Urban population, female in IDA total
IDA total: Urban population, female was 17.5% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Urban population, female in IDA total, 1980–2015
Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects. Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for urban population, female in IDA total is 17.5%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, urban population, female in IDA total peaked at 17.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10.4%, in 1980.
That places IDA total 37th out of 46 groups with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Urban population, female in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 10.4% | — |
| 1985 | 11.3% | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 12.4% | +9.3% |
| 1995 | 13.2% | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 14.0% | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 15.0% | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 16.3% | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 17.5% | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.8% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 12.8% | 12.4% | 13.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 14.5% | 14.0% | 15.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 16.3% | 17.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More gender data for IDA total
- Labor force, female 308.79 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.1554 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 11.72 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.5731 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.3525 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, female 0.7217 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, male 0.2779 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 120.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is urban population, female in IDA total?
- Urban population, female in IDA total was 17.5% in 2015, according to The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects.
- What is the highest urban population, female recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 17.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest urban population, female recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4% in 1980.
- How does IDA total rank for urban population, female?
- IDA total ranks 37th out of 46 groups with data for 2015.
- Is urban population, female rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total data come from?
- The figures come from The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, published as part of Urban population, female (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female urban population is the percentage of females who live in urban areas to total population.