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Virgin Islands (US) - Female Labor Participation 1998

Name: Virgin Islands (US) Female Labor Participation 1998
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

55.90% −0.45pp from 1997 Global rank: 59th

Virgin Islands (US)'s female labor participation was 55.90% in 1998, decreased +0.45pp from 56.35% in 1997. This was the 59th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Mozambique	87.17%	0.1%
2nd	Burundi	84.97%	-1.0%
3rd	Tanzania	84.32%	0.0%
4th	Madagascar	83.86%	0.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	81.39%	0.2%
6th	Cambodia	78.92%	0.0%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	78.11%	0.1%
8th	Malawi	78.09%	0.0%
9th	Burkina Faso	77.80%	-0.3%
10th	Cameroon	77.78%	0.1%
11th	Nigeria	77.55%	-0.1%
12th	Angola	75.45%	0.0%
13th	Eritrea	74.21%	-0.1%
14th	Azerbaijan	74.02%	-1.2%
15th	Vanuatu	73.80%	0.1%
16th	Viet Nam	71.82%	-1.0%
17th	Liberia	71.74%	0.0%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.36%	-0.1%
19th	Uganda	71.24%	0.0%
20th	South Sudan	71.09%	0.1%
21st	Kenya	70.33%	0.1%
22nd	Georgia	69.48%	-1.2%
23rd	Iceland	69.39%	2.6%
24th	Ghana	69.16%	-0.2%
25th	Niger	69.10%	-0.1%
26th	China	68.99%	-0.8%
27th	Bahamas, The	67.57%	0.5%
28th	Lesotho	67.24%	0.2%
29th	Kazakhstan	66.57%	0.0%
30th	Thailand	66.36%	-2.0%
31st	Congo, Republic of	66.05%	0.0%
32nd	Timor-Leste	65.76%	0.3%
33rd	Central African Republic	65.71%	0.0%
34th	Sierra Leone	64.79%	-0.1%
35th	Barbados	63.25%	0.3%
36th	Guinea	63.03%	-0.2%
37th	Benin	61.74%	1.4%
38th	Chad	61.44%	-1.0%
39th	Zimbabwe	60.49%	0.4%
40th	Mali	60.46%	0.0%
41st	Guam	59.97%	0.1%
42nd	Jamaica	59.93%	-1.0%
43rd	Norway	59.56%	1.7%
44th	New Caledonia	59.40%	-0.7%
45th	Denmark	59.36%	1.3%
46th	Kyrgyz Republic	59.30%	-0.2%
47th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	59.29%	-0.3%
48th	Lao PDR	59.04%	-0.1%
49th	United States	58.39%	0.0%
50th	Switzerland	58.01%	1.9%
51st	Bhutan	57.91%	1.1%
52nd	Canada	57.67%	1.0%
53rd	Netherlands	57.67%	0.8%
54th	Myanmar	57.39%	-0.5%
55th	Sweden	57.36%	-2.1%
56th	Haiti	56.91%	-0.1%
57th	Moldova	56.37%	0.7%
58th	New Zealand	56.30%	-0.2%
59th	Virgin Islands (US)	55.90%	-0.8%
60th	Guinea-Bissau	55.42%	0.1%
61st	Finland	55.06%	0.4%
62nd	Peru	54.99%	1.5%
63rd	Togo	54.98%	0.2%
64th	Armenia	54.56%	-0.5%
65th	Macao SAR, China	54.32%	-0.4%
66th	Colombia	54.01%	-0.2%
67th	Australia	53.72%	0.1%
68th	Albania	53.71%	-2.6%
69th	Mongolia	53.49%	0.3%
70th	Lithuania	53.40%	-1.5%
71st	Slovenia	53.14%	1.1%
72nd	Brunei Darussalam	53.11%	1.7%
73rd	Ukraine	53.04%	-0.1%
74th	Turkmenistan	52.86%	-1.8%
75th	United Kingdom	52.72%	0.1%
76th	Estonia	52.71%	-2.9%
77th	Equatorial Guinea	52.67%	0.0%
78th	Belarus	52.48%	0.0%
79th	Rwanda	52.39%	0.5%
80th	Paraguay	52.26%	-0.3%
81st	Czechia	51.96%	0.2%
82nd	Portugal	51.89%	2.8%
83rd	St. Lucia	51.88%	1.0%
84th	Ecuador	51.69%	6.5%
85th	Latvia	51.58%	-0.6%
86th	Slovak Republic	51.39%	-0.8%
87th	Israel	51.32%	-0.2%
88th	Argentina	51.29%	1.2%
89th	Zambia	51.10%	0.0%
90th	Indonesia	51.09%	2.5%
91st	Russian Federation	51.03%	-1.3%
92nd	Singapore	50.84%	0.5%
93rd	Japan	50.06%	-0.5%
94th	Ireland	49.78%	3.0%
95th	Poland	49.53%	-0.5%
96th	Brazil	49.48%	1.6%
97th	Uruguay	49.26%	2.3%
98th	Botswana	49.10%	0.1%
99th	Austria	48.82%	1.2%
100th	Qatar	48.62%	-1.1%
101st	Trinidad and Tobago	48.60%	0.2%
102nd	Germany	48.54%	0.4%
103rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	48.42%	1.2%
104th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.37%	0.1%
