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Uruguay - Female Labor Participation 2006

Name: Uruguay Female Labor Participation 2006
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

51.62% +1.76pp from 2005 Global rank: 91st

Uruguay's female labor participation was 51.62% in 2006, increased +1.76pp from 49.87% in 2005. This was the 91st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2006▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2006
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	87.12%	0.6%
2nd	Mozambique	85.77%	-0.8%
3rd	Madagascar	84.10%	0.0%
4th	Solomon Islands	82.74%	0.0%
5th	Cameroon	78.08%	0.0%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.63%	0.1%
7th	Burundi	77.06%	-1.7%
8th	Malawi	76.75%	-1.8%
9th	Nigeria	76.73%	0.0%
10th	Burkina Faso	75.81%	-0.3%
11th	Angola	75.63%	0.0%
12th	Cambodia	74.89%	-0.3%
13th	Eritrea	74.02%	-0.1%
14th	Vanuatu	73.90%	-0.3%
15th	Liberia	71.78%	0.0%
16th	Iceland	71.73%	1.2%
17th	South Sudan	71.30%	0.2%
18th	Uganda	70.96%	-0.1%
19th	Kenya	70.82%	0.1%
20th	Viet Nam	70.73%	0.5%
21st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	70.09%	-1.7%
22nd	Bahamas, The	69.10%	0.2%
23rd	Niger	68.70%	-0.1%
24th	Ghana	68.08%	-0.2%
25th	Peru	67.54%	5.0%
26th	Benin	67.19%	0.7%
27th	Congo, Republic of	66.92%	0.2%
28th	Central African Republic	65.88%	0.0%
29th	China	65.40%	-0.6%
30th	Kazakhstan	65.02%	0.6%
31st	Barbados	64.68%	0.0%
32nd	Bhutan	64.33%	0.9%
33rd	Thailand	64.28%	-1.5%
34th	Sierra Leone	64.07%	-1.4%
35th	Timor-Leste	64.04%	0.3%
36th	Norway	64.01%	1.1%
37th	Lesotho	62.47%	-1.1%
38th	Georgia	62.09%	-1.6%
39th	Denmark	61.30%	1.1%
40th	Canada	61.27%	0.5%
41st	Azerbaijan	61.16%	-2.9%
42nd	Zimbabwe	60.87%	-0.1%
43rd	New Zealand	60.66%	0.9%
44th	Mali	60.51%	0.0%
45th	Virgin Islands (US)	60.02%	1.0%
46th	Switzerland	59.76%	0.7%
47th	Netherlands	59.76%	0.4%
48th	Sweden	59.23%	0.2%
49th	New Caledonia	59.12%	0.2%
50th	Macao SAR, China	58.92%	3.4%
51st	Haiti	58.84%	0.8%
52nd	Finland	58.34%	0.3%
53rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.18%	-0.2%
54th	United States	58.16%	0.2%
55th	Guinea	58.08%	-2.0%
56th	Lao PDR	57.60%	-0.4%
57th	Australia	57.58%	0.9%
58th	St. Lucia	57.57%	1.5%
59th	Moldova	57.26%	4.1%
60th	Brazil	56.55%	-0.6%
61st	Côte d'Ivoire	56.41%	1.8%
62nd	Chad	56.38%	-1.1%
63rd	Brunei Darussalam	56.26%	0.1%
64th	Jamaica	56.18%	-0.4%
65th	Ireland	55.74%	1.4%
66th	Belarus	55.72%	0.6%
67th	Guinea-Bissau	55.72%	0.0%
68th	Israel	55.65%	0.7%
69th	Russian Federation	55.58%	0.8%
70th	Togo	55.53%	0.1%
71st	Portugal	55.52%	0.4%
72nd	Trinidad and Tobago	55.40%	0.7%
73rd	United Kingdom	55.38%	0.9%
74th	Guam	55.19%	0.7%
75th	Singapore	55.06%	2.5%
76th	Estonia	54.66%	2.1%
77th	Kyrgyz Republic	54.43%	-0.8%
78th	Cyprus	54.30%	1.5%
79th	Rwanda	54.03%	0.1%
80th	Mongolia	53.93%	0.1%
81st	Botswana	53.28%	1.3%
82nd	Armenia	53.24%	-0.2%
83rd	Slovenia	53.22%	0.8%
84th	Myanmar	53.03%	-0.9%
85th	Ecuador	52.70%	1.5%
86th	Ukraine	52.60%	-0.1%
87th	Equatorial Guinea	52.25%	-0.1%
88th	Hong Kong SAR, China	52.02%	0.7%
89th	Latvia	51.95%	3.1%
90th	Germany	51.76%	2.1%
91st	Uruguay	51.62%	3.5%
92nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	51.57%	1.7%
93rd	Austria	51.54%	1.3%
94th	Channel Islands	51.33%	0.4%
95th	Zambia	51.31%	0.1%
96th	Paraguay	50.99%	-8.4%
97th	Korea	50.83%	0.3%
98th	Colombia	50.56%	-1.1%
99th	Slovak Republic	50.55%	-1.2%
100th	Czechia	50.53%	-0.3%
101st	France	50.23%	0.2%
