Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Moldova has the highest labor force, female (% of total labor force) (55.36% in 2025) and Afghanistan the lowest (6.78% in 2025). The world figure is 40.18% (2025).
What this measures
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.
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova | 55.36% | 2025 |
| 2 | Virgin Islands (US) | 51.91% | 2025 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 51.68% | 2025 |
| 4 | Burundi | 51.61% | 2025 |
| 5 | Togo | 51.3% | 2025 |
| 6 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 51.18% | 2025 |
| 7 | Macao SAR, China | 50.98% | 2025 |
| 8 | Bahamas, The | 50.72% | 2025 |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 49.86% | 2025 |
| 10 | Latvia | 49.8% | 2025 |
| 11 | Estonia | 49.72% | 2025 |
| 12 | Portugal | 49.68% | 2025 |
| 13 | Barbados | 49.67% | 2025 |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 49.62% | 2025 |
| 15 | South Sudan | 49.6% | 2023 |
| 16 | São Tomé and Principe | 49.45% | 2025 |
| 17 | Benin | 49.43% | 2025 |
| 18 | Angola | 49.38% | 2025 |
| 19 | Belarus | 49.15% | 2025 |
| 20 | Lithuania | 49.01% | 2025 |
| 21 | Tanzania | 49.01% | 2025 |
| 22 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 48.88% | 2025 |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 48.82% | 2025 |
| 24 | Eswatini | 48.78% | 2025 |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 48.78% | 2025 |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 48.75% | 2025 |
| 27 | Cambodia | 48.66% | 2025 |
| 28 | Madagascar | 48.65% | 2025 |
| 29 | Congo, Rep. | 48.65% | 2025 |
| 30 | Gambia, The | 48.54% | 2025 |
| 31 | Nigeria | 48.4% | 2025 |
| 32 | France | 48.4% | 2025 |
| 33 | Malawi | 48.35% | 2025 |
| 34 | Central African Republic | 48.32% | 2025 |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 48.3% | 2025 |
| 36 | Namibia | 48.3% | 2025 |
| 37 | Israel | 48.26% | 2025 |
| 38 | Georgia | 48.18% | 2025 |
| 39 | Uganda | 48.17% | 2025 |
| 40 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 48.17% | 2025 |
| 41 | Finland | 48.12% | 2025 |
| 42 | Solomon Islands | 48% | 2025 |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 47.79% | 2025 |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.71% | 2025 |
| 45 | Australia | 47.68% | 2025 |
| 46 | Eritrea | 47.68% | 2025 |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 47.67% | 2025 |
| 48 | Ghana | 47.63% | 2025 |
| 49 | New Zealand | 47.57% | 2025 |
| 50 | Liberia | 47.51% | 2025 |
| 51 | Croatia | 47.48% | 2025 |
| 52 | Sweden | 47.47% | 2025 |
| 53 | Ukraine | 47.42% | 2021 |
| 54 | Kenya | 47.39% | 2025 |
| 55 | Denmark | 47.36% | 2025 |
| 56 | Serbia | 47.28% | 2025 |
| 57 | Canada | 47.23% | 2025 |
| 58 | Armenia | 47.18% | 2025 |
| 59 | Netherlands | 47.16% | 2025 |
| 60 | Switzerland | 47.16% | 2025 |
| 61 | Spain | 47.16% | 2025 |
| 62 | Turkmenistan | 47.13% | 2025 |
| 63 | Slovak Republic | 47.11% | 2025 |
| 64 | Norway | 47.1% | 2025 |
| 65 | Hungary | 47.08% | 2025 |
| 66 | Tonga | 46.88% | 2025 |
| 67 | Ireland | 46.87% | 2025 |
| 68 | Rwanda | 46.84% | 2025 |
| 69 | Austria | 46.8% | 2025 |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 46.79% | 2025 |
| 71 | Belgium | 46.78% | 2025 |
| 72 | Botswana | 46.71% | 2025 |
| 73 | Lao PDR | 46.65% | 2025 |
| 74 | Albania | 46.58% | 2025 |
| 75 | South Africa | 46.57% | 2025 |
| 76 | Montenegro | 46.57% | 2025 |
| 77 | Bolivia | 46.55% | 2025 |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 46.53% | 2025 |
| 79 | Burkina Faso | 46.52% | 2025 |
| 80 | Haiti | 46.5% | 2025 |
| 81 | Germany | 46.49% | 2025 |
| 82 | Zambia | 46.32% | 2025 |
| 83 | St. Lucia | 46.27% | 2025 |
| 84 | New Caledonia | 46.25% | 2025 |
| 85 | Jamaica | 46.11% | 2025 |
| 86 | Poland | 46.09% | 2025 |
| 87 | Puerto Rico (US) | 46.09% | 2025 |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 46.05% | 2025 |
| 89 | Uruguay | 45.89% | 2025 |
| 90 | Timor-Leste | 45.89% | 2025 |
| 91 | Thailand | 45.84% | 2025 |
| 92 | United States | 45.63% | 2025 |
| 93 | Iceland | 45.61% | 2025 |
| 94 | Cyprus | 45.56% | 2025 |
| 95 | Japan | 45.43% | 2025 |
| 96 | China | 45.38% | 2025 |
| 97 | Slovenia | 45.33% | 2025 |
| 98 | Peru | 45.21% | 2025 |
| 99 | Czechia | 45.2% | 2025 |
