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 |