102nd	Namibia	50.17%	1.0%
103rd	Lithuania	50.08%	-1.1%
104th	Argentina	49.74%	1.3%
105th	Japan	48.40%	0.2%
106th	European Union	48.36%	0.9%
107th	Papua New Guinea	48.10%	-0.2%
108th	South Africa	47.85%	0.3%
109th	Philippines	47.60%	0.3%
110th	Spain	47.60%	3.1%
111th	Qatar	47.43%	-0.6%
112th	French Polynesia	47.32%	-0.1%
113th	Hungary	46.93%	0.2%
114th	Poland	46.92%	-1.5%
115th	Panama	46.80%	-2.4%
116th	Cabo Verde	46.76%	1.1%
117th	Bulgaria	46.74%	4.7%
118th	Albania	46.65%	-1.2%
119th	Turkmenistan	46.20%	-2.6%
120th	Luxembourg	46.14%	1.1%
121st	Kuwait	46.03%	-0.1%
122nd	Indonesia	46.01%	-0.2%
123rd	El Salvador	45.92%	1.5%
124th	Belgium	45.82%	0.3%
125th	Eswatini	45.49%	0.3%
126th	Croatia	45.42%	0.1%
127th	Gambia, The	45.00%	-0.7%
128th	Serbia	44.65%	-0.6%
129th	Tonga	43.91%	-0.3%
130th	Costa Rica	43.31%	-0.8%
131st	Malaysia	43.03%	0.9%
132nd	Belize	42.91%	1.2%
133rd	Mexico	42.33%	2.9%
134th	Romania	42.20%	0.3%
135th	Guatemala	41.86%	-0.2%
136th	Samoa	41.81%	-0.1%
137th	Montenegro	41.64%	-0.2%
138th	Greece	41.61%	0.9%
139th	North Macedonia	41.56%	-2.4%
140th	Mauritius	41.48%	0.7%
141st	Chile	41.29%	2.9%
142nd	Nicaragua	40.98%	2.1%
143rd	Dominican Republic	40.60%	2.0%
144th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.52%	-0.1%
145th	Cuba	40.00%	2.6%
146th	Gabon	38.93%	0.6%
147th	Bahrain	38.62%	2.7%
148th	Uzbekistan	38.56%	-0.6%
149th	Honduras	38.46%	-7.1%
150th	United Arab Emirates	38.32%	3.1%
151st	Puerto Rico (US)	37.92%	0.9%
152nd	Italy	37.89%	0.4%
153rd	Suriname	37.62%	2.0%
154th	Maldives	36.96%	-0.3%
155th	Guyana	36.83%	1.8%
156th	Fiji	36.71%	5.0%
157th	Tajikistan	36.60%	-6.5%
158th	Sri Lanka	34.88%	-0.7%
159th	India	33.50%	-3.9%
160th	Senegal	33.37%	0.1%
161st	Comoros	32.64%	0.0%
162nd	Libya	32.55%	1.2%
163rd	Malta	30.18%	1.0%
164th	Bangladesh	29.24%	0.2%
165th	Mauritania	27.85%	-0.3%
166th	Sudan	26.14%	-1.0%
167th	Morocco	25.78%	1.0%
168th	Oman	25.11%	0.8%
169th	Tunisia	24.49%	3.3%
170th	Türkiye	23.43%	1.3%
171st	Nepal	22.83%	1.4%
172nd	São Tomé and Principe	22.75%	0.0%
173rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	21.26%	3.9%
174th	Lebanon	20.75%	1.1%
175th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.66%	-0.6%
176th	Pakistan	18.95%	3.3%
177th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	18.04%	-3.4%
178th	Saudi Arabia	17.52%	2.9%
179th	Djibouti	16.66%	0.5%
180th	Syrian Arab Republic	15.39%	-7.0%
181st	Afghanistan	14.45%	1.0%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	13.50%	5.6%
183rd	Yemen, Republic of	13.35%	-6.8%
184th	Algeria	13.23%	2.1%
185th	Iraq	11.89%	3.4%
186th	Jordan	11.58%	1.7%

FAQ

What was Uruguay's female labor participation in 2006?▾

Uruguay's female labor participation in 2006 was 51.62%. This ranked 91st globally.

How did Uruguay's female labor participation change in 2006?▾

Uruguay's female labor participation increased by 3.5% in 2006 compared to 2005.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2006?▾

Tanzania had the highest female labor participation in 2006 at 87.12%.

What is the female labor participation of Uruguay in 2006?▾

The female labor participation of Uruguay in 2006 was 51.62%. This ranked 91st globally.

How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Uruguay's female labor participation?▾

Uruguay's female labor participation went from 49.87% in 2005 to 51.62% in 2006, a 3.5% increase.

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