Social Protection & Labor · IDA blend
Yearly data from 1990 to 2025, from the World Bank.
IDA blend's labor force, female (% of total labor force) was 39.46% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.99 percentage points from 38.47% in 2015.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 39.46% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 38.31% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 38.47% | 2015 |
| Highest | 39.46% | 2025 |
| Lowest | 34.73% | 1990 |
| Average since 2016 | 38.65% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 34.73% | 1990 |
Over five years it is up 1.15 percentage points from 38.31% in 2020. Since 1990 it is up 4.73 percentage points from 34.73% in 1990.
In 2025, IDA blend's labor force, female (% of total labor force) rose 0.05 percentage points on 2024 (from 39.42% to 39.46%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.78 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.34 percentage points in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.16 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 77% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
See how every economy compares in the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| IDA blend | 39.46% | 2025 |
| World | 40.18% | 2025 |
Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | Labor force, female (% of total labor force) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.46 |
| 2024 | 39.42 |
| 2023 | 39.33 |
| 2022 | 38.56 |
| 2021 | 38.48 |
| 2020 | 38.31 |
| 2019 | 38.38 |
| 2018 | 38.03 |
| 2017 | 38.2 |
| 2016 | 38.34 |
| 2015 | 38.47 |
| 2014 | 38.4 |
| 2013 | 38.24 |
| 2012 | 38.23 |
| 2011 | 38.17 |
| 2010 | 38.12 |
| 2009 | 37.92 |
| 2008 | 37.73 |
| 2007 | 37.63 |
| 2006 | 37.52 |
| 2005 | 37.23 |
| 2004 | 37.01 |
| 2003 | 36.82 |
| 2002 | 36.63 |
| 2001 | 36.57 |
| 2000 | 36.58 |
| 1999 | 36.48 |
| 1998 | 36.36 |
| 1997 | 36.23 |
| 1996 | 36.02 |
| 1995 | 35.88 |
| 1994 | 36.22 |
| 1993 | 35.98 |
| 1992 | 35.66 |
| 1991 | 35.5 |
| 1990 | 34.73 |
Every indicator for IDA blend is on the IDA blend data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.TOTL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database; United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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