👷 Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female

Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

📅 2025📏 %181 entries

IcelandNorth KoreaSolomon IslandsMadagascarAustraliaTanzaniaCambodiaNorwayUgandaNew ZealandEritreaNigeriaNigerCanadaBoliviaBahamasFinlandIrelandLaosLiberiaAngolaJapanPeruUnited StatesBrazilIsraelBarbadosChinaParaguayBangladeshGuamMaliCongoMaldivesMacauUruguayKazakhstanVietnamFranceIndonesiaBelarusColombiaEcuadorMoldovaMauritiusArgentinaMexicoPortugalFrench PolynesiaNew CaledoniaGuatemalaCosta RicaBhutanPapua New GuineaFijiSurinameChileRussiaNamibiaSouth AfricaLesothoSamoaKyrgyzstanTongaIndiaMoroccoSomaliaLibyaIranAfghanistan

83.3% – 50.4%50.2% – 37.3%37.0% – 31.0%30.9% – 21.7%21.2% – 3.9%No data

🇮🇸Iceland

83.3%

🇳🇱Netherlands

83.3%

🇰🇵North Korea

81.9%

🇸🇧Solomon Islands

71.7%

🇲🇬Madagascar

71.0%

🇦🇺Australia

70.2%

🇩🇰Denmark

69.6%

🇹🇿Tanzania

69.4%

🇰🇭Cambodia

68.1%

🇳🇴Norway

66.5%

🇺🇬Uganda

66.0%

🇳🇿New Zealand

65.6%

🇪🇷Eritrea

65.3%

🇳🇬Nigeria

64.9%

🇳🇪Niger

64.6%

🇨🇭Switzerland

64.5%

🇲🇿Mozambique

63.9%

🇨🇦Canada

63.2%

🇧🇮Burundi

57.7%

🇧🇴Bolivia

57.3%

🇸🇪Sweden

57.0%

🇨🇫Central African Republic

56.5%

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

56.5%

🇧🇸Bahamas

55.8%

🇫🇮Finland

54.4%

🇦🇹Austria

53.6%

🇮🇪Ireland

53.5%

🇱🇦Laos

53.3%

🇧🇯Benin

53.3%

🇱🇷Liberia

53.2%

🇲🇹Malta

53.0%

🇦🇴Angola

52.9%

🇯🇵Japan

52.4%

🇩🇪Germany

52.3%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

52.0%

🇵🇪Peru

52.0%

🇺🇸United States

50.4%

🇪🇹Ethiopia

50.2%

🇧🇷Brazil

48.4%

🇮🇱Israel

48.2%

🇧🇧Barbados

48.1%

🇨🇳China

47.7%

🇵🇾Paraguay

47.0%

🇪🇪Estonia

46.8%

🇧🇩Bangladesh

46.5%

🇬🇾Guyana

46.2%

🇬🇺Guam

45.9%

🇷🇼Rwanda

45.6%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

45.3%

🇨🇩DR Congo

45.2%

Highlights

As of 2025, Iceland ranks first with 83.3%, followed by Netherlands (83.3%) and North Korea (81.9%).

The top two are virtually level: Iceland and Netherlands differ by less than 1%.

Across 181 countries and territories, values run from 83.3% (Iceland) to 3.9% (Yemen), with a median of 33.5%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Europe, 2 from Africa, 2 from Asia and 2 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026