Indicators / Female labour force participation
Female labour force participation
Share of working-age women who are employed or looking for work.
47 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.
1Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High72.6%2Moldova (Republic of)High70.1%3Viet NamHigh67.9%4BelizeHigh65.4%5PeruHigh65.1%6BotswanaHigh63.1%7Saint LuciaHigh62.7%8AzerbaijanHigh61.9%9ThailandHigh60.6%10JamaicaHigh60.6%11PalauHigh60.5%12ParaguayHigh59.2%13CubaHigh57.3%14NauruHigh56.9%15MaldivesHigh55.4%16ChinaHigh54.6%17IndonesiaHigh53.4%18TongaHigh53.3%19BrazilHigh53.1%20EcuadorHigh52.9%21Dominican RepublicHigh52.8%22MongoliaHigh52.8%23ColombiaHigh52%24NicaraguaHigh51.2%25PhilippinesHigh50.2%26GrenadaHigh49.1%27South AfricaHigh49%28SurinameHigh47.8%29UkraineHigh47.4%30Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High47.2%31MexicoHigh46.2%32KyrgyzstanHigh45.9%33UzbekistanHigh43.6%34Marshall IslandsHigh42.7%35GuyanaHigh39.7%36GabonHigh39.7%37FijiHigh38.4%38LibyaHigh33.2%39Sri LankaHigh32%40SamoaHigh31.4%41LebanonHigh30.5%42TunisiaHigh26.7%43MoroccoHigh19.8%44AlgeriaHigh17.6%45EgyptHigh15%46JordanHigh13.8%47Iran (Islamic Republic of)High13.6%