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United States - Female Labor Participation 2005

Name: United States Female Labor Participation 2005
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

58.04% +0.10pp from 2004 Global rank: 54th

United States's female labor participation was 58.04% in 2005, increased +0.10pp from 57.94% in 2004. This was the 54th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2005▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2005
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	86.60%	0.6%
2nd	Mozambique	86.48%	-0.8%
3rd	Madagascar	84.11%	0.0%
4th	Solomon Islands	82.75%	-0.2%
5th	Burundi	78.36%	-1.5%
6th	Malawi	78.16%	0.0%
7th	Cameroon	78.06%	0.0%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.57%	-0.1%
9th	Nigeria	76.76%	-0.3%
10th	Burkina Faso	76.06%	-0.3%
11th	Angola	75.62%	0.0%
12th	Cambodia	75.10%	-0.3%
13th	Vanuatu	74.14%	-0.2%
14th	Eritrea	74.07%	0.0%
15th	Liberia	71.80%	0.0%
16th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.28%	0.0%
17th	South Sudan	71.17%	0.2%
18th	Uganda	71.03%	-0.1%
19th	Iceland	70.91%	0.7%
20th	Kenya	70.76%	0.1%
21st	Viet Nam	70.38%	0.4%
22nd	Bahamas, The	68.97%	0.2%
23rd	Niger	68.75%	-0.1%
24th	Ghana	68.22%	-0.2%
25th	Congo, Republic of	66.82%	0.2%
26th	Benin	66.72%	0.7%
27th	Central African Republic	65.90%	0.0%
28th	China	65.83%	-0.6%
29th	Thailand	65.23%	0.7%
30th	Sierra Leone	65.00%	-1.4%
31st	Barbados	64.69%	0.0%
32nd	Kazakhstan	64.63%	-0.3%
33rd	Peru	64.32%	2.2%
34th	Timor-Leste	63.84%	-0.3%
35th	Bhutan	63.75%	1.3%
36th	Norway	63.32%	0.4%
37th	Lesotho	63.20%	-1.1%
38th	Georgia	63.09%	-1.8%
39th	Azerbaijan	62.98%	-1.9%
40th	Canada	60.99%	-0.5%
41st	Zimbabwe	60.91%	-0.1%
42nd	Denmark	60.62%	0.0%
43rd	Mali	60.54%	0.0%
44th	New Zealand	60.10%	1.7%
45th	Netherlands	59.52%	-0.4%
46th	Virgin Islands (US)	59.43%	2.1%
47th	Switzerland	59.35%	0.4%
48th	Guinea	59.25%	-1.9%
49th	Sweden	59.12%	1.1%
50th	New Caledonia	59.01%	0.0%
51st	Haiti	58.40%	0.5%
52nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.31%	-0.2%
53rd	Finland	58.16%	1.0%
54th	United States	58.04%	0.2%
55th	Lao PDR	57.83%	-0.3%
56th	Australia	57.05%	2.3%
57th	Chad	57.02%	-1.1%
58th	Macao SAR, China	57.01%	3.7%
59th	Brazil	56.86%	2.2%
60th	St. Lucia	56.74%	1.5%
61st	Jamaica	56.39%	-0.3%
62nd	Brunei Darussalam	56.17%	0.2%
63rd	Guinea-Bissau	55.69%	0.1%
64th	Paraguay	55.65%	-2.2%
65th	Togo	55.47%	0.1%
66th	Belarus	55.42%	0.4%
67th	Côte d'Ivoire	55.40%	1.9%
68th	Israel	55.28%	1.1%
69th	Portugal	55.27%	1.8%
70th	Russian Federation	55.16%	0.8%
71st	Moldova	55.02%	0.8%
72nd	Trinidad and Tobago	55.02%	3.6%
73rd	Ireland	54.98%	3.1%
74th	Kyrgyz Republic	54.89%	0.5%
75th	United Kingdom	54.86%	0.6%
76th	Guam	54.80%	4.2%
77th	Rwanda	54.00%	0.1%
78th	Mongolia	53.89%	0.0%
79th	Singapore	53.71%	2.0%
80th	Estonia	53.51%	0.6%
81st	Cyprus	53.51%	-0.3%
82nd	Myanmar	53.50%	-1.0%
83rd	Armenia	53.34%	-0.3%
84th	Slovenia	52.82%	0.0%
85th	Ukraine	52.65%	-0.1%
86th	Botswana	52.58%	1.3%
87th	Equatorial Guinea	52.31%	-0.2%
88th	Ecuador	51.92%	-1.5%
89th	Hong Kong SAR, China	51.65%	0.7%
90th	Zambia	51.28%	0.0%
91st	Slovak Republic	51.18%	-2.5%
92nd	Colombia	51.15%	-3.4%
93rd	Channel Islands	51.14%	0.9%
94th	Austria	50.87%	1.6%
95th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	50.72%	1.0%
96th	Germany	50.69%	1.9%
97th	Korea	50.66%	0.1%
98th	Czechia	50.66%	0.2%
99th	Lithuania	50.64%	-1.4%
100th	Latvia	50.39%	0.0%
101st	France	50.14%	1.1%
