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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
101 Ecuador 52
102 Slovenia 52
103 Hong Kong SAR, China 52
104 Malaysia 52
105 Colombia 52
106 Poland 52
107 Sierra Leone 52
108 France 51
109 Mongolia 51
110 Nicaragua 51
111 Montenegro 51
112 New Caledonia 51
113 Armenia 51
114 Papua New Guinea 51
115 Philippines 50
116 Cabo Verde 50
117 Bulgaria 50
118 South Africa 50
119 Belgium 50
120 Channel Islands 49
121 El Salvador 49
122 Eswatini 49
123 Lesotho 48
124 Trinidad and Tobago 48
125 Comoros 48
126 Mauritius 47
127 Mexico 47
128 Croatia 47
129 Guyana 47
130 Chad 47
131 Kuwait 47
132 French Polynesia 47
133 Belize 46
134 Costa Rica 46
135 Gambia, The 45
136 Suriname 45
137 Greece 45
138 Kyrgyz Republic 44
139 North Macedonia 43
140 Guinea 43
141 Tonga 42
142 Bahrain 42
143 Romania 42
144 Gabon 42
145 Uzbekistan 41
146 Myanmar 41
147 Italy 41
148 Maldives 41
149 Cuba 40
150 Honduras 40
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