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

For 2025, Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) is led by Madagascar at 83. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

Countries ranked 182
Snapshot year 2025
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0.020.741.562.282.9MadagascarMadagascar: 8382.9Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 8282.3NigeriaNigeria: 8180.7TanzaniaTanzania: 8080.3BurundiBurundi: 7979.5Korea, Dem. People's Rep.Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 7877.7CambodiaCambodia: 7777.4MozambiqueMozambique: 7777.1UgandaUganda: 7675.6BeninBenin: 7575.2BoliviaBolivia: 7372.9EritreaEritrea: 7372.8
Rank Country Value
51 Cote d'Ivoire 59
52 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 59
53 China 59
54 Paraguay 59
55 Thailand 59
56 Albania 59
57 Ethiopia 58
58 Haiti 58
59 Malawi 58
60 Lithuania 58
61 Luxembourg 57
62 United Kingdom 57
63 Rwanda 57
64 Uruguay 57
65 Korea, Rep. 57
66 Belarus 57
67 Bhutan 57
68 Georgia 57
69 Togo 57
70 Cameroon 57
71 Guam 57
72 Finland 56
73 Zambia 56
74 United States 56
75 Japan 56
76 Malta 56
77 Germany 55
78 Ghana 55
79 Latvia 55
80 Slovak Republic 55
81 Austria 55
82 Panama 55
83 Namibia 55
84 Portugal 55
85 Russian Federation 55
86 Brunei Darussalam 54
87 Hungary 54
88 Indonesia 54
89 Dominican Republic 54
90 Czechia 53
91 Brazil 53
92 Vanuatu 53
93 United Arab Emirates 53
94 Chile 53
95 Mali 53
96 Spain 53
97 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 53
98 Serbia 53
99 Equatorial Guinea 53
100 Argentina 52
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Madagascar sits at the top of the Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) distribution in 2025 at 83, with a lead of 1 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Brazil at 53, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Yemen, Rep. (5), and the page currently covers 182 countries.

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Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) · 2025 Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) · 2024 Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) · 2023 Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) · 2022 Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) · 2021