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West Bank and Gaza - Female Labor Participation 2003

Name: West Bank and Gaza Female Labor Participation 2003
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

12.50% +2.44pp from 2002 Global rank: 183rd

West Bank and Gaza's female labor participation was 12.50% in 2003, increased +2.44pp from 10.06% in 2002. This was the 183rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2003▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2003
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Mozambique	87.83%	0.2%
2nd	Tanzania	85.51%	0.7%
3rd	Madagascar	84.06%	0.0%
4th	Solomon Islands	83.09%	-0.2%
5th	Burundi	80.58%	-1.2%
6th	Malawi	78.15%	0.0%
7th	Cameroon	78.00%	0.1%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.74%	-0.1%
9th	Nigeria	77.13%	-0.3%
10th	Burkina Faso	76.57%	-0.3%
11th	Angola	75.57%	0.0%
12th	Cambodia	75.56%	-1.0%
13th	Vanuatu	74.32%	-0.1%
14th	Eritrea	74.07%	0.0%
15th	Iceland	72.06%	0.4%
16th	Liberia	71.82%	0.0%
17th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.30%	0.0%
18th	Uganda	71.14%	-0.1%
19th	South Sudan	71.03%	-0.1%
20th	Kenya	70.65%	0.1%
21st	Viet Nam	70.35%	-0.7%
22nd	Niger	68.85%	-0.1%
23rd	Bahamas, The	68.67%	0.3%
24th	Ghana	68.49%	-0.2%
25th	China	66.67%	-0.6%
26th	Azerbaijan	66.63%	-3.2%
27th	Congo, Republic of	66.60%	0.1%
28th	Central African Republic	65.86%	0.1%
29th	Benin	65.78%	0.7%
30th	Kazakhstan	65.09%	0.1%
31st	Georgia	65.00%	-2.2%
32nd	Thailand	64.99%	-0.2%
33rd	Sierra Leone	64.66%	0.0%
34th	Lesotho	64.62%	-1.1%
35th	Timor-Leste	64.22%	0.1%
36th	Barbados	64.05%	0.2%
37th	Norway	62.57%	0.5%
38th	Bhutan	61.96%	1.5%
39th	Guinea	61.57%	-1.8%
40th	Peru	61.49%	2.4%
41st	Canada	61.17%	1.7%
42nd	Zimbabwe	61.01%	0.0%
43rd	Mali	60.56%	0.0%
44th	Denmark	59.95%	-0.6%
45th	Netherlands	59.92%	0.1%
46th	Switzerland	59.50%	0.2%
47th	New Caledonia	59.06%	0.0%
48th	Sweden	58.79%	0.1%
49th	New Zealand	58.61%	0.5%
50th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.56%	-0.2%
51st	Chad	58.30%	-1.1%
52nd	United States	58.22%	-0.2%
53rd	Lao PDR	58.18%	-0.3%
54th	Haiti	57.78%	0.5%
55th	Finland	57.63%	-0.2%
56th	Jamaica	56.53%	-0.7%
57th	Virgin Islands (US)	56.19%	-2.2%
58th	Moldova	56.09%	2.3%
59th	Australia	56.01%	1.2%
60th	Brunei Darussalam	55.96%	0.2%
61st	Kyrgyz Republic	55.84%	-2.2%
62nd	Guinea-Bissau	55.62%	0.1%
63rd	Togo	55.36%	0.1%
64th	St. Lucia	55.08%	1.5%
65th	Belarus	54.93%	0.6%
66th	Lithuania	54.79%	5.0%
67th	Portugal	54.78%	1.3%
68th	Brazil	54.78%	0.4%
69th	Myanmar	54.57%	-1.1%
70th	Israel	54.17%	1.7%
71st	Russian Federation	54.12%	-0.3%
72nd	United Kingdom	54.11%	-0.1%
73rd	Mongolia	53.95%	0.0%
74th	Rwanda	53.84%	0.3%
75th	Armenia	53.75%	-0.5%
76th	Cyprus	53.75%	2.7%
77th	Colombia	53.71%	2.6%
78th	Macao SAR, China	53.53%	-4.9%
79th	Guam	53.50%	-1.6%
80th	Côte d'Ivoire	53.38%	1.9%
81st	Ireland	53.23%	0.2%
82nd	Slovak Republic	52.91%	0.7%
83rd	Ukraine	52.75%	-0.1%
84th	Equatorial Guinea	52.50%	-0.1%
85th	Estonia	52.27%	2.4%
86th	Singapore	52.27%	1.5%
87th	Paraguay	51.51%	-0.4%
88th	Botswana	51.26%	1.2%
89th	Zambia	51.23%	0.1%
90th	Trinidad and Tobago	51.20%	3.9%
91st	Hong Kong SAR, China	51.02%	-0.8%
92nd	Czechia	50.83%	-0.2%
93rd	Channel Islands	50.56%	0.6%
94th	Latvia	50.52%	-1.1%
95th	Slovenia	50.44%	-2.9%
96th	Austria	50.23%	0.2%
97th	Germany	49.99%	0.8%
98th	France	49.74%	2.5%
99th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.65%	1.5%
100th	Qatar	49.62%	0.7%
101st	Turkmenistan	49.57%	-0.4%
102nd	Korea	49.48%	-1.8%
