Rankings · society
Countries by women in the labor force
Share of women aged 15+ who work or are looking for work. 181 countries ranked for 2025 (%).
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| 1 |  Madagascar | 82.9% | -0.4% | = |
| 2 |  Solomon Islands | 82.3% | -0.4% | = |
| 3 |  Nigeria | 80.7% | +6.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 4 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 80.3% | +0.2% | = |
| 5 |  Burundi | 79.5% | -1.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 6 |  North Korea | 77.7% | +0.1% | = |
| 7 |  Cambodia | 77.4% | +5.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 8 |  Mozambique | 77.1% | -1.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 9 |  Uganda | 75.6% | +2.6% | = |
| 10 |  Benin | 75.2% | +4.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 11 |  Bolivia | 72.9% | +27.9% | ▲ 46 |
| 12 |  Eritrea | 72.8% | -0.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 13 |  Niger | 72.8% | +18.0% | ▲ 25 |
| 14 |  Moldova | 72.3% | +4.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 15 |  Angola | 72.2% | -2.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 16 |  Liberia | 72% | +0.1% | = |
| 17 |  The Bahamas | 70.7% | +0.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 18 |  Iceland | 70% | -3.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 19 |  Vietnam | 68.6% | -5.9% | ▼ 6 |
| 20 |  New Zealand | 66.1% | +5.1% | ▲ 11 |
| 21 |  Republic of the Congo | 65.6% | -1.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 22 |  Central African Republic | 65.5% | +0.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 23 |  Peru | 65% | -4.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 24 |  Burkina Faso | 64.1% | -12.8% | ▼ 14 |
| 25 |  Botswana | 63.7% | +13.1% | ▲ 36 |
| 26 |  Singapore | 63.6% | +3.8% | ▲ 13 |
| 27 |  Macao S.A.R | 63.1% | -4.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 28 |  Jamaica | 63% | +7.7% | ▲ 26 |
| 29 |  Kenya | 63% | -11.8% | ▼ 11 |
| 30 |  Netherlands | 62.7% | +3.1% | ▲ 15 |
| 31 |  Kazakhstan | 62.6% | -4.4% | ▼ 5 |
| 32 |  Australia | 62.5% | +5.6% | ▲ 17 |
| 33 |  Israel | 62.3% | +3.7% | ▲ 15 |
| 34 |  Switzerland | 62.2% | -0.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 35 |  Zimbabwe | 62.2% | +3.0% | ▲ 12 |
| 36 |  Norway | 62.1% | -1.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 37 |  Saint Lucia | 62% | -2.4% | ▼ 8 |
| 38 |  Qatar | 61.9% | +10.5% | ▲ 28 |
| 39 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.8% | +0.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 40 |  Timor-Leste | 61.7% | +0.7% | = |
| 41 |  Laos | 61.6% | +9.6% | ▲ 23 |
| 42 |  Sweden | 61.5% | +1.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 43 |  Cyprus | 61.2% | +3.6% | ▲ 8 |
| 44 |  Barbados | 61% | -1.1% | ▼ 8 |
| 45 |  Estonia | 61% | +9.5% | ▲ 23 |
| 46 |  Azerbaijan | 60.8% | -0.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 47 |  Denmark | 60.8% | +7.0% | ▲ 11 |
| 48 |  Guinea-Bissau | 60.3% | +7.5% | ▲ 17 |
| 49 |  Canada | 60.2% | -1.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 50 |  Ireland | 59.8% | +9.1% | ▲ 28 |
| 51 |  Ivory Coast | 59.5% | +0.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 52 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.2% | +8.2% | ▲ 28 |
| 53 |  China | 59.1% | -5.6% | ▼ 21 |
| 54 |  Paraguay | 59% | +7.7% | ▲ 25 |
| 55 |  Thailand | 59% | -3.4% | ▼ 12 |
| 56 |  Albania | 58.6% | +24.4% | ▲ 73 |
| 57 |  Ethiopia | 58.5% | -16.7% | ▼ 37 |
| 58 |  Haiti | 58.3% | -5.5% | ▼ 21 |
