Labor force, female, per capita by country
Labor force, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
0.322 units per person
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0137 units per person
Yemen
Median
0.2015 units per person
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,446
What the numbers show
Labor force, female, per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.322 units per person in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0137 units per person in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2015 units per person, and the mean is 0.1908 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 72.2%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 71.6%).
Labor force, female, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.322 units per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 2 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.3208 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 3 | Bahamas | 0.3085 units per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 4 | Macau, China | 0.2985 units per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 5 | Cambodia | 0.2826 units per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 6 | Iceland | 0.2818 units per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 7 | New Zealand | 0.2748 units per person | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 8 | Estonia | 0.2744 units per person | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 0.2741 units per person | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 10 | Singapore | 0.271 units per person | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 11 | Netherlands | 0.2698 units per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 12 | Switzerland | 0.2679 units per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | Barbados | 0.2664 units per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 0.2636 units per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 15 | Jamaica | 0.2621 units per person | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 16 | Thailand | 0.2616 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 17 | Saint Lucia | 0.2614 units per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 18 | Australia | 0.2612 units per person | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 0.2598 units per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 20 | Denmark | 0.2597 units per person | 2025 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 21 | Belarus | 0.2594 units per person | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 0.2591 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 23 | Hong Kong, China | 0.2587 units per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 24 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2583 units per person | 2025 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 25 | Solomon Islands | 0.2567 units per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 0.2563 units per person | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 27 | Cyprus | 0.256 units per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 28 | Japan | 0.2559 units per person | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 29 | Latvia | 0.2556 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 30 | Sweden | 0.2554 units per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 31 | Madagascar | 0.254 units per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 32 | Portugal | 0.2522 units per person | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 33 | Peru | 0.2516 units per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 34 | Albania | 0.2496 units per person | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 35 | Ireland | 0.2489 units per person | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 36 | Azerbaijan | 0.2486 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | China | 0.2478 units per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 0.2473 units per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 39 | Georgia | 0.2464 units per person | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 40 | Finland | 0.246 units per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 41 | Uruguay | 0.2449 units per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 42 | Hungary | 0.2443 units per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.2436 units per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 44 | Germany | 0.2425 units per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 45 | Austria | 0.2416 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 46 | Luxembourg | 0.2411 units per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 47 | Slovakia | 0.2403 units per person | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 48 | Serbia | 0.2398 units per person | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 49 | Nigeria | 0.2376 units per person | 2025 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 50 | Spain | 0.2366 units per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 51 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.2366 units per person | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 52 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.2357 units per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Malta | 0.2336 units per person | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 54 | United States of America | 0.2334 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 55 | Eritrea | 0.2332 units per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0.232 units per person | 2025 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 57 | Czechia | 0.2316 units per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 58 | Israel | 0.2302 units per person | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2301 units per person | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 60 | Poland | 0.2299 units per person | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 61 | Mozambique | 0.2271 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 62 | Armenia | 0.227 units per person | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 63 | Burundi | 0.2263 units per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 0.2248 units per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 65 | France | 0.2244 units per person | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 66 | Slovenia | 0.2231 units per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 67 | Chile | 0.2231 units per person | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 68 | Benin | 0.2217 units per person | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 69 | Montenegro | 0.2217 units per person | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 70 | Liberia | 0.2217 units per person | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 71 | Brazil | 0.2207 units per person | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 72 | Ukraine | 0.2199 units per person | 2021 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 73 | Uganda | 0.2193 units per person | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 74 | South Sudan | 0.219 units per person | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 75 | Botswana | 0.2187 units per person | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 76 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.2163 units per person | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 77 | Belgium | 0.214 units per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 78 | Croatia | 0.2137 units per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 79 | Paraguay | 0.2125 units per person | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 80 | Colombia | 0.211 units per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 81 | Argentina | 0.2105 units per person | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 82 | Panama | 0.209 units per person | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 83 | Bhutan | 0.2085 units per person | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 84 | Guam | 0.2084 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 85 | Angola | 0.2064 units per person | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 86 | New Caledonia | 0.2059 units per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 87 | Haiti | 0.2058 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 88 | Timor-Leste | 0.2056 units per person | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 89 | Indonesia | 0.2039 units per person | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 90 | Kenya | 0.2036 units per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritius | 0.2031 units per person | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 92 | Greece | 0.2024 units per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2015 units per person | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 94 | Ecuador | 0.2014 units per person | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 0.2009 units per person | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2007 units per person | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 0.2007 units per person | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 0.1993 units per person | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 99 | Congo | 0.1982 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 100 | Malaysia | 0.193 units per person | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 101 | Niger | 0.1928 units per person | 2025 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 102 | South Africa | 0.1923 units per person | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 0.1916 units per person | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 104 | Burkina Faso | 