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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
151 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39
152 Bangladesh 39
153 Fiji 38
154 Guatemala 38
155 Turkmenistan 38
156 Senegal 38
157 Turkiye 37
158 Venezuela, RB 37
159 Puerto Rico (US) 37
160 Saudi Arabia 34
161 Libya 33
162 India 32
163 Sri Lanka 31
164 Samoa 31
165 Oman 30
166 Nepal 27
167 Tunisia 26
168 Mauritania 26
169 Pakistan 24
170 Sao Tome and Principe 23
171 Tajikistan 22
172 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 21
173 Morocco 20
174 Djibouti 19
175 Egypt, Arab Rep. 18
176 Jordan 16
177 Algeria 14
178 Iran, Islamic Rep. 14
179 Syrian Arab Republic 13
180 Iraq 11
181 Afghanistan 5
182 Yemen, Rep. 5
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