| 59 |  Malawi | 58.2% | -6.4% | ▼ 25 |
| 60 |  Lithuania | 57.7% | +6.1% | ▲ 24 |
| 61 |  Luxembourg | 57.5% | +6.1% | ▲ 25 |
| 62 |  United Kingdom | 57.3% | +1.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 63 |  Rwanda | 57.3% | +5.1% | ▲ 19 |
| 64 |  Uruguay | 57.3% | +1.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 65 |  Belarus | 56.8% | -3.2% | ▼ 13 |
| 66 |  South Korea | 56.8% | +8.4% | ▲ 28 |
| 67 |  Bhutan | 56.7% | +3.1% | ▲ 9 |
| 68 |  Georgia | 56.7% | -3.4% | ▼ 15 |
| 69 |  Cameroon | 56.6% | -13.7% | ▼ 44 |
| 70 |  Togo | 56.6% | +1.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 71 |  Finland | 56.5% | +2.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 72 |  Guam | 56.5% | +0.4% | ▼ 10 |
| 73 |  Zambia | 56.4% | +8.9% | ▲ 27 |
| 74 |  United States | 56.3% | +0.7% | ▼ 7 |
| 75 |  Japan | 55.9% | +13.2% | ▲ 39 |
| 76 |  Malta | 55.8% | +29.8% | ▲ 68 |
| 77 |  Germany | 55.3% | +1.7% | ▲ 6 |
| 78 |  Ghana | 55.3% | -14.9% | ▼ 50 |
| 79 |  Latvia | 55.2% | +2.2% | ▲ 8 |
| 80 |  Austria | 55.1% | +0.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 81 |  Slovakia | 55.1% | +6.2% | ▲ 17 |
| 82 |  Namibia | 54.9% | -2.7% | ▼ 22 |
| 83 |  Panama | 54.9% | +6.6% | ▲ 18 |
| 84 |  Portugal | 54.6% | +1.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 85 |  Russia | 54.5% | -2.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 86 |  Brunei | 54.4% | -5.2% | ▼ 30 |
| 87 |  Hungary | 54.3% | +8.8% | ▲ 24 |
| 88 |  Dominican Republic | 53.7% | +11.4% | ▲ 35 |
| 89 |  Indonesia | 53.7% | +5.7% | ▲ 15 |
| 90 |  Czechia | 53.5% | +4.5% | ▲ 12 |
| 91 |  Brazil | 53.4% | +0.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 92 |  Vanuatu | 53.3% | -4.3% | ▼ 22 |
| 93 |  United Arab Emirates | 53% | +10.0% | ▲ 29 |
| 94 |  Chile | 52.9% | +5.0% | ▲ 14 |
| 95 |  Spain | 52.8% | +0.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 96 |  Mali | 52.8% | -13.7% | ▼ 55 |
| 97 |  United States Virgin Islands | 52.8% | -5.2% | ▼ 28 |
| 98 |  Equatorial Guinea | 52.6% | -1.9% | ▼ 8 |
| 99 |  Republic of Serbia | 52.6% | +21.5% | ▲ 43 |
| 100 |  Argentina | 52.5% | +10.5% | ▲ 26 |
| 101 |  Ecuador | 52.4% | +1.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 102 |  Slovenia | 52.3% | +0.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 103 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 51.8% | -4.4% | ▼ 18 |
| 104 |  Colombia | 51.6% | -6.7% | ▼ 30 |
| 105 |  Malaysia | 51.6% | +1.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 106 |  Poland | 51.6% | +4.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 107 |  Sierra Leone | 51.6% | -6.4% | ▼ 32 |
| 108 |  France | 51.5% | +1.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 109 |  Mongolia | 51.5% | -3.6% | ▼ 18 |
| 110 |  Nicaragua | 51.3% | +6.2% | ▲ 10 |
| 111 |  Montenegro | 51.2% | +11.1% | ▲ 23 |
| 112 |  Armenia | 51.1% | -5.0% | ▼ 24 |
| 113 |  New Caledonia | 51.1% | -11.6% | ▼ 58 |
| 114 |  Papua New Guinea | 50.8% | +4.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 115 |  Cabo Verde | 50.5% | -2.5% | ▼ 16 |
| 116 |  Philippines | 50.5% | +3.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 117 |  Bulgaria | 50.4% | +3.5% | = |
| 118 |  South Africa | 49.9% | +4.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 119 |  Belgium | 49.8% | +3.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 120 |  El Salvador | 49.1% | +8.9% | ▲ 15 |
| 121 |  Eswatini | 48.5% | +3.6% | ▲ 9 |
| 122 |  Lesotho | 48.1% | -11.7% | ▼ 41 |
| 123 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 47.8% | -8.1% | ▼ 27 |
