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| Economy | Year | Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2023 | 5.2% |
| Albania | 2023 | 53.2% |
| Algeria | 2023 | 14.1% |
| American Samoa | 2023 | N/A |
| Andorra | 2023 | N/A |
| Angola | 2023 | 73.2% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2023 | N/A |
| Argentina | 2023 | 53% |
| Armenia | 2023 | 56.8% |
| Aruba | 2023 | N/A |
| Australia | 2023 | 62.4% |
| Austria | 2023 | 55.8% |
| Azerbaijan | 2023 | 61% |
| Bahamas, The | 2023 | 66.7% |
| Bahrain | 2023 | 43.1% |
| Bangladesh | 2023 | 43.7% |
| Barbados | 2023 | 60.1% |
| Belarus | 2023 | 57.4% |
| Belgium | 2023 | 49.8% |
| Belize | 2023 | 49.2% |
| Benin | 2023 | 74.2% |
| Bermuda | 2023 | N/A |
| Bhutan | 2023 | 56.6% |
| Bolivia | 2023 | 71.9% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2023 | 39.5% |
| Botswana | 2023 | 63.4% |
| Brazil | 2023 | 53.2% |
| British Virgin Islands | 2023 | N/A |
| Brunei Darussalam | 2023 | 53.5% |
| Bulgaria | 2023 | 51% |
| Burkina Faso | 2023 | 41.3% |
| Burundi | 2023 | 80.1% |
| Cabo Verde | 2023 | 50.4% |
| Cambodia | 2023 | 74% |
| Cameroon | 2023 | 57.1% |
| Canada | 2023 | 61.1% |
| Cayman Islands | 2023 | N/A |
| Central African Republic | 2023 | 65.8% |
| Chad | 2023 | 48.7% |
| Channel Islands | 2023 | 50.7% |
| Chile | 2023 | 52% |
| China | 2023 | 59.9% |
| Colombia | 2023 | 51.9% |
| Comoros | 2023 | 41.1% |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 2023 | 62.3% |
| Congo, Rep. | 2023 | 66.3% |
| Costa Rica | 2023 | 44.1% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 2023 | 58.9% |
| Croatia | 2023 | 47.1% |
| Cuba | 2023 | 39.9% |
| Curacao | 2023 | N/A |
| Cyprus | 2023 | 62.5% |
| Czechia | 2023 | 53.2% |
| Denmark | 2023 | 59.8% |
| Djibouti | 2023 | 18.7% |
| Dominica | 2023 | N/A |
| Dominican Republic | 2023 | 52.5% |
| Ecuador | 2023 | 52.5% |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2023 | 15.3% |
| El Salvador | 2023 | 46.6% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2023 | 53% |
| Eritrea | 2023 | 72.4% |
| Estonia | 2023 | 61% |
| Eswatini | 2023 | 44.9% |
| Ethiopia | 2023 | 57.4% |
| Faroe Islands | 2023 | N/A |
| Fiji | 2023 | 38.6% |
| Finland | 2023 | 57.5% |
| France | 2023 | 51.8% |
| French Polynesia | 2023 | 46.3% |
| Gabon | 2023 | 41.9% |
| Gambia, The | 2023 | 45.2% |
| Georgia | 2023 | 55% |
| Germany | 2023 | 55.8% |
| Ghana | 2023 | 61.8% |
| Gibraltar | 2023 | N/A |
| Greece | 2023 | 44.7% |
| Greenland | 2023 | N/A |
| Grenada | 2023 | N/A |
| Guam | 2023 | 56.4% |
| Guatemala | 2023 | 40.4% |
| Guinea | 2023 | 42.1% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2023 | 56.5% |
| Guyana | 2023 | 40.3% |
| Haiti | 2023 | 60.1% |
| Honduras | 2023 | 39.7% |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 2023 | 52.4% |
| Hungary | 2023 | 53.9% |
| Iceland | 2023 | 70.4% |
| India | 2023 | 31.2% |
| Indonesia | 2023 | 52.5% |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 2023 | 13.6% |
| Iraq | 2023 | 10.9% |
| Ireland | 2023 | 60% |
| Isle of Man | 2023 | N/A |
| Israel | 2023 | 61.8% |
| Italy | 2023 | 41.3% |
| Jamaica | 2023 | 61.2% |
| Japan | 2023 | 54.8% |
| Jordan | 2023 | 14% |
| Kazakhstan | 2023 | 66.6% |
| Kenya | 2023 | 62.4% |
| Kiribati | 2023 | N/A |
| Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 2023 | 77.7% |
| Korea, Rep. | 2023 | 56% |
| Kosovo | 2023 | N/A |
| Kuwait | 2023 | 48.9% |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 2023 | 53.1% |
| Lao PDR | 2023 | 61.4% |
