Global Rankings
Female Labor Force
percent female
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  China | 348,318,908.00% |
2 | 2 |  India | 174,859,282.00% |
3 | 3 |  United States | 79,774,492.00% |
4 | 4 |  Indonesia | 58,272,242.00% |
5 | 5 |  Nigeria | 56,430,263.00% |
6 | 6 |  Brazil | 46,972,451.00% |
7 | 7 |  Russia | 35,309,468.00% |
8 | 8 |  Japan | 31,524,266.00% |
9 | 9 |  Vietnam | 27,848,720.00% |
10 | 10 |  Bangladesh | 25,425,124.00% |
11 | 11 |  Mexico | 24,839,997.00% |
12 | 12 |  Ethiopia | 24,455,541.00% |
13 | 13 |  Philippines | 21,728,371.00% |
14 | 14 |  Germany | 20,083,707.00% |
15 | 15 |  Pakistan | 19,394,856.00% |
16 | 17 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19,167,756.00% |
17 | 16 |  Thailand | 18,735,538.00% |
18 | 18 |  United Kingdom | 16,952,835.00% |
19 | 19 |  Tanzania | 16,688,468.00% |
20 | 20 |  France | 15,405,168.00% |
21 | 21 |  South Korea | 13,240,510.00% |
22 | 22 |  Turkey | 12,674,164.00% |
23 | 23 |  South Africa | 12,450,162.00% |
24 | 25 |  Kenya | 11,711,348.00% |
25 | 24 |  Spain | 11,547,512.00% |
26 | 26 |  Colombia | 11,272,593.00% |
27 | 28 |  Uganda | 11,269,591.00% |
28 | 27 |  Italy | 10,886,756.00% |
29 | 29 |  Canada | 10,786,751.00% |
30 | 30 |  Ukraine | 9,739,974.00% |
31 | 31 |  Argentina | 9,652,392.00% |
32 | 33 |  Peru | 8,699,339.00% |
33 | 32 |  Burma (Myanmar) | 8,650,498.00% |
34 | 34 |  North Korea | 8,524,199.00% |
35 | 36 |  Madagascar | 8,315,353.00% |
36 | 35 |  Poland | 8,303,946.00% |
37 | 37 |  Mozambique | 8,091,552.00% |
38 | 38 |  Angola | 8,059,658.00% |
39 | 39 |  Egypt | 7,451,504.00% |
40 | 40 |  Australia | 7,168,383.00% |
41 | 41 |  Malaysia | 6,942,942.00% |
42 | 42 |  Ghana | 6,311,681.00% |
43 | 43 |  Ivory Coast | 5,666,149.00% |
44 | 45 |  Niger | 5,382,368.00% |
45 | 44 |  Uzbekistan | 5,259,952.00% |
46 | 46 |  Cambodia | 5,044,560.00% |
47 | 49 |  Cameroon | 5,034,186.00% |
48 | 48 |  Iran | 4,985,011.00% |
49 | 50 |  Netherlands | 4,882,241.00% |
50 | 47 |  Kazakhstan | 4,834,758.00% |
51 | 51 |  Burkina Faso | 4,612,748.00% |
52 | 52 |  Chile | 4,430,249.00% |
53 | 53 |  Venezuela | 4,071,819.00% |
54 | 54 |  Malawi | 4,024,520.00% |
55 | 56 |  Zambia | 3,710,481.00% |
56 | 55 |  Ecuador | 3,684,454.00% |
57 | 58 |  Mali | 3,582,401.00% |
58 | 57 |  Romania | 3,483,503.00% |
59 | 59 |  Zimbabwe | 3,401,297.00% |
60 | 60 |  Saudi Arabia | 3,374,957.00% |
61 | 61 |  Benin | 3,284,253.00% |
62 | 63 |  Burundi | 3,255,886.00% |
63 | 62 |  Bolivia | 3,249,551.00% |
64 | 64 |  Nepal | 3,144,486.00% |
65 | 65 |  Morocco | 2,823,451.00% |
66 | 66 |  Sri Lanka | 2,798,376.00% |
67 | 69 |  Rwanda | 2,737,060.00% |
68 | 68 |  Sweden | 2,710,371.00% |
69 | 70 |  Chad | 2,699,423.00% |
70 | 67 |  Portugal | 2,692,307.00% |
71 | 71 |  Azerbaijan | 2,551,989.00% |
72 | 72 |  Belgium | 2,541,494.00% |
73 | 74 |  Guatemala | 2,515,564.00% |
74 | 73 |  Czech Republic | 2,492,456.00% |
75 | 76 |  Haiti | 2,449,838.00% |
76 | 75 |  Switzerland | 2,423,564.00% |
77 | 77 |  Belarus | 2,354,104.00% |
78 | 80 |  Israel | 2,327,489.00% |
79 | 78 |  Hungary | 2,320,701.00% |
80 | 82 |  Dominican Republic | 2,314,802.00% |
81 | 79 |  Algeria | 2,304,658.00% |
82 | 84 |  Senegal | 2,242,971.00% |
83 | 83 |  Austria | 2,214,657.00% |
84 | 81 |  Sudan | 2,155,627.00% |
85 | 85 |  Greece | 2,097,508.00% |
86 | 87 |  Guinea | 1,963,865.00% |
87 | 86 |  Hong Kong | 1,945,992.00% |
88 | 88 |  Cuba | 1,898,495.00% |
89 | 89 |  Papua New Guinea | 1,786,078.00% |
90 | 90 |  Laos | 1,703,131.00% |
91 | 92 |  United Arab Emirates | 1,684,779.00% |