| 124 |  Comoros | 47.6% | +36.8% | ▲ 34 |
| 125 |  Mexico | 47.5% | +8.2% | ▲ 15 |
| 126 |  Mauritius | 47.5% | +2.4% | ▲ 7 |
| 127 |  Guyana | 47.4% | +12.1% | ▲ 19 |
| 128 |  Croatia | 47.4% | +1.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 129 |  Chad | 47.3% | -6.3% | ▼ 22 |
| 130 |  Kuwait | 47.2% | -4.8% | ▼ 18 |
| 131 |  French Polynesia | 46.6% | -4.9% | ▼ 16 |
| 132 |  Belize | 46.5% | -3.7% | ▼ 13 |
| 133 |  Costa Rica | 46% | -8.2% | ▼ 23 |
| 134 |  Gambia | 45.5% | +2.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 135 |  Suriname | 44.9% | +1.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 136 |  Greece | 44.7% | +1.6% | ▲ 3 |
| 137 |  Kyrgyzstan | 44.1% | -7.2% | ▼ 10 |
| 138 |  North Macedonia | 42.7% | +0.9% | ▲ 9 |
| 139 |  Guinea | 42.6% | -9.7% | ▼ 11 |
| 140 |  Bahrain | 42.3% | -2.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 141 |  Tonga | 42.3% | -1.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 142 |  Romania | 41.8% | -1.6% | ▲ 3 |
| 143 |  Gabon | 41.6% | +0.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 144 |  Uzbekistan | 41.2% | +4.6% | ▲ 9 |
| 145 |  Myanmar | 40.9% | -19.5% | ▼ 40 |
| 146 |  Italy | 40.8% | +3.6% | ▲ 6 |
| 147 |  Maldives | 40.7% | +5.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 148 |  Cuba | 40% | -9.7% | ▼ 10 |
| 149 |  Honduras | 39.6% | -15.0% | ▼ 17 |
| 150 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.2% | +1.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 151 |  Bangladesh | 38.6% | +15.2% | ▲ 10 |
| 152 |  Fiji | 38.5% | -3.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 153 |  Guatemala | 38.3% | -0.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 154 |  Senegal | 38.2% | +12.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 155 |  Turkmenistan | 38.2% | -3.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 156 |  Turkey | 37.1% | +18.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 157 |  Venezuela | 37.1% | -23.2% | ▼ 36 |
| 158 |  Puerto Rico | 36.9% | +15.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 159 |  Saudi Arabia | 33.6% | +55.6% | ▲ 17 |
| 160 |  Libya | 33% | -3.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 161 |  India | 32.4% | +21.8% | ▲ 6 |
| 162 |  Sri Lanka | 31% | -12.2% | ▼ 5 |
| 163 |  Samoa | 30.7% | -25.8% | ▼ 14 |
| 164 |  Oman | 30% | +1.4% | = |
| 165 |  Nepal | 27.5% | +1.9% | = |
| 166 |  Tunisia | 26.5% | +1.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 167 |  Mauritania | 26.2% | -1.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 168 |  Pakistan | 24% | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 169 |  São Tomé and Principe | 22.7% | -0.4% | ▲ 6 |
| 170 |  Tajikistan | 21.9% | -8.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 171 |  Somalia | 20.7% | -1.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 172 |  Morocco | 19.7% | -19.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 173 |  Djibouti | 19.4% | +9.0% | ▲ 7 |
| 174 |  Egypt | 18.5% | -18.9% | = |
| 175 |  Jordan | 16% | +17.6% | ▲ 9 |
| 176 |  Algeria | 14.1% | -7.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 177 |  Iran | 14% | -2.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 178 |  Syria | 12.7% | +0.0% | ▲ 7 |
| 179 |  Iraq | 10.9% | -23.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 180 |  Afghanistan | 5.1% | -73.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 181 |  Yemen | 4.7% | -9.6% | ▲ 5 |
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