Global Rankings
Female Labor Force
percent female
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  China | 348,353,038.00% |
2 | 2 |  India | 172,277,640.00% |
3 | 3 |  United States | 79,484,217.00% |
4 | 4 |  Indonesia | 57,411,825.00% |
5 | 5 |  Nigeria | 54,867,473.00% |
6 | 6 |  Brazil | 46,761,249.00% |
7 | 7 |  Russia | 35,813,186.00% |
8 | 8 |  Japan | 31,464,431.00% |
9 | 9 |  Vietnam | 27,685,609.00% |
10 | 10 |  Bangladesh | 25,051,770.00% |
11 | 11 |  Mexico | 24,487,488.00% |
12 | 12 |  Ethiopia | 23,704,859.00% |
13 | 13 |  Philippines | 21,341,509.00% |
14 | 14 |  Germany | 20,370,013.00% |
15 | 16 |  Pakistan | 18,897,182.00% |
16 | 15 |  Thailand | 18,819,423.00% |
17 | 17 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 18,545,212.00% |
18 | 18 |  United Kingdom | 16,868,444.00% |
19 | 19 |  Tanzania | 16,170,726.00% |
20 | 20 |  France | 15,425,147.00% |
21 | 21 |  South Korea | 13,216,326.00% |
22 | 22 |  Turkey | 12,447,039.00% |
23 | 23 |  South Africa | 12,256,073.00% |
24 | 24 |  Spain | 11,597,565.00% |
25 | 25 |  Kenya | 11,376,608.00% |
26 | 27 |  Colombia | 11,140,804.00% |
27 | 26 |  Italy | 10,968,530.00% |
28 | 28 |  Uganda | 10,886,366.00% |
29 | 29 |  Canada | 10,717,380.00% |
30 | 30 |  Ukraine | 9,739,974.00% |
31 | 31 |  Argentina | 9,520,311.00% |
32 | 32 |  Burma (Myanmar) | 8,571,009.00% |
33 | 35 |  Peru | 8,554,364.00% |
34 | 33 |  North Korea | 8,507,473.00% |
35 | 34 |  Poland | 8,416,940.00% |
36 | 36 |  Madagascar | 8,076,625.00% |
37 | 37 |  Mozambique | 7,844,475.00% |
38 | 38 |  Angola | 7,802,454.00% |
39 | 39 |  Egypt | 7,295,030.00% |
40 | 40 |  Australia | 7,106,022.00% |
41 | 41 |  Malaysia | 6,808,933.00% |
42 | 42 |  Ghana | 6,210,801.00% |
43 | 43 |  Ivory Coast | 5,489,935.00% |
44 | 44 |  Uzbekistan | 5,187,480.00% |
45 | 45 |  Niger | 5,176,619.00% |
46 | 46 |  Cambodia | 4,965,535.00% |
47 | 47 |  Kazakhstan | 4,964,470.00% |
48 | 48 |  Iran | 4,956,987.00% |
49 | 50 |  Cameroon | 4,922,994.00% |
50 | 49 |  Netherlands | 4,863,998.00% |
51 | 51 |  Burkina Faso | 4,470,113.00% |
52 | 52 |  Chile | 4,379,156.00% |
53 | 53 |  Venezuela | 4,047,662.00% |
54 | 54 |  Malawi | 3,910,764.00% |
55 | 55 |  Ecuador | 3,627,402.00% |
56 | 57 |  Zambia | 3,576,661.00% |
57 | 56 |  Romania | 3,504,018.00% |
58 | 58 |  Mali | 3,473,547.00% |
59 | 59 |  Zimbabwe | 3,309,870.00% |
60 | 60 |  Saudi Arabia | 3,267,526.00% |
61 | 62 |  Benin | 3,184,037.00% |
62 | 61 |  Bolivia | 3,168,750.00% |
63 | 64 |  Burundi | 3,147,535.00% |
64 | 63 |  Nepal | 3,110,710.00% |
65 | 65 |  Morocco | 2,799,446.00% |
66 | 68 |  Sri Lanka | 2,772,829.00% |
67 | 67 |  Portugal | 2,707,131.00% |
68 | 66 |  Sweden | 2,697,999.00% |
69 | 69 |  Rwanda | 2,656,933.00% |
70 | 73 |  Chad | 2,618,114.00% |
71 | 70 |  Azerbaijan | 2,544,454.00% |
72 | 71 |  Belgium | 2,540,401.00% |
73 | 72 |  Czech Republic | 2,526,339.00% |
74 | 75 |  Guatemala | 2,464,510.00% |
75 | 77 |  Switzerland | 2,423,935.00% |
76 | 74 |  Haiti | 2,406,394.00% |
77 | 76 |  Belarus | 2,377,488.00% |
78 | 78 |  Hungary | 2,339,708.00% |
79 | 80 |  Algeria | 2,287,122.00% |
80 | 82 |  Israel | 2,286,886.00% |
81 | 83 |  Dominican Republic | 2,267,540.00% |
82 | 81 |  Austria | 2,230,073.00% |
83 | 85 |  Senegal | 2,163,722.00% |
84 | 79 |  Sudan | 2,155,627.00% |
85 | 84 |  Greece | 2,114,942.00% |
86 | 87 |  Hong Kong | 1,957,904.00% |
87 | 88 |  Guinea | 1,920,967.00% |
88 | 86 |  Cuba | 1,918,963.00% |
89 | 89 |  Papua New Guinea | 1,740,545.00% |
90 | 90 |  Laos | 1,669,329.00% |
91 | 91 |  Singapore | 1,624,712.00% |