92 | 93 |  Togo | 1,666,509.00% |
93 | 94 |  Iraq | 1,656,919.00% |
94 | 91 |  Singapore | 1,645,909.00% |
95 | 95 |  Serbia | 1,567,218.00% |
96 | 96 |  Denmark | 1,557,022.00% |
97 | 97 |  Honduras | 1,520,168.00% |
98 | 98 |  Paraguay | 1,490,260.00% |
99 | 99 |  New Zealand | 1,462,887.00% |
100 | 101 |  Norway | 1,457,206.00% |
101 | 100 |  Bulgaria | 1,438,124.00% |
102 | 102 |  Sierra Leone | 1,430,926.00% |
103 | 103 |  Finland | 1,382,660.00% |
104 | 104 |  Ireland | 1,355,842.00% |
105 | 106 |  Nicaragua | 1,323,772.00% |
106 | 105 |  Slovakia | 1,294,093.00% |
107 | 109 |  Republic of the Congo | 1,285,000% |
108 | 107 |  Tunisia | 1,280,552.00% |
109 | 110 |  Liberia | 1,270,352.00% |
110 | 108 |  El Salvador | 1,268,544.00% |
111 | 111 |  Syria | 1,175,710.00% |
112 | 112 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1,133,924.00% |
113 | 113 |  Somalia | 1,097,301.00% |
114 | 114 |  Turkmenistan | 1,038,071.00% |
115 | 115 |  Central African Republic | 1,003,244.00% |
116 | 116 |  Panama | 955,583.00% |
117 | 117 |  Georgia | 911,353.00% |
118 | 118 |  Libya | 888,389.00% |
119 | 121 |  Eritrea | 840,987.00% |
120 | 120 |  Uruguay | 828,804.00% |
121 | 119 |  Croatia | 820,553.00% |
122 | 123 |  Tajikistan | 782,586.00% |
123 | 122 |  Moldova | 761,605.00% |
124 | 124 |  Lithuania | 750,119.00% |
125 | 125 |  Jamaica | 743,668.00% |
126 | 126 |  Kuwait | 708,169.00% |
127 | 127 |  Armenia | 683,951.00% |
128 | 129 |  Afghanistan | 639,744.00% |
129 | 128 |  Mongolia | 639,227.00% |
130 | 130 |  Jordan | 622,290.00% |
131 | 131 |  Albania | 587,939.00% |
132 | 133 |  Yemen | 571,250.00% |
133 | 132 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 568,980.00% |
134 | 135 |  Botswana | 560,222.00% |
135 | 134 |  Puerto Rico | 558,396.00% |
136 | 136 |  Namibia | 556,748.00% |
137 | 137 |  Lebanon | 492,645.00% |
138 | 139 |  Slovenia | 474,160.00% |
139 | 138 |  Latvia | 471,556.00% |
140 | 140 |  Guinea-Bissau | 429,041.00% |
141 | 141 |  Oman | 422,534.00% |
142 | 142 |  Mauritania | 417,312.00% |
143 | 144 |  Gambia | 391,853.00% |
144 | 143 |  Lesotho | 389,878.00% |
145 | 145 |  Qatar | 388,849.00% |
146 | 146 |  Estonia | 371,294.00% |
147 | 147 |  Cyprus | 350,968.00% |
148 | 149 |  Gabon | 337,527.00% |
149 | 148 |  Macedonia | 335,798.00% |
150 | 150 |  Equatorial Guinea | 295,223.00% |
151 | 151 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 275,217.00% |
152 | 152 |  Mauritius | 252,577.00% |
153 | 153 |  Solomon Islands | 215,265.00% |
154 | 154 |  Swaziland | 210,197.00% |
155 | 155 |  Macao | 202,290.00% |
156 | 156 |  Bahrain | 198,350.00% |
157 | 158 |  Bhutan | 166,082.00% |
158 | 157 |  Luxembourg | 164,941.00% |
159 | 159 |  Guyana | 146,798.00% |
160 | 160 |  Montenegro | 136,101.00% |
161 | 161 |  Malta | 134,013.00% |
162 | 162 |  Fiji | 133,579.00% |
163 | 163 |  Comoros | 132,667.00% |
164 | 164 |  Bahamas | 124,333.00% |
165 | 165 |  Iceland | 110,150.00% |
166 | 166 |  Suriname | 108,113.00% |
167 | 167 |  Cape Verde | 98,789.00% |
168 | 168 |  Brunei | 93,984.00% |
169 | 169 |  Djibouti | 83,029.00% |
170 | 170 |  Barbados | 75,303.00% |
171 | 171 |  Belize | 72,204.00% |
172 | 172 |  Maldives | 63,262.00% |
173 | 173 |  New Caledonia | 60,808.00% |
174 | 174 |  Vanuatu | 55,643.00% |
175 | 175 |  Saint Lucia | 47,094.00% |
176 | 176 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22,997.00% |
177 | 177 |  Samoa | 21,029.00% |
178 | 178 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 17,343.00% |
179 | 179 |  Tonga | 15,764.00% |
180 | 180 |  Costa Rica | 39.88% |