Labor participation rate, female (% of

female population ages 15+)

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is
economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during
a specified period.
Source International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.
Catalog Sources World Development Indicators

Country name 2005 2006 2007 2008

Afghanistan 32 32 33 33
Albania 50 49 49 49
Algeria 35 36 36 37
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola 75 75 74 74
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina 50 51 51 51
Armenia 59 59 59 59
Aruba
Australia 57 58 58 58
Austria 51 52 53 53
Azerbaijan 59 60 60 61
Bahamas, The 68 68 68 68
Bahrain 33 33 32 32
Bangladesh 57 58 58 58
Barbados 65 66 66 66
Belarus 54 54 54 55
Belgium 46 46 47 47
Belize 45 45 46 46
Benin 66 67 67 67
Bermuda
Bhutan 48 49 50 51
Bolivia 61 61 62 62
Bosnia and Herzegovina 55 55 55 55
Botswana 71 71 72 72
Brazil 59 60 59 60
Country name 2005 2006 2007 2008
Brunei Darussalam 58 59 60 60
Bulgaria 45 47 49 49
Burkina Faso 78 78 78 78
Burundi 91 91 91 91
Cambodia 75 74 74 73
Cameroon 52 53 53 53
Canada 61 61 62 62
Cape Verde 50 51 52 53
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic 71 71 71 71
Chad 63 63 63 63
Chile 38 39 41 44
China 69 68 68 68
Colombia 39 40 40 41
Comoros 72 73 73 73
Congo, Dem. Rep. 56 56 56 56
Congo, Rep. 62 62 62 63
Costa Rica 43 44 45 45
Cote d'Ivoire 50 50 50 51
Croatia 46 46 46 46
Cuba 39 40 41 42
Cyprus 52 53 54 55
Czech Republic 51 51 50 49
Denmark 61 61 61 61
Djibouti 59 60 61 61
Dominica
Dominican Republic 49 50 50 51
Ecuador 45 45 46 47
Egypt, Arab Rep. 23 23 23 23
El Salvador 45 46 46 47
Equatorial Guinea 37 38 38 38
Eritrea 59 60 60 60
Estonia 53 55 54 55
Ethiopia 78 78 78 78
Faeroe Islands
Fiji 39 39 39 39
Finland 57 57 58 58
France 50 50 51 51
French Polynesia 47 47 47 48
Country name 2005 2006 2007 2008
Gabon 67 68 68 69
Gambia, The 71 71 71 71
Georgia 55 55 55 55
Germany 51 52 53 53
Ghana 73 74 74 74
Greece 43 43 43 43
Greenland
Grenada
Guam 52 52 52 52
Guatemala 45 47 48 48
Guinea 79 79 79 79
Guinea-Bissau 60 60 60 60
Guyana 45 45 45 46
Haiti 57 58 58 58
Honduras 41 40 41 42
Hong Kong SAR, China 52 52 53 53
Hungary 43 43 43 43
Iceland 73 73 74 73
India 32 33 33 33
Indonesia 51 51 52 52
Iran, Islamic Rep. 31 31 31 31
Iraq 13 13 13 13
Ireland 52 53 54 54
Isle of Man
Israel 51 51 52 54
Italy 38 38 38 38
Jamaica 57 57 57 57
Japan 48 48 49 49
Jordan 22 22 23 23
Kazakhstan 65 65 66 66
Kenya 76 76 76 76
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep. 54 55 55 55
Korea, Rep. 50 50 50 50
Kosovo
Kuwait 45 45 45 44
Kyrgyz Republic 54 54 55 56
Lao PDR 79 78 78 78
Latvia 51 52 54 56
Country name 2005 2006 2007 2008
Lebanon 21 22 22 22
Lesotho 70 70 70 70
Liberia 66 66 67 67
Libya 24 24 24 24
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 51 51 51 51
Luxembourg 46 47 47 47
Macao SAR, China 58 60 64 65
Macedonia, FYR 42 42 43 43
Madagascar 84 84 84 84
Malawi 76 75 75 75
Malaysia 44 44 44 44
Maldives 51 53 55 56
Mali 37 37 37 37
Malta 31 31 33 34
Marshall Islands
Mauritania 58 58 58 59
Mauritius 41 42 41 42
Mayotte
Mexico 41 42 43 43
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 47 47 47 47
Monaco
Mongolia 67 67 67 67
Montenegro
Morocco 26 26 27 27
Mozambique 85 85 85 85
Myanmar 64 64 64 64
Namibia 50 51 51 52
Nepal 62 62 63 63
Netherlands 57 57 58 59
Netherlands Antilles 56 56 57 56
New Caledonia 45 45 45 44
New Zealand 60 61 61 62
Nicaragua 43 45 45 46
Niger 39 39 38 38
Nigeria 39 39 39 39
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway 61 62 63 64
Country name 2005 2006 2007 2008
Oman 25 25 25 25
Pakistan 19 21 21 21
Palau
Panama 48 47 48 49
Papua New Guinea 72 72 71 71
Paraguay 55 55 56 56
Peru 57 57 57 57
Philippines 49 49 48 49
Poland 48 47 46 47
Portugal 56 56 56 56
Puerto Rico 38 39 38 37
Qatar 46 47 48 48
Romania 47 48 48 47
Russian Federation 56 56 57 57
Rwanda 86 86 86 86
Samoa 39 38 38 38
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe 43 43 44 44
Saudi Arabia 20 20 21 21
Senegal 64 64 64 65
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone 66 66 66 66
Singapore 54 54 53 54
Slovak Republic 51 51 51 51
Slovenia 53 53 53 54
Solomon Islands 24 24 24 24
Somalia 57 57 57 57
South Africa 46 46 46 47
Spain 46 47 48 49
Sri Lanka 35 37 35 35
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia 49 50 50 50
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 54 55 55 56
Sudan 30 30 31 31
Suriname 36 37 37 38
Swaziland 51 51 52 53
Sweden 60 60 61 61
Switzerland 59 60 60 61
Country name 2005 2006 2007 2008
Syrian Arab Republic 20 20 21 21
Tajikistan 53 54 55 56
Tanzania 87 87 86 86
Thailand 66 65 66 66
Timor-Leste 59 59 59 59
Togo 62 62 63 63
Tonga 53 53 54 53
Trinidad and Tobago 54 54 53 54
Tunisia 25 25 25 26
Turkey 25 24 24 25
Turkmenistan 61 61 61 61
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 79 79 79 78
Ukraine 52 52 52 52
United Arab Emirates 39 40 41 42
United Kingdom 55 55 55 55
United States 59 59 59 59
Uruguay 52 52 54 53
Uzbekistan 56 57 57 58
Vanuatu 79 79 79 79
Venezuela, RB 50 51 50 51
Vietnam 69 68 68 68
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 48 48 49 49
West Bank and Gaza 14 14 15 16
Yemen, Rep. 19 19 19 20
Zambia 61 60 60 60
Zimbabwe 62 61 61 60