92 | 95 |  United Arab Emirates | 1,622,656.00% |
93 | 92 |  Togo | 1,620,871.00% |
94 | 93 |  Iraq | 1,619,718.00% |
95 | 94 |  Serbia | 1,576,010.00% |
96 | 96 |  Denmark | 1,552,671.00% |
97 | 98 |  Honduras | 1,488,529.00% |
98 | 99 |  Paraguay | 1,465,914.00% |
99 | 100 |  New Zealand | 1,453,610.00% |
100 | 97 |  Bulgaria | 1,449,541.00% |
101 | 101 |  Norway | 1,448,339.00% |
102 | 103 |  Sierra Leone | 1,398,185.00% |
103 | 102 |  Finland | 1,382,921.00% |
104 | 104 |  Ireland | 1,337,866.00% |
105 | 105 |  Slovakia | 1,308,025.00% |
106 | 107 |  Nicaragua | 1,294,756.00% |
107 | 106 |  Tunisia | 1,271,975.00% |
108 | 108 |  El Salvador | 1,254,604.00% |
109 | 109 |  Republic of the Congo | 1,244,919.00% |
110 | 110 |  Liberia | 1,235,479.00% |
111 | 112 |  Syria | 1,126,323.00% |
112 | 111 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1,113,238.00% |
113 | 113 |  Somalia | 1,061,465.00% |
114 | 114 |  Turkmenistan | 1,020,679.00% |
115 | 115 |  Central African Republic | 968,580.00% |
116 | 117 |  Panama | 937,537.00% |
117 | 116 |  Georgia | 908,186.00% |
118 | 118 |  Libya | 879,728.00% |
119 | 119 |  Croatia | 827,237.00% |
120 | 120 |  Uruguay | 825,825.00% |
121 | 121 |  Eritrea | 817,977.00% |
122 | 122 |  Moldova | 768,885.00% |
123 | 124 |  Tajikistan | 765,586.00% |
124 | 123 |  Lithuania | 762,656.00% |
125 | 125 |  Jamaica | 738,870.00% |
126 | 126 |  Kuwait | 695,020.00% |
127 | 127 |  Armenia | 693,497.00% |
128 | 128 |  Mongolia | 633,590.00% |
129 | 129 |  Afghanistan | 623,753.00% |
130 | 130 |  Jordan | 617,695.00% |
131 | 131 |  Albania | 587,486.00% |
132 | 132 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 574,965.00% |
133 | 133 |  Yemen | 559,113.00% |
134 | 134 |  Puerto Rico | 555,284.00% |
135 | 135 |  Botswana | 547,278.00% |
136 | 136 |  Namibia | 542,419.00% |
137 | 137 |  Lebanon | 492,645.00% |
138 | 138 |  Latvia | 478,584.00% |
139 | 139 |  Slovenia | 477,055.00% |
140 | 140 |  Guinea-Bissau | 416,269.00% |
141 | 141 |  Oman | 407,456.00% |
142 | 142 |  Mauritania | 405,012.00% |
143 | 143 |  Lesotho | 386,416.00% |
144 | 145 |  Gambia | 379,739.00% |
145 | 146 |  Qatar | 377,180.00% |
146 | 144 |  Estonia | 377,072.00% |
147 | 147 |  Cyprus | 348,895.00% |
148 | 148 |  Macedonia | 337,554.00% |
149 | 149 |  Gabon | 330,159.00% |
150 | 151 |  Equatorial Guinea | 289,105.00% |
151 | 150 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 275,692.00% |
152 | 152 |  Mauritius | 251,769.00% |
153 | 153 |  Solomon Islands | 208,911.00% |
154 | 154 |  Swaziland | 206,546.00% |
155 | 155 |  Macao | 205,856.00% |
156 | 156 |  Bahrain | 193,887.00% |
157 | 158 |  Luxembourg | 163,725.00% |
158 | 157 |  Bhutan | 163,542.00% |
159 | 159 |  Guyana | 145,521.00% |
160 | 160 |  Montenegro | 138,336.00% |
161 | 162 |  Malta | 132,963.00% |
162 | 161 |  Fiji | 132,546.00% |
163 | 163 |  Comoros | 128,275.00% |
164 | 164 |  Bahamas | 123,614.00% |
165 | 165 |  Iceland | 109,056.00% |
166 | 166 |  Suriname | 106,648.00% |
167 | 167 |  Cape Verde | 97,173.00% |
168 | 168 |  Brunei | 93,387.00% |
169 | 169 |  Djibouti | 80,969.00% |
170 | 170 |  Barbados | 75,546.00% |
171 | 171 |  Belize | 66,851.00% |
172 | 173 |  Maldives | 61,704.00% |
173 | 172 |  New Caledonia | 60,724.00% |
174 | 174 |  Vanuatu | 54,306.00% |
175 | 175 |  Saint Lucia | 46,698.00% |
176 | 176 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23,011.00% |
177 | 177 |  Samoa | 21,049.00% |
178 | 178 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 16,897.00% |
179 | 179 |  Tonga | 15,788.00% |
180 | 180 |  Costa Rica | 39.88% |