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

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.