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👩‍💼 Women in the Labor Force

Women as a share of the total labor force.

📅 2025📏 %181 entries
55.4% – 48.2%48.2% – 46.6%46.6% – 43.4%43.4% – 37.7%37.6% – 6.8%No data
1
🇲🇩Moldova
55.4%
2
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands
51.9%
3
🇲🇿Mozambique
51.7%
4
🇧🇮Burundi
51.6%
5
🇹🇬Togo
51.3%
6
🇭🇰Hong Kong
51.2%
7
🇲🇴Macau
51.0%
8
🇧🇸Bahamas
50.7%
9
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
49.9%
10
🇱🇻Latvia
49.8%
11
🇪🇪Estonia
49.7%
12
🇵🇹Portugal
49.7%
13
🇧🇧Barbados
49.7%
14
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
49.6%
15
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
49.4%
16
🇧🇯Benin
49.4%
17
🇦🇴Angola
49.4%
18
🇧🇾Belarus
49.2%
19
🇱🇹Lithuania
49.0%
20
🇹🇿Tanzania
49.0%
21
🇨🇩DR Congo
48.9%
22
🇻🇳Vietnam
48.8%
23
🇸🇿Eswatini
48.8%
24
🇷🇺Russia
48.8%
25
🇸🇱Sierra Leone
48.8%
26
🇰🇭Cambodia
48.7%
27
🇲🇬Madagascar
48.7%
28
🇨🇬Congo
48.6%
29
🇬🇲Gambia
48.5%
30
🇳🇬Nigeria
48.4%
31
🇫🇷France
48.4%
32
🇲🇼Malawi
48.4%
33
🇨🇫Central African Republic
48.3%
34
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
48.3%
35
🇳🇦Namibia
48.3%
36
🇮🇱Israel
48.3%
37
🇬🇪Georgia
48.2%
38
🇺🇬Uganda
48.2%
39
🇰🇵North Korea
48.2%
40
🇫🇮Finland
48.1%
41
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
48.0%
42
🇬🇧United Kingdom
47.8%
43
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
47.7%
44
🇦🇺Australia
47.7%
45
🇪🇷Eritrea
47.7%
46
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea
47.7%
47
🇬🇭Ghana
47.6%
48
🇳🇿New Zealand
47.6%
49
🇱🇷Liberia
47.5%
50
🇭🇷Croatia
47.5%

Highlights

As of 2025, Moldova ranks first with 55.4%, followed by United States Virgin Islands (51.9%) and Mozambique (51.7%).

Across 181 countries and territories, values run from 55.4% (Moldova) to 6.8% (Afghanistan), with a median of 45.6%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 3 from Africa, 3 from Asia, 2 from the Americas and 2 from Europe.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force, female (% of total labor force), 2025. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force, female (% of total labor force) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026