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Sweden
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#42out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

62.861.460.158.757.4199020082025Sweden · 2025: 62Sweden

Analytical takeaways

  • Sweden records 62 for Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #42 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 63 in 1990 to 62 in 2025, a decrease of 1.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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