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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Within the “Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan” group, Israel leads Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025 at 62, while Yemen, Rep. sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 5. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.015.631.146.762.3IsraelIsrael: 6262.3QatarQatar: 6261.9MaltaMalta: 5655.8United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 5353.0KuwaitKuwait: 4747.2BahrainBahrain: 4242.3Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 3433.6LibyaLibya: 3333.0OmanOman: 3030.0TunisiaTunisia: 2626.5PakistanPakistan: 2424.0MoroccoMorocco: 2019.7

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Israel 62
2 Qatar 62
3 Malta 56
4 United Arab Emirates 53
5 Kuwait 47
6 Bahrain 42
7 Saudi Arabia 34
8 Libya 33
9 Oman 30
10 Tunisia 26
11 Pakistan 24
12 Morocco 20
13 Djibouti 19
14 Egypt, Arab Rep. 18
15 Jordan 16
16 Algeria 14
17 Iran, Islamic Rep. 14
18 Syrian Arab Republic 13
19 Iraq 11
20 Afghanistan 5
21 Yemen, Rep. 5

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan group for Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, Israel leads with a gap of 0 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 21 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Yemen, Rep. at 5.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.