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Afghanistan
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population ages 15 and older. The labor force is the sum of all persons of working age who are employed and those who are unemployed.

Global rank#181out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

21.217.213.29.15.1199020082025Afghanistan · 2025: 5Afghanistan

Analytical takeaways

  • Afghanistan records 5 for Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #181 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 16 in 1990 to 5 in 2025, a decrease of 11.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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