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Female labour force participation

Share of working-age women who are employed or looking for work.

23 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.

AllLowMediumHighVery High
All regionsArab StatesEast Asia and the PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
1BurundiLow77.7%2MozambiqueLow76.6%3BeninLow74.7%4NigerLow73.4%5MadagascarLow68.9%6MalawiLow63.8%7Guinea-BissauLow60.1%8Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low59.7%9EthiopiaLow55.6%10ChadLow52.4%11Sierra LeoneLow50.2%12GuineaLow47%13LiberiaLow46%14GambiaLow45.4%15MaliLow41.9%16Burkina FasoLow41.8%17SenegalLow39.2%18PakistanLow25%19AfghanistanLow24.5%20SomaliaLow22.2%21DjiboutiLow19%22SudanLow14.4%23YemenLow5.9%