Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2021, Palestine ranked the highest in Unemployment Rate, Female (As % of Female Labour Force) with 39.7% followed by Djibouti and South Africa. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 0.620%, Niger with 0.664% and Cambodia with 0.717%.
Average Unemployment Rate, Female (As % of Female Labour Force) reached 6.36% in 2021 in the World. This is 13.2 % more than in the previous year and 6.27 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Unemployment Rate, Female (As % of Female Labour Force) reached an all time high of 6.46% in 2020 and an all time low of 4.95% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to 0.837 % since 1980.
Data for more countries are available at Unemployment Rate, Female (As % of Female Labour Force) indicator page.
| Unemployment Rate, Female (As % of Female Labour Force) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Botswana | % | 22.7% | 22.8% | 23.1% | 23.3% | 23.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 21.7% | 21.9% | 21.8% | 21.9% | 21.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 36.6% | 36.5% | 36.5% | 36.4% | 36.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 28.6% | 28.5% | 28.5% | 28.4% | 28.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 22.2% | 22.3% | 31.0% | 30.6% | 30.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 22.1% | 23.7% | 27.2% | 24.0% | 23.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 25.4% | 24.6% | 23.9% | 23.1% | 22.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 25.5% | 25.5% | 25.3% | 25.4% | 25.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Palestine | % | 34.3% | 38.0% | 42.8% | 41.9% | 41.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 24.2% | 24.3% | 24.3% | 24.3% | 24.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 27.5% | 29.0% | 29.3% | 29.1% | 30.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 29.2% | 29.0% | 28.8% | 28.6% | 28.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 25.2% | 24.5% | 24.5% | 24.5% | 24.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 22.2% | 23.4% | 22.6% | 22.8% | 22.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 26.4% | 25.9% | 25.6% | 25.2% | 25.0% |
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