Indicators / Female labour force participation
Female labour force participation
Share of working-age women who are employed or looking for work.
72 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.
1BahamasVery High98.7%2IcelandVery High70.5%3San MarinoVery High70.4%4Antigua and BarbudaVery High69.6%5New ZealandVery High67.6%6BelarusVery High65.3%7SwedenVery High64.4%8NetherlandsVery High64.1%9KazakhstanVery High63.3%10AustraliaVery High62.8%11SingaporeVery High62.6%12SwitzerlandVery High62.6%13NorwayVery High62.1%14EstoniaVery High62%15QatarVery High61.7%16CanadaVery High61.6%17ArmeniaVery High61.6%18IsraelVery High61.4%19SeychellesVery High61.3%20CyprusVery High60.9%21IrelandVery High60.4%22DenmarkVery High59.7%23FinlandVery High58.5%24LithuaniaVery High58.5%25LuxembourgVery High58.2%26United KingdomVery High58.1%27AlbaniaVery High57.8%28United StatesVery High57.3%29MaltaVery High57.2%30AustriaVery High56.8%31UruguayVery High56.5%32GermanyVery High56.4%33SlovakiaVery High56.3%34Russian FederationVery High56.2%35Korea (Republic of)Very High56.1%36MalaysiaVery High55.8%37LatviaVery High55.7%38PortugalVery High55.6%39BarbadosVery High54.9%40JapanVery High54.8%41United Arab EmiratesVery High54.5%42HungaryVery High54.5%43Brunei DarussalamVery High54.4%44SloveniaVery High53.8%45GeorgiaVery High53.7%46SpainVery High53.4%47ArgentinaVery High53.2%48FranceVery High52.8%49LiechtensteinVery High52.8%50Hong Kong, China (SAR)Very High52.2%51MontenegroVery High52.2%52ChileVery High52%53PolandVery High52%54CzechiaVery High51.8%55SerbiaVery High51.5%56BelgiumVery High50.7%57PanamaVery High50.4%58BulgariaVery High49.8%59CroatiaVery High47.3%60KuwaitVery High47.3%61MauritiusVery High46.9%62Trinidad and TobagoVery High46.7%63GreeceVery High44.8%64Costa RicaVery High43.9%65North MacedoniaVery High42.5%66Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High42.2%67RomaniaVery High41.9%68BahrainVery High41.5%69ItalyVery High41.5%70OmanVery High39.9%71TürkiyeVery High35.8%72Saudi ArabiaVery High34.6%