0.1916 units per person | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1907 units per person | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 106 | French Polynesia | 0.189 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 0.1889 units per person | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 108 | Mexico | 0.1883 units per person | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 109 | Rwanda | 0.1879 units per person | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 110 | Cape Verde | 0.1873 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 111 | Philippines | 0.1861 units per person | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 112 | Italy | 0.1854 units per person | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 113 | North Macedonia | 0.185 units per person | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 114 | Romania | 0.1838 units per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 115 | Central African Republic | 0.182 units per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1812 units per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 117 | Malawi | 0.1812 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 118 | Ethiopia | 0.1805 units per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 119 | Namibia | 0.18 units per person | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 120 | Ghana | 0.18 units per person | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 121 | Mongolia | 0.1792 units per person | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 122 | Togo | 0.1768 units per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 123 | Guyana | 0.1756 units per person | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 124 | Puerto Rico | 0.175 units per person | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 125 | Cuba | 0.1736 units per person | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 126 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1732 units per person | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 127 | Belize | 0.1707 units per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 128 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.1699 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 129 | Zambia | 0.1693 units per person | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 130 | Suriname | 0.169 units per person | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 131 | Cameroon | 0.1685 units per person | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 132 | Eswatini | 0.1673 units per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 0.166 units per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1659 units per person | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 135 | Lesotho | 0.165 units per person | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 0.1622 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 137 | Myanmar | 0.1577 units per person | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1547 units per person | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1523 units per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 140 | Tonga | 0.152 units per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 141 | Comoros | 0.1503 units per person | 2025 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1498 units per person | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 143 | Türkiye | 0.1478 units per person | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 0.1447 units per person | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 145 | Fiji | 0.1431 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 146 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.1428 units per person | 2025 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 147 | Kuwait | 0.1422 units per person | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 148 | Mali | 0.1422 units per person | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 0.142 units per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 150 | Gambia | 0.1389 units per person | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 151 | Honduras | 0.1381 units per person | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 152 | Turkmenistan | 0.1363 units per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 153 | Guatemala | 0.1346 units per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 154 | Qatar | 0.1332 units per person | 2025 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 155 | Gabon | 0.1302 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 156 | Guinea | 0.1301 units per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 157 | Chad | 0.1285 units per person | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 0.127 units per person | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 159 | Bahrain | 0.1223 units per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 160 | India | 0.1195 units per person | 2025 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 161 | Maldives | 0.1194 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 162 | Libya | 0.1191 units per person | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 163 | Senegal | 0.1185 units per person | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 164 | Nepal | 0.1062 units per person | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 165 | Tunisia | 0.1037 units per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 166 | Samoa | 0.0959 units per person | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 167 | Saudi Arabia | 0.094 units per person | 2025 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 168 | Lebanon | 0.0853 units per person | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 169 | Mauritania | 0.0785 units per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 170 | Oman | 0.0769 units per person | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 171 | Pakistan | 0.076 units per person | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 172 | Morocco | 0.0735 units per person | 2025 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 0.0726 units per person | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0722 units per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 175 | Djibouti | 0.0701 units per person | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 176 | Egypt | 0.063 units per person | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 177 | Palestine, State of | 0.0592 units per person | 2022 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 178 | Somalia | 0.0558 units per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 179 | Jordan | 0.054 units per person | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 180 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0539 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 181 | Algeria | 0.0486 units per person | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 182 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0459 units per person | 2025 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 183 | Sudan | 0.0437 units per person | 2022 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 184 | Iraq | 0.0352 units per person | 2025 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 0.0146 units per person | 2025 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 186 | Yemen | 0.0137 units per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific 0.2393 units per person
- Euro area 0.2281 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.2375 units per person
- European Union 0.2279 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.2374 units per person
- Chagai 0.2156 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.2364 units per person
- North America 0.2361 units per person
- High income 0.2321 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.2301 units per person
- OECD members 0.2268 units per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.2242 units per person
- Channel Islands 0.2156 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.2127 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.2096 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.2057 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.205 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.2046 units per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.1984 units per person
- Other small states 0.1933 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.1912 units per person
- Small states 0.1883 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.187 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.187 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.187 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.1858 units per person
- World 0.1828 units per person
- IBRD only 0.1816 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.1792 units per person
- Middle income 0.1753 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.1746 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.1741 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.1724 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.1675 units per person
- IDA blend 0.1609 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0.1601 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.157 units per person
- IDA total 0.1554 units per person
- IDA only 0.1525 units per person
- Low income 0.1498 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Labor force, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labor force, female ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Labor force, female World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization and United Nations Population Division
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labor force, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.