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Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) (%), 2021
Labour | February 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2021, Rwanda ranked the highest in Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) with 82.5% followed by Madagascar and Tanzania. On the other end of the scale was Yemen with 5.99%, Iraq with 11.1% and Jordan with 13.5%.

Average Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) reached 46.2% in 2021 in the World. This is 3.15 % less than in the previous year and -4.95 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) reached an all time high of 51.2% in 1992 and an all time low of 45.8% in 2020. The average annual growth amounted to -0.332 % since 1990.

Data for more countries are available at Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) indicator page.

Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Angola % 74.9% 74.9% 74.9% 75.0% 75.0%
Burundi % 79.9% 79.9% 79.9% 79.9% 79.9%
Cambodia % 73.4% 75.9% 76.4% 76.3% 76.1%
Dem. People's Republic of Korea % 78.1% 77.9% 78.1% 78.3% 78.4%
Ethiopia % 74.5% 74.6% 74.6% 74.7% 74.8%
Kenya % 71.4% 71.4% 71.6% 71.9% 72.1%
Laos % 76.1% 76.0% 75.9% 75.9% 75.8%
Madagascar % 83.6% 83.7% 83.7% 83.8% 83.8%
Malawi % 72.8% 73.0% 73.1% 73.2% 73.3%
Mozambique % 78.1% 78.2% 78.2% 78.3% 78.4%
Nepal % 81.6% 82.0% 82.2% 82.4% 82.5%
Rwanda % 83.8% 83.8% 83.9% 83.9% 84.0%
South Sudan % 72.1% 72.2% 72.3% 72.4% 72.5%
Tanzania % 80.0% 80.1% 80.1% 80.1% 80.2%
Zimbabwe % 80.3% 80.3% 80.3% 80.3% 80.3%