Women in the labour force
% of women aged 15+ · no best or worst — smallest to largest
186 of 216 countries report a figure for women in the labour force
World average: 51.0%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #186 | Yemen | 4.7% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Afghanistan | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Iraq | 10.9% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Syria | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Iran | 14.0% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Algeria | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Sudan | 14.5% | 2022 | |
| #179 | Jordan | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Egypt | 18.5% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Palestine | 18.9% | 2022 | |
| #176 | Djibouti | 19.4% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Morocco | 19.7% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Somalia | 20.7% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Tajikistan | 21.9% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Lebanon | 22.2% | 2023 | |
| #171 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 22.7% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Pakistan | 24.0% | 2025 | |
| #169 | Mauritania | 26.2% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Tunisia | 26.5% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Nepal | 27.5% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Oman | 30.0% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Samoa | 30.7% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Sri Lanka | 31.0% | 2025 | |
| #163 | India | 32.4% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Libya | 33.0% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Saudi Arabia | 33.6% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Puerto Rico | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Venezuela | 37.1% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Turkey | 37.1% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Senegal | 38.2% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Turkmenistan | 38.2% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Guatemala | 38.3% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Fiji | 38.5% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Bangladesh | 38.6% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.2% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Honduras | 39.6% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Cuba | 40.0% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Maldives | 40.7% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Italy | 40.8% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Myanmar | 40.9% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Uzbekistan | 41.2% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Gabon | 41.6% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Romania | 41.8% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Bahrain | 42.3% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Tonga | 42.3% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Guinea | 42.6% | 2025 | |
| #140 | North Macedonia | 42.7% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Kyrgyzstan | 44.1% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Greece | 44.7% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Suriname | 44.9% | 2025 | |
| #136 | The Gambia | 45.5% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Costa Rica | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Belize | 46.5% | 2025 | |
| #133 | French Polynesia | 46.6% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Kuwait | 47.2% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Chad | 47.3% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Guyana | 47.4% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Croatia | 47.4% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Mexico | 47.5% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Mauritius | 47.5% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Comoros | 47.6% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Ukraine | 47.7% | 2021 | |
| #124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.8% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Lesotho | 48.1% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Eswatini | 48.5% | 2025 | |
| #121 | El Salvador | 49.1% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Belgium | 49.8% | 2025 | |
| #119 | South Africa | 49.9% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Bulgaria | 50.4% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Cape Verde | 50.5% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Philippines | 50.5% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Papua New Guinea | 50.8% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Armenia | 51.1% | 2025 | |
| #113 | New Caledonia | 51.1% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Montenegro | 51.2% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Nicaragua | 51.3% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Mongolia | 51.5% | 2025 | |
| #109 | France | 51.5% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Sierra Leone | 51.6% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Poland | 51.6% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Colombia | 51.6% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Malaysia | 51.6% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Hong Kong | 51.8% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Slovenia | 52.3% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Ecuador | 52.4% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Argentina | 52.5% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Equatorial Guinea | 52.6% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Serbia | 52.6% | 2025 | |
| #98 | United States Virgin Islands | 52.8% | 2025 | |
| #97 | Spain | 52.8% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Mali | 52.8% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Chile | 52.9% | 2025 | |
| #94 | United Arab Emirates | 53.0% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Vanuatu | 53.3% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Brazil | 53.4% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Czech Republic | 53.5% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Dominican Republic | 53.7% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Indonesia | 53.7% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Hungary | 54.3% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Brunei | 54.4% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Russia | 54.5% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Portugal | 54.6% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Namibia | 54.9% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Panama | 54.9% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Austria | 55.1% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Slovakia | 55.1% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Latvia | 55.2% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Ghana | 55.3% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Germany | 55.3% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Malta | 55.8% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Japan | 55.9% | 2025 | |
| #75 | United States | 56.3% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Zambia | 56.4% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Finland | 56.5% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Guam | 56.5% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Cameroon | 56.6% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Togo | 56.6% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Georgia | 56.7% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Bhutan | 56.7% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Belarus | 56.8% | 2025 | |
| #66 | South Korea | 56.8% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Uruguay | 57.3% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Rwanda | 57.3% | 2025 | |
| #63 | United Kingdom | 57.3% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Luxembourg | 57.5% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Lithuania | 57.7% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Malawi | 58.2% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Haiti | 58.3% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Ethiopia | 58.5% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Albania | 58.6% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Thailand | 59.0% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Paraguay | 59.0% | 2025 | |
| #54 | People's Republic of China | 59.1% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.2% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Ivory Coast | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Ireland | 59.8% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Canada | 60.2% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Guinea-Bissau | 60.3% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Azerbaijan | 60.8% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Denmark | 60.8% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Estonia | 61.0% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Barbados | 61.0% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Cyprus | 61.2% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Sweden | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Laos | 61.6% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Timor-Leste | 61.7% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.8% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Qatar | 61.9% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Saint Lucia | 62.0% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Norway | 62.1% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Zimbabwe | 62.2% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Switzerland | 62.2% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Israel | 62.3% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Australia | 62.5% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Kazakhstan | 62.6% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 62.7% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Jamaica | 63.0% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Kenya | 63.0% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Macau | 63.1% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Singapore | 63.6% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Botswana | 63.7% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Burkina Faso | 64.1% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Peru | 65.0% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Central African Republic | 65.5% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Republic of the Congo | 65.6% | 2025 | |
| #21 | New Zealand | 66.1% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Vietnam | 68.6% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Iceland | 70.0% | 2025 | |
| #18 | South Sudan | 70.4% | 2023 | |
| #17 | The Bahamas | 70.7% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Liberia | 72.0% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Angola | 72.2% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Moldova | 72.3% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Niger | 72.8% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Eritrea | 72.8% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Bolivia | 72.9% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Benin | 75.2% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Uganda | 75.6% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Mozambique | 77.1% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Cambodia | 77.4% | 2025 | |
| #6 | North Korea | 77.7% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Burundi | 79.5% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Tanzania | 80.3% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Nigeria | 80.7% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Solomon Islands | 82.3% | 2025 | |
| #1 | Madagascar | 82.9% | 2025 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | Seychelles | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)