Uzbekistan: Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Uzbekistan's ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) fell 28.37 percentage points on 2019 (from 82.94% to 54.58%).

Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2019), the average change was +1.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.98 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 7.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.26 percentage points in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.37 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2.28 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 37% 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

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Closest to Uzbekistan in the 2020 ranking

• Burundi — 1st of 4: 99.13%
• Puerto Rico (US) — 2nd of 4: 80.58%
• Venezuela, RB — 3rd of 4: 64.97%

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 16 values

Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) in nearby economies

• Albania — 81.88% (2024)
• Armenia — 74.87% (2023)
• Austria — 86.23% (2025)
• Azerbaijan — 88.94% (2022)
• Belarus — 88.23% (2025)
• Belgium — 85.42% (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 66.23% (2025)
• Bulgaria — 79.99% (2025)

More social protection & labor data for Uzbekistan

• Net migration — -6,987 (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 26.97% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 47.4% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 37.45% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 45.78% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 79.55% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 62.87% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Uzbekistan's ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate)?

54.58% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is down 23.6 percentage points from 78.18% in 2002. The highest value was 93.32% in 2004 and the lowest 54.58% in 2020.

Is the latest change in ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) unusual for Uzbekistan?

In 2020, Uzbekistan's ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) fell 28.37 percentage points on 2019 (from 82.94% to 54.58%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2019), the average change was +1.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.98 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 7.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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