Africa Rankings
Female Labor Force Participation Rate
| Rank | Country | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Madagascar | 82.91 |
2 | 2 |  Nigeria | 80.7 |
3 | 3 |  Tanzania | 80.28 |
4 | 4 |  Burundi | 79.5 |
5 | 5 |  Mozambique | 77.09 |
6 | 6 |  Uganda | 75.6 |
7 | 7 |  Benin | 75.16 |
8 | 8 |  Eritrea | 72.84 |
9 | 9 |  Niger | 72.78 |
10 | 10 |  Liberia | 72.03 |
11 | 11 |  Republic of the Congo | 65.58 |
12 | 12 |  Central African Republic | 65.46 |
13 | 13 |  Burkina Faso | 64.07 |
14 | 14 |  Botswana | 63.71 |
15 | 15 |  Kenya | 63.04 |
16 | 16 |  Zimbabwe | 62.16 |
17 | 17 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.85 |
18 | 18 |  Guinea-Bissau | 60.29 |
19 | 19 |  Ivory Coast | 59.45 |
20 | 21 |  Ethiopia | 58.46 |
21 | 20 |  Malawi | 58.18 |
22 | 23 |  Rwanda | 57.3 |
23 | 24 |  Togo | 56.64 |
24 | 22 |  Cameroon | 56.6 |
25 | 25 |  Zambia | 56.43 |
26 | 26 |  Ghana | 55.27 |
27 | 27 |  Namibia | 54.92 |
28 | 28 |  Mali | 52.84 |
29 | 29 |  Equatorial Guinea | 52.62 |
30 | 30 |  Sierra Leone | 51.6 |
31 | 31 |  Cape Verde | 50.47 |
32 | 32 |  South Africa | 49.88 |
33 | 34 |  Swaziland | 48.52 |
34 | 33 |  Lesotho | 48.09 |
35 | 37 |  Comoros | 47.65 |
36 | 36 |  Mauritius | 47.46 |
37 | 35 |  Chad | 47.3 |
38 | 38 |  Gambia | 45.46 |
39 | 39 |  Guinea | 42.65 |
40 | 40 |  Gabon | 41.63 |
41 | 41 |  Senegal | 38.22 |
42 | 42 |  Libya | 33 |
43 | 43 |  Tunisia | 26.5 |
44 | 44 |  Mauritania | 26.18 |
45 | 45 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 22.75 |
46 | 46 |  Somalia | 20.7 |
47 | 47 |  Morocco | 19.7 |
48 | 48 |  Djibouti | 19.37 |
49 | 49 |  Egypt | 18.46 |
50 | 50 |  Sudan | 14.45 |
51 | 51 |  Algeria | 14.14 |