Rwanda's labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) was 54.94% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 9.87 percentage points from 45.07% in 2020.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 54.94% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 45.07% | 2020 |
| Highest | 91.75% | 1978 |
| Lowest | 36.35% | 2021 |
| Average since 2017 | 42.53% | 2017–2025 |
| First recorded | 91.75% | 1978 |
Over five years it is up 9.87 percentage points from 45.07% in 2020. Since 1978 it is down 36.81 percentage points from 91.75% in 1978. The World Bank has no value for 36 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.46 percentage points in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.72 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2017 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.13 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 31% of the movement over 9 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, Rwanda had the 13th 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.
Closest to Rwanda in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
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 12 values
| Year | Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.94 |
| 2024 | 45.48 |
| 2023 | 42.41 |
| 2022 | 37.33 |
| 2021 | 36.35 |
| 2020 | 45.07 |
| 2019 | 39.59 |
| 2018 | 39.95 |
| 2017 | 41.61 |
| 2016 | no data |
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) in nearby economies
More social protection & labor data for Rwanda
- Net migration — 6,282 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 244,415 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 115,794 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 45.59% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 52.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 48.97% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 60.13% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
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Questions people ask
- What is Rwanda's labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate)?
- 54.94% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1978?
- It is down 36.81 percentage points from 91.75% in 1978. The highest value was 91.75% in 1978 and the lowest 36.35% in 2021.
- How does Rwanda rank?
- 13th highest of 83 economies with data for 2025.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.ACTI.1524.FE.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: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 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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