Labor force, female in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Labor force, female was 1.17 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Labor force, female in Low & middle income, 1990–2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization and United Nations Population Division.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 1.17 billion for labor force, female in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, female in Low & middle income peaked at 1.17 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 672.29 million, in 1990.
That places Low & middle income 3rd out of 48 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 740.10 million | 672.29 million | 815.20 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 899.89 million | 831.94 million | 957.08 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 billion | 965.20 million | 1.07 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.12 billion | 1.06 billion | 1.17 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More gender data for Low & middle income
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 118.8% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 11.85 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 11.94 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 19.7% (2025)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 30.6% (2016)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 41.0% (2016)
- Literacy rate, adult female 81.9% (2024)
- Female migrants 46.9% (2020)
- Rural population, female 25.7% (2015)
- Rural population, male 26.4% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, female in Low & middle income?
- Labor force, female in Low & middle income was 1.17 billion in 2025, according to World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization and United Nations Population Division.
- What is the highest labor force, female recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, female recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 672.29 million in 1990.
- How does Low & middle income rank for labor force, female?
- Low & middle income ranks 3rd out of 48 groups with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, female rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization and United Nations Population Division, published as part of Labor force, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female labor force comprises women ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes people who are currently employed and people who are unemployed but seeking work as well as first-time job-seekers. Not everyone who works is included, however. Unpaid workers, family workers, and students are often omitted, and some countries do not count members of the armed forces. Labor force size tends to vary during the year as seasonal workers enter and leave.