Labor force, female, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Labor force, female, per capita was 0.2046 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Labor force, female, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1990–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 0.2046 units per person for labor force, female, per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, female, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 0.2046 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.1388 units per person, in 1990.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 15th of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Labor force, female, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1388 units per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.1403 units per person | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1435 units per person | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 0.147 units per person | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 0.1504 units per person | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.1542 units per person | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.1546 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.1593 units per person | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1621 units per person | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.1641 units per person | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.1658 units per person | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1688 units per person | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.1717 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1746 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.1783 units per person | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1818 units per person | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.1841 units per person | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.1853 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1862 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1897 units per person | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.1887 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.1881 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1902 units per person | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.1905 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.1903 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1928 units per person | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.1945 units per person | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.1966 units per person | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1987 units per person | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2015 units per person | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.1866 units per person | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 0.1973 units per person | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 0.2011 units per person | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2023 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.2038 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 0.2046 units per person | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1514 units per person | 0.1388 units per person | 0.1641 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1786 units per person | 0.1658 units per person | 0.1897 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1932 units per person | 0.1881 units per person | 0.2015 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1993 units per person | 0.1866 units per person | 0.2046 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 12 Switzerland 0.2679 units per person compare
- 13 Barbados 0.2664 units per person compare
- 14 Lithuania 0.2636 units per person compare
- 15 Jamaica 0.2621 units per person compare
- 16 Thailand 0.2616 units per person compare
- 17 Saint Lucia 0.2614 units per person compare
- 18 Australia 0.2612 units per person compare
More gender data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Labor force, female 128.22 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 6.66 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 135.5% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 15.29 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 14.48 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 29.2% (2025)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 26.5% (2016)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 30.0% (2016)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, female, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Labor force, female, per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.2046 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest labor force, female, per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2046 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, female, per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1388 units per person in 1990.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for labor force, female, per capita?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 15th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, female, per capita rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Labor force, female, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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)
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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.