Sub-Saharan Africa
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Madagascar leads Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025 at 80, while Somalia, Fed. Rep. sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 16. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

Country table

#	Country	Value
1	Madagascar	80
2	Burundi	79
3	Tanzania	78
4	Nigeria	78
5	Benin	74
6	Uganda	73
7	Niger	73
8	Mozambique	72
9	Liberia	70
10	Eritrea	68
11	Angola	62
12	Burkina Faso	61
13	Central African Republic	61
14	Congo, Dem. Rep.	60
15	Guinea-Bissau	59
16	Kenya	59
17	Cote d'Ivoire	58
18	Zimbabwe	56
19	Ethiopia	56
20	Togo	55
21	Malawi	55
22	Cameroon	54
23	Ghana	53
24	Zambia	53
25	Congo, Rep.	52
26	Mali	51
27	Sierra Leone	51
28	Rwanda	50
29	Equatorial Guinea	48
30	Chad	47
31	Botswana	46
32	Comoros	46
33	Namibia	45
34	Cabo Verde	45
35	Mauritius	44
36	Gambia, The	43
37	Guinea	40
38	Lesotho	39
39	Senegal	37
40	South Africa	33
41	Eswatini	31
42	Gabon	30
43	Mauritania	22
44	Sao Tome and Principe	21
45	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	16

Analytical takeaways

Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, Madagascar leads with a gap of 1 to the next country.
The peer set on this page covers 45 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Somalia, Fed. Rep. at 16.
This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.

Next transitions

Global indicator page Madagascar · 80 Burundi · 79 Tanzania · 78 Nigeria · 78

Related landing pages

Sub-Saharan Africa Highest · Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) Top 10 countries by female employment ratio

Group leaders snapshot

Madagascar · 80 Burundi · 79 Tanzania · 78 Nigeria · 78 Benin · 74 Uganda · 73