105th	Cyprus	48.11%	1.3%
106th	French Polynesia	48.08%	-0.2%
107th	France	48.06%	0.7%
108th	Channel Islands	47.79%	0.9%
109th	Papua New Guinea	47.66%	0.6%
110th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	47.35%	1.0%
111th	Philippines	47.27%	0.1%
112th	Korea	47.12%	-5.4%
113th	Namibia	47.01%	0.3%
114th	Serbia	46.34%	-0.8%
115th	South Africa	46.12%	0.4%
116th	Guatemala	45.74%	0.6%
117th	European Union	45.70%	0.6%
118th	El Salvador	45.57%	8.9%
119th	Honduras	45.29%	0.4%
120th	Hungary	45.18%	0.0%
121st	Gambia, The	45.02%	0.1%
122nd	Tonga	44.78%	-0.3%
123rd	Croatia	44.66%	-0.5%
124th	Tajikistan	44.37%	0.0%
125th	Bulgaria	44.24%	-0.5%
126th	Panama	44.20%	4.3%
127th	Eswatini	43.87%	0.6%
128th	Kuwait	43.79%	0.2%
129th	Cabo Verde	43.38%	0.8%
130th	Samoa	42.64%	0.0%
131st	Montenegro	42.34%	-0.4%
132nd	Romania	42.12%	0.6%
133rd	Belgium	41.54%	1.4%
134th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.34%	-0.3%
135th	Sri Lanka	41.33%	17.2%
136th	North Macedonia	40.89%	-1.5%
137th	Uzbekistan	39.69%	-0.1%
138th	Malaysia	39.51%	1.4%
139th	Costa Rica	39.44%	6.3%
140th	Mexico	39.32%	-0.8%
141st	Belize	39.25%	2.4%
142nd	Greece	39.03%	4.9%
143rd	Dominican Republic	38.89%	1.4%
144th	Mauritius	38.74%	0.0%
145th	Fiji	38.67%	-1.1%
146th	Spain	38.43%	0.9%
147th	Chile	37.85%	1.0%
148th	Luxembourg	37.85%	0.8%
149th	Gabon	37.66%	0.3%
150th	Guyana	36.54%	-1.5%
151st	Cuba	34.99%	0.7%
152nd	Puerto Rico (US)	34.74%	-0.4%
153rd	Italy	34.48%	1.5%
154th	Nicaragua	34.24%	0.8%
155th	Maldives	33.18%	5.9%
156th	India	33.16%	1.9%
157th	Bahrain	32.96%	1.9%
158th	Senegal	32.85%	0.3%
159th	United Arab Emirates	32.82%	1.6%
160th	Suriname	32.64%	0.3%
161st	Comoros	32.03%	0.2%
162nd	Malta	29.74%	0.7%
163rd	Libya	29.60%	1.5%
164th	Türkiye	29.18%	1.6%
165th	Sudan	28.39%	-1.0%
166th	Bangladesh	27.97%	1.6%
167th	Mauritania	27.68%	1.2%
168th	Morocco	24.62%	1.7%
169th	Tunisia	23.76%	-0.2%
170th	Oman	23.68%	1.0%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	22.14%	0.7%
172nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.17%	-0.2%
173rd	Nepal	20.95%	0.5%
174th	Yemen, Republic of	20.52%	5.2%
175th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	19.70%	-3.3%
176th	Lebanon	19.56%	0.7%
177th	Saudi Arabia	16.60%	1.6%
178th	Syrian Arab Republic	16.51%	-6.8%
179th	Djibouti	16.05%	1.2%
180th	Pakistan	15.25%	2.1%
181st	Afghanistan	14.63%	-1.3%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	12.53%	3.7%
183rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	12.06%	6.7%
184th	Algeria	11.82%	0.5%
185th	Jordan	11.66%	0.5%
186th	Iraq	9.15%	3.3%

FAQ

What was Virgin Islands (US)'s female labor participation in 1998?▾

Virgin Islands (US)'s female labor participation in 1998 was 55.90%. This ranked 59th globally.

How did Virgin Islands (US)'s female labor participation change in 1998?▾

Virgin Islands (US)'s female labor participation decreased by 0.8% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1998?▾

Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 1998 at 87.17%.

What is the female labor participation of Virgin Islands (US) in 1998?▾

The female labor participation of Virgin Islands (US) in 1998 was 55.90%. This ranked 59th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Virgin Islands (US)'s female labor participation?▾

Virgin Islands (US)'s female labor participation went from 56.35% in 1997 to 55.90% in 1998, a 0.8% decrease.

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