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

In 2020, Madagascar leads Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) with 82. Solomon Islands follows at 82, and the gap between the top two positions is 1. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

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Ranking leaders

0.020.541.161.682.2MadagascarMadagascar: 8282.2Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 8281.6TanzaniaTanzania: 7979.3BurundiBurundi: 7978.6CambodiaCambodia: 7777.1MozambiqueMozambique: 7776.9Korea, Dem. People's Rep.Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 7676.3NigeriaNigeria: 7574.9UgandaUganda: 7474.0BeninBenin: 7473.6EritreaEritrea: 7272.0LiberiaLiberia: 7171.4

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Mali 51
102 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 51
103 Channel Islands 51
104 Brazil 50
105 Equatorial Guinea 50
106 France 50
107 Papua New Guinea 50
108 Bulgaria 50
109 Poland 49
110 St. Lucia 49
111 Trinidad and Tobago 49
112 Belgium 49
113 Costa Rica 49
114 Lesotho 48
115 French Polynesia 48
116 Ecuador 48
117 Nicaragua 48
118 Ukraine 48
119 Chad 48
120 Dominican Republic 47
121 Honduras 47
122 Cabo Verde 47
123 Kuwait 47
124 Argentina 46
125 Eswatini 46
126 Serbia 46
127 Chile 45
128 Comoros 45
129 Gambia, The 45
130 Myanmar 45
131 Croatia 44
132 South Africa 44
133 Kyrgyz Republic 44
134 Montenegro 43
135 El Salvador 43
136 Mauritius 43
137 Suriname 43
138 Romania 43
139 Greece 43
140 Philippines 43
141 Cuba 42
142 Tonga 42
143 North Macedonia 42
144 Guinea 42
145 Mexico 42
146 Belize 41
147 Bahrain 41
148 Bangladesh 40
149 Guyana 40
150 Italy 40

Analytical takeaways

  • Madagascar leads the global ranking for Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2020, with a lead of 1 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Liberia at 71.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.