Paraguay's ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) was 74% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.34 percentage points from 67.66% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 74% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 71.32% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 67.66% | 2015 |
| Highest | 74% | 2025 |
| Lowest | 24.52% | 1982 |
| Average since 2016 | 71.03% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 26.67% | 1962 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Paraguay's ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) rose 1.24 percentage points on 2024 (from 72.76% to 74%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +0.76 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.76 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 7.94 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.18 percentage points in 2006. 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 0.57 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 81% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Paraguay had the 61st highest value of the 83 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 74% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 69.98% | 2025 |
Closest to Paraguay in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate is the proportion of female labor force participation relative to male labor force participation. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population ages 15 and older. The labor force is the sum of all persons of working age who are employed and those who are unemployed.
Limitations: Data on the labor force are compiled by the ILO from labor force surveys, censuses, and establishment censuses and surveys. For some countries a combination of these sources is used. Labor force surveys are the most comprehensive source for internationally comparable labor force data. They can cover all non-institutionalized civilians, all branches and sectors of the economy, and all categories of workers, including people holding multiple jobs. By contrast, labor force data from population censuses are often based on a limited number of questions on the economic characteristics of individuals, with little scope to probe.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 39 values
| Year | Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 |
| 2024 | 72.76 |
| 2023 | 71.93 |
| 2022 | 71.49 |
| 2021 | 70.6 |
| 2020 | 71.32 |
| 2019 | 72.06 |
| 2018 | 70.04 |
| 2017 | 68.47 |
| 2016 | 67.64 |
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 74.09% (2025)
- Bahamas, The — 90.57% (2024)
- Barbados — 88.66% (2024)
- Belize — 69.38% (2019)
- Bolivia — 87.11% (2025)
- Brazil — 73.07% (2025)
- Cayman Islands — 95.74% (2015)
- Chile — 73.94% (2025)
More social protection & labor data for Paraguay
- Net migration — -12,423 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 4,621 (2025)
- Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 5.49% (2025)
- Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate) — 3.81% (2025)
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 4.53% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 61.21% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 82.72% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)
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Questions people ask
- What is Paraguay's ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate)?
- 74% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1962?
- It is up 47.33 percentage points from 26.67% in 1962. The highest value was 74% in 2025 and the lowest 24.52% in 1982.
- How does Paraguay rank?
- 61st highest of 83 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) unusual for Paraguay?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.CACT.FM.NE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: estimates based on external database; 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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