| 100 | Guam | 45.15% | 2025 |
| 101 | Niger | 44.96% | 2025 |
| 102 | Guyana | 44.94% | 2025 |
| 103 | Greece | 44.7% | 2025 |
| 104 | Channel Islands | 44.51% | 2025 |
| 105 | Korea, Rep. | 44.36% | 2025 |
| 106 | French Polynesia | 44.26% | 2025 |
| 107 | Singapore | 44.05% | 2025 |
| 108 | Cameroon | 43.91% | 2025 |
| 109 | Mongolia | 43.87% | 2025 |
| 110 | Lesotho | 43.83% | 2025 |
| 111 | Cabo Verde | 43.63% | 2025 |
| 112 | Brazil | 43.37% | 2025 |
| 113 | Côte d'Ivoire | 43.36% | 2025 |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 43.07% | 2025 |
| 115 | Argentina | 43.05% | 2025 |
| 116 | Chile | 42.9% | 2025 |
| 117 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.83% | 2025 |
| 118 | Comoros | 42.68% | 2025 |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 42.68% | 2025 |
| 120 | Italy | 42.56% | 2025 |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.44% | 2025 |
| 122 | El Salvador | 42.43% | 2025 |
| 123 | Romania | 42.41% | 2025 |
| 124 | Paraguay | 42.23% | 2025 |
| 125 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.12% | 2025 |
| 126 | Suriname | 42.05% | 2025 |
| 127 | Dominican Republic | 41.99% | 2025 |
| 128 | Malta | 41.92% | 2025 |
| 129 | Panama | 41.77% | 2025 |
| 130 | Philippines | 41.62% | 2025 |
| 131 | Colombia | 41.6% | 2025 |
| 132 | Guinea | 41.58% | 2025 |
| 133 | Ecuador | 41.04% | 2025 |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 40.68% | 2025 |
| 135 | Mauritius | 40.6% | 2025 |
| 136 | Bhutan | 40.38% | 2025 |
| 137 | Mexico | 40.25% | 2025 |
| 138 | Chad | 40.01% | 2025 |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 40% | 2025 |
| 140 | Gabon | 39.98% | 2025 |
| 141 | Nicaragua | 39.88% | 2025 |
| 142 | Indonesia | 39.61% | 2025 |
| 143 | Kyrgyz Republic | 39.6% | 2025 |
| 144 | Brunei Darussalam | 39.53% | 2025 |
| 145 | Belize | 39.18% | 2025 |
| 146 | Mali | 39.12% | 2025 |
| 147 | Cuba | 39.1% | 2025 |
| 148 | Myanmar | 37.71% | 2025 |
| 149 | Nepal | 37.6% | 2025 |
| 150 | Malaysia | 37.09% | 2025 |
| 151 | Venezuela, RB | 36.62% | 2025 |
| 152 | Senegal | 36.58% | 2025 |
| 153 | Samoa | 36.4% | 2025 |
| 154 | Uzbekistan | 35.93% | 2025 |
| 155 | Honduras | 35.02% | 2025 |
| 156 | Türkiye | 34.42% | 2025 |
| 157 | Fiji | 34.23% | 2025 |
| 158 | Bangladesh | 34.02% | 2025 |
| 159 | Libya | 33.95% | 2025 |
| 160 | Sri Lanka | 33.44% | 2025 |
| 161 | Mauritania | 33.42% | 2025 |
| 162 | Guatemala | 32.73% | 2025 |
| 163 | Djibouti | 31.03% | 2025 |
| 164 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 30.86% | 2025 |
| 165 | Tunisia | 30% | 2025 |
| 166 | Tajikistan | 29.56% | 2025 |
| 167 | India | 28.31% | 2025 |
| 168 | Lebanon | 26.81% | 2023 |
| 169 | Kuwait | 23.63% | 2025 |
| 170 | Maldives | 23.23% | 2025 |
| 171 | Pakistan | 22.78% | 2025 |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 22.69% | 2025 |
| 173 | Morocco | 22.35% | 2025 |
| 174 | West Bank and Gaza | 21.46% | 2022 |
| 175 | Bahrain | 21.28% | 2025 |
| 176 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 20.64% | 2025 |
| 177 | Sudan | 19.69% | 2022 |
| 178 | Jordan | 19.32% | 2025 |
| 179 | Saudi Arabia | 18.9% | 2025 |
| 180 | Qatar | 18.01% | 2025 |
| 181 | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.38% | 2025 |
| 182 | Algeria | 17% | 2025 |
| 183 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 16.89% | 2025 |
| 184 | Oman | 14.86% | 2025 |
| 185 | Iraq | 13.26% | 2025 |
| 186 | Yemen, Rep. | 7% | 2025 |
| 187 | Afghanistan | 6.78% | 2025 |
Regions and income groups
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- Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate)
- Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
- Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate)
- Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
- Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate)
- Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
- Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
- Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
- Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators, SL.TLF.TOTL.FE.ZS, 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) View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.
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