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

In 2021, Madagascar leads Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) with 83. 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

0.020.741.462.182.8MadagascarMadagascar: 8382.8Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 8282.3BurundiBurundi: 8080.5TanzaniaTanzania: 8080.4MozambiqueMozambique: 7776.8Korea, Dem. People's Rep.Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 7676.5NigeriaNigeria: 7675.9BeninBenin: 7574.8AngolaAngola: 7574.7UgandaUganda: 7574.7CambodiaCambodia: 7473.7EritreaEritrea: 7372.6

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Botswana 59
52 Malawi 59
53 Jamaica 58
54 Guinea-Bissau 58
55 Denmark 58
56 Belarus 58
57 United Kingdom 58
58 Ireland 58
59 Cote d'Ivoire 58
60 Estonia 58
61 Ethiopia 58
62 Lithuania 57
63 Cameroon 57
64 Luxembourg 57
65 Ghana 57
66 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 56
67 Uruguay 56
68 Finland 56
69 Togo 56
70 United States 56
71 Austria 55
72 Russian Federation 55
73 Armenia 55
74 Germany 55
75 Brunei Darussalam 55
76 Vanuatu 55
77 Slovak Republic 55
78 Latvia 54
79 Guam 54
80 Zambia 54
81 Hong Kong SAR, China 54
82 Korea, Rep. 54
83 Ecuador 54
84 Slovenia 53
85 Japan 53
86 Mongolia 53
87 Namibia 53
88 Georgia 53
89 Mali 53
90 New Caledonia 53
91 Portugal 53
92 Rwanda 53
93 Albania 53
94 Brazil 52
95 Malta 52
96 Hungary 52
97 Spain 52
98 Indonesia 52
99 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 52
100 Colombia 52

Analytical takeaways

  • Madagascar leads the global ranking for Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2021, 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 Eritrea at 73.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.