| Latvia | 2023 | 55.4% |
| Lebanon | 2023 | 27.5% |
| Lesotho | 2023 | 49.1% |
| Liberia | 2023 | 72.1% |
| Libya | 2023 | 33.1% |
| Liechtenstein | 2023 | N/A |
| Lithuania | 2023 | 57.9% |
| Luxembourg | 2023 | 57.2% |
| Macao SAR, China | 2023 | 58.2% |
| Madagascar | 2023 | 82.6% |
| Malawi | 2023 | 63.5% |
| Malaysia | 2023 | 51.6% |
| Maldives | 2023 | 40.8% |
| Mali | 2023 | 58% |
| Malta | 2023 | 55% |
| Marshall Islands | 2023 | N/A |
| Mauritania | 2023 | 26.2% |
| Mauritius | 2023 | 42.7% |
| Mexico | 2023 | 47.3% |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 2023 | N/A |
| Moldova | 2023 | 69.9% |
| Monaco | 2023 | N/A |
| Mongolia | 2023 | 53.6% |
| Montenegro | 2023 | 41.6% |
| Morocco | 2023 | 19.7% |
| Mozambique | 2023 | 78.2% |
| Myanmar | 2023 | 41.1% |
| Namibia | 2023 | 55.4% |
| Nauru | 2023 | N/A |
| Nepal | 2023 | 27.6% |
| Netherlands | 2023 | 62.9% |
| New Caledonia | 2023 | 52.3% |
| New Zealand | 2023 | 66.9% |
| Nicaragua | 2023 | 50% |
| Niger | 2023 | 60.4% |
| Nigeria | 2023 | 80.8% |
| North Macedonia | 2023 | 41.9% |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 2023 | N/A |
| Norway | 2023 | 61.8% |
| Oman | 2023 | 30.6% |
| Pakistan | 2023 | 24.2% |
| Palau | 2023 | N/A |
| Panama | 2023 | 52.7% |
| Papua New Guinea | 2023 | 50.6% |
| Paraguay | 2023 | 59% |
| Peru | 2023 | 65.1% |
| Philippines | 2023 | 50.4% |
| Poland | 2023 | 51.9% |
| Portugal | 2023 | 54.9% |
| Puerto Rico | 2023 | 32.5% |
| Qatar | 2023 | 63.3% |
| Romania | 2023 | 42% |
| Russian Federation | 2023 | 55.2% |
| Rwanda | 2023 | 58% |
| Samoa | 2023 | 31.1% |
| San Marino | 2023 | N/A |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2023 | 23.1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 2023 | 34.1% |
| Senegal | 2023 | 37.1% |
| Serbia | 2023 | 49.9% |
| Seychelles | 2023 | N/A |
| Sierra Leone | 2023 | 51.5% |
| Singapore | 2023 | 62% |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2023 | N/A |
| Slovak Republic | 2023 | 55.7% |
| Slovenia | 2023 | 53.5% |
| Solomon Islands | 2023 | 82.4% |
| Somalia | 2023 | 20.9% |
| South Africa | 2023 | 52.9% |
| South Sudan | 2023 | 71.3% |
| Spain | 2023 | 52.8% |
| Sri Lanka | 2023 | 31.6% |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 2023 | N/A |
| St. Lucia | 2023 | 63% |
| St. Martin (French part) | 2023 | N/A |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2023 | 55.7% |
| Sudan | 2022 | 14.5% |
| Suriname | 2023 | 44.7% |
| Sweden | 2023 | 61.8% |
| Switzerland | 2023 | 62.3% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2023 | 13.4% |
| Tajikistan | 2023 | 31.7% |
| Tanzania | 2023 | 80.2% |
| Thailand | 2023 | 59.3% |
| Timor-Leste | 2023 | 60.9% |
| Togo | 2023 | 56.1% |
| Tonga | 2023 | 42% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2023 | 50% |
| Tunisia | 2023 | 26.8% |
| Turkiye | 2023 | 35.8% |
| Turkmenistan | 2023 | 48.7% |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2023 | N/A |
| Tuvalu | 2023 | N/A |
| Uganda | 2023 | 76.4% |
| Ukraine | 2021 | 47.7% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | 53.5% |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | 57.4% |
| United States | 2023 | 56.6% |
| Uruguay | 2023 | 57.3% |
| Uzbekistan | 2023 | 39.6% |
| Vanuatu | 2023 | 54% |
| Venezuela, RB | 2023 | 38% |
| Vietnam | 2023 | 69.5% |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 2023 | 50.3% |
| West Bank and Gaza | 2022 | 18.9% |
| Yemen, Rep. | 2023 | 4.9% |
| Zambia | 2023 | 53.9% |
| Zimbabwe | 2023 | 59.7% |