102nd	Uruguay	49.87%	1.6%
103rd	Namibia	49.69%	1.0%
104th	Argentina	49.10%	-1.7%
105th	Japan	48.28%	0.3%
106th	Papua New Guinea	48.18%	-0.2%
107th	Panama	47.95%	1.5%
108th	European Union	47.94%	0.9%
109th	South Africa	47.71%	0.4%
110th	Qatar	47.70%	-0.4%
111th	Poland	47.65%	-0.1%
112th	Philippines	47.45%	1.6%
113th	Turkmenistan	47.45%	-3.3%
114th	French Polynesia	47.36%	-0.1%
115th	Albania	47.24%	-1.3%
116th	Hungary	46.81%	0.3%
117th	Cabo Verde	46.27%	1.0%
118th	Spain	46.18%	3.2%
119th	Kuwait	46.09%	0.4%
120th	Indonesia	46.08%	-2.4%
121st	Belgium	45.69%	3.4%
122nd	Luxembourg	45.66%	2.4%
123rd	Croatia	45.39%	0.4%
124th	Eswatini	45.38%	0.3%
125th	Gambia, The	45.30%	-0.9%
126th	El Salvador	45.22%	1.6%
127th	Serbia	44.92%	-0.8%
128th	Bulgaria	44.65%	-2.3%
129th	Tonga	44.04%	-0.2%
130th	Costa Rica	43.68%	9.7%
131st	Malaysia	42.64%	0.9%
132nd	North Macedonia	42.57%	0.2%
133rd	Belize	42.39%	1.2%
134th	Romania	42.07%	-0.1%
135th	Guatemala	41.95%	-0.2%
136th	Samoa	41.86%	-0.3%
137th	Montenegro	41.71%	-0.4%
138th	Honduras	41.39%	-0.9%
139th	Greece	41.26%	0.5%
140th	Mauritius	41.20%	3.6%
141st	Mexico	41.15%	2.6%
142nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.56%	-0.6%
143rd	Chile	40.13%	2.3%
144th	Nicaragua	40.12%	2.2%
145th	Dominican Republic	39.79%	1.6%
146th	Tajikistan	39.16%	-6.2%
147th	Cuba	39.00%	2.4%
148th	Uzbekistan	38.79%	-0.7%
149th	Gabon	38.71%	0.5%
150th	Italy	37.76%	-1.0%
151st	Bahrain	37.61%	2.6%
152nd	Puerto Rico (US)	37.57%	3.7%
153rd	United Arab Emirates	37.19%	1.9%
154th	Maldives	37.07%	0.0%
155th	Suriname	36.88%	2.0%
156th	Guyana	36.19%	1.8%
157th	Sri Lanka	35.11%	-0.7%
158th	Fiji	34.97%	-3.4%
159th	India	34.85%	0.3%
160th	Senegal	33.34%	0.1%
161st	Comoros	32.63%	0.0%
162nd	Libya	32.18%	1.1%
163rd	Malta	29.88%	7.6%
164th	Bangladesh	29.19%	0.2%
165th	Mauritania	27.93%	-0.3%
166th	Sudan	26.41%	-1.0%
167th	Morocco	25.54%	1.0%
168th	Oman	24.91%	0.6%
169th	Tunisia	23.70%	0.1%
170th	Türkiye	23.11%	-0.1%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	22.74%	0.1%
172nd	Nepal	22.50%	1.3%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.79%	-0.5%
174th	Lebanon	20.51%	1.1%
175th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	20.46%	3.9%
176th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	18.68%	6.4%
177th	Pakistan	18.35%	3.2%
178th	Saudi Arabia	17.02%	2.7%
179th	Djibouti	16.58%	0.2%
180th	Syrian Arab Republic	16.54%	-6.8%
181st	Yemen, Republic of	14.33%	-6.8%
182nd	Afghanistan	14.30%	0.7%
183rd	Algeria	12.95%	1.9%
184th	West Bank and Gaza	12.78%	-0.7%
185th	Iraq	11.50%	3.4%
186th	Jordan	11.38%	2.4%

FAQ

What was United States's female labor participation in 2005?▾

United States's female labor participation in 2005 was 58.04%. This ranked 54th globally.

How did United States's female labor participation change in 2005?▾

United States's female labor participation increased by 0.2% in 2005 compared to 2004.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2005?▾

Tanzania had the highest female labor participation in 2005 at 86.60%.

What is the female labor participation of United States in 2005?▾

The female labor participation of United States in 2005 was 58.04%. This ranked 54th globally.

How does 2005 compare to 2004 for United States's female labor participation?▾

United States's female labor participation went from 57.94% in 2004 to 58.04% in 2005, a 0.2% increase.

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