103rd	Uruguay	49.31%	-0.6%
104th	Ecuador	49.17%	2.3%
105th	Argentina	48.94%	2.1%
106th	Namibia	48.72%	1.0%
107th	Albania	48.46%	-1.3%
108th	Papua New Guinea	48.27%	0.1%
109th	Poland	48.25%	-0.9%
110th	Japan	48.16%	-0.6%
111th	Guatemala	47.98%	3.5%
112th	Indonesia	47.85%	-0.4%
113th	French Polynesia	47.52%	-0.2%
114th	South Africa	47.33%	0.5%
115th	European Union	47.28%	1.0%
116th	Philippines	47.03%	-0.2%
117th	Panama	46.93%	1.1%
118th	Hungary	46.40%	0.5%
119th	El Salvador	46.28%	3.0%
120th	Serbia	45.67%	-0.7%
121st	Kuwait	45.62%	1.3%
122nd	Gambia, The	45.45%	0.6%
123rd	Cabo Verde	45.35%	0.9%
124th	Eswatini	45.08%	0.4%
125th	Bulgaria	44.87%	-2.9%
126th	Tajikistan	44.40%	0.0%
127th	Tonga	44.24%	-0.2%
128th	Croatia	44.09%	-0.1%
129th	Spain	43.38%	3.5%
130th	Belgium	42.88%	0.9%
131st	Luxembourg	42.88%	0.2%
132nd	North Macedonia	42.44%	2.4%
133rd	Honduras	42.18%	-0.9%
134th	Romania	42.15%	0.0%
135th	Montenegro	42.08%	-0.5%
136th	Samoa	42.04%	-0.3%
137th	Malaysia	41.87%	1.0%
138th	Costa Rica	41.45%	0.8%
139th	Belize	41.35%	1.3%
140th	Mauritius	41.13%	8.7%
141st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.93%	-0.5%
142nd	Greece	39.86%	1.5%
143rd	Uzbekistan	39.19%	-0.6%
144th	Dominican Republic	39.18%	-2.1%
145th	Mexico	38.98%	1.7%
146th	Nicaragua	38.41%	2.3%
147th	Gabon	38.31%	0.4%
148th	Chile	37.80%	3.7%
149th	Cuba	37.51%	1.2%
150th	Maldives	37.06%	0.0%
151st	Italy	36.80%	1.3%
152nd	Puerto Rico (US)	36.73%	2.1%
153rd	Fiji	36.61%	-1.1%
154th	Bahrain	36.07%	1.6%
155th	United Arab Emirates	35.83%	1.9%
156th	Sri Lanka	35.59%	-0.7%
157th	Suriname	35.44%	2.0%
158th	Guyana	34.89%	1.9%
159th	India	34.66%	0.3%
160th	Senegal	33.26%	0.2%
161st	Comoros	32.46%	0.3%
162nd	Libya	31.47%	1.2%
163rd	Malta	30.11%	-1.5%
164th	Bangladesh	29.06%	0.3%
165th	Mauritania	28.09%	-0.3%
166th	Sudan	26.96%	-1.0%
167th	Türkiye	26.55%	-4.7%
168th	Morocco	25.04%	1.0%
169th	Oman	24.60%	1.4%
170th	Tunisia	23.66%	0.0%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	22.69%	0.2%
172nd	Nepal	21.95%	1.1%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.95%	-0.2%
174th	Lebanon	20.09%	0.7%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.01%	-3.1%
176th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	18.93%	4.0%
177th	Pakistan	17.00%	4.8%
178th	Djibouti	16.54%	0.2%
179th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	16.49%	6.4%
180th	Yemen, Republic of	16.48%	-6.7%
181st	Saudi Arabia	16.17%	2.4%
182nd	Afghanistan	14.15%	0.0%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	12.50%	24.2%
184th	Algeria	12.50%	1.5%
185th	Jordan	10.85%	-8.7%
186th	Iraq	10.77%	3.3%

FAQ

What was West Bank and Gaza's female labor participation in 2003?▾

West Bank and Gaza's female labor participation in 2003 was 12.50%. This ranked 183rd globally.

How did West Bank and Gaza's female labor participation change in 2003?▾

West Bank and Gaza's female labor participation increased by 24.2% in 2003 compared to 2002.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2003?▾

Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 2003 at 87.83%.

What is the female labor participation of West Bank and Gaza in 2003?▾

The female labor participation of West Bank and Gaza in 2003 was 12.50%. This ranked 183rd globally.

How does 2003 compare to 2002 for West Bank and Gaza's female labor participation?▾

West Bank and Gaza's female labor participation went from 10.06% in 2002 to 12.50% in 2003, a 24.2% increase.

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