% |
| 92nd | Slovak Republic | 51.80% | -0.7% |
| 93rd | Czechia | 51.46% | -1.6% |
| 94th | Malaysia | 51.37% | -0.8% |
| 95th | Hungary | 51.34% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Malta | 51.25% | 3.9% |
| 97th | Colombia | 51.11% | -2.5% |
| 98th | Sierra Leone | 51.09% | -1.0% |
| 99th | Spain | 50.92% | -2.1% |
| 100th | Mali | 50.63% | -5.2% |
| 101st | Virgin Islands (US) | 50.61% | 0.1% |
| 102nd | Channel Islands | 50.53% | -1.5% |
| 103rd | Brazil | 50.34% | -9.0% |
| 104th | European Union | 50.29% | -1.3% |
| 105th | Equatorial Guinea | 50.15% | -7.0% |
| 106th | France | 50.05% | -1.1% |
| 107th | Papua New Guinea | 49.81% | -0.3% |
| 108th | Bulgaria | 49.52% | -1.7% |
| 109th | Poland | 49.33% | -0.5% |
| 110th | St. Lucia | 49.33% | -23.3% |
| 111th | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.33% | -3.3% |
| 112th | Belgium | 48.66% | -0.9% |
| 113th | Costa Rica | 48.64% | -7.7% |
| 114th | Lesotho | 48.49% | -1.0% |
| 115th | French Polynesia | 48.35% | -1.8% |
| 116th | Ecuador | 48.24% | -11.3% |
| 117th | Nicaragua | 48.12% | -1.1% |
| 118th | Ukraine | 48.10% | -2.3% |
| 119th | Chad | 48.07% | -1.0% |
| 120th | Dominican Republic | 47.41% | -9.8% |
| 121st | Honduras | 47.04% | 5.6% |
| 122nd | Cabo Verde | 46.76% | -7.2% |
| 123rd | Kuwait | 46.54% | -5.6% |
| 124th | Argentina | 46.49% | -7.0% |
| 125th | Eswatini | 46.45% | -1.5% |
| 126th | Serbia | 46.16% | -1.3% |
| 127th | Chile | 45.44% | -13.7% |
| 128th | Comoros | 44.89% | 3.6% |
| 129th | Gambia, The | 44.82% | -0.4% |
| 130th | Myanmar | 44.73% | -3.4% |
| 131st | Croatia | 44.45% | -0.7% |
| 132nd | South Africa | 44.15% | -9.1% |
| 133rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 43.88% | -0.4% |
| 134th | Montenegro | 43.34% | -7.6% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 43.21% | -6.0% |
| 136th | Mauritius | 43.11% | -7.1% |
| 137th | Suriname | 42.93% | -6.7% |
| 138th | Romania | 42.74% | -0.5% |
| 139th | Greece | 42.72% | -1.8% |
| 140th | Philippines | 42.68% | -8.4% |
| 141st | Cuba | 42.29% | -5.4% |
| 142nd | Tonga | 42.28% | -0.9% |
| 143rd | North Macedonia | 41.86% | -2.3% |
| 144th | Guinea | 41.85% | -1.0% |
| 145th | Mexico | 41.70% | -8.5% |
| 146th | Belize | 41.48% | -27.4% |
| 147th | Bahrain | 41.05% | -3.5% |
| 148th | Bangladesh | 40.32% | 2.5% |
| 149th | Guyana | 40.30% | -2.5% |
| 150th | Italy | 39.50% | -3.4% |
| 151st | Uzbekistan | 39.10% | -2.0% |
| 152nd | Gabon | 39.06% | -7.0% |
| 153rd | Guatemala | 38.30% | 3.2% |
| 154th | Turkmenistan | 37.61% | -3.0% |
| 155th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.12% | -2.9% |
| 156th | Maldives | 37.10% | -9.0% |
| 157th | Senegal | 37.08% | -0.6% |
| 158th | Fiji | 36.18% | -6.1% |
| 159th | Samoa | 35.21% | -6.0% |
| 160th | Puerto Rico (US) | 33.80% | 1.5% |
| 161st | Sri Lanka | 31.66% | -7.0% |
| 162nd | Libya | 31.01% | -8.8% |
| 163rd | Türkiye | 30.83% | -10.1% |
| 164th | Saudi Arabia | 29.31% | 20.3% |
| 165th | Oman | 29.07% | -3.7% |
| 166th | Nepal | 27.21% | -1.2% |
| 167th | Tunisia | 26.27% | -7.1% |
| 168th | India | 26.00% | -2.0% |
| 169th | Lebanon | 25.94% | -11.4% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 25.87% | -1.5% |
| 171st | Pakistan | 23.41% | 0.7% |
| 172nd | São Tomé and Principe | 22.65% | -2.6% |
| 173rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.89% | -1.0% |
| 174th | Morocco | 20.69% | -6.0% |
| 175th | Tajikistan | 20.49% | -0.9% |
| 176th | Djibouti | 18.26% | -1.4% |
| 177th | Sudan | 17.01% | -7.9% |
| 178th | Afghanistan | 16.47% | -10.0% |
| 179th | West Bank and Gaza | 16.43% | -10.6% |
| 180th | Jordan | 14.98% | 9.4% |
| 181st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 14.61% | -7.9% |
| 182nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 13.72% | -18.4% |
| 183rd | Algeria | 13.21% | -10.0% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 12.67% | -5.4% |
| 185th | Iraq | 10.89% | -6.0% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 4.90% | -0.8% |
FAQ
What was Thailand's female labor participation in 2020?▾
Thailand's female labor participation in 2020 was 59.11%. This ranked 47th globally.
How did Thailand's female labor participation change in 2020?▾
Thailand's female labor participation increased by 0.3% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2020?▾
Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2020 at 82.15%.
What is the female labor participation of Thailand in 2020?▾
The female labor participation of Thailand in 2020 was 59.11%. This ranked 47th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Thailand's female labor participation?▾
Thailand's female labor participation went from 58.90% in 2019 to 59.11% in 2020, a 0.3% increase.
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