Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate)

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.

📅 2025📏 % of female labor force86 entries

DjiboutiPalestineSpainTürkiyeColombiaAngolaPakistanChileZimbabweFinlandSaudi ArabiaArgentinaSaint LuciaBurkina FasoDominican RepublicFranceGambiaCosta RicaBrazilBruneiGeorgiaCanadaLatviaRwandaSenegalParaguayNew ZealandPeruMongoliaIrelandBhutanIcelandIndiaUnited StatesEcuadorNorwayAustraliaCambodiaSingaporeGhanaBoliviaMaltaHong KongSouth KoreaMexicoSeychellesJapanRussiaVanuatu

48.3% – 8.2%8.2% – 6.3%6.1% – 4.5%4.4% – 3.3%3.3% – 0.7%No data

🇩🇯Djibouti

48.3%

🇵🇸Palestine

29.7%

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

14.0%

🇪🇸Spain

11.9%

🇹🇷Türkiye

11.3%

🇬🇷Greece

11.1%

🇨🇴Colombia

10.7%

🇦🇴Angola

10.6%

🇲🇰North Macedonia

10.6%

🇵🇦Panama

10.4%

🇵🇰Pakistan

10.0%

🇨🇱Chile

9.6%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

9.4%

🇫🇮Finland

9.0%

🇺🇾Uruguay

8.9%

🇸🇪Sweden

8.7%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

8.6%

🇦🇷Argentina

8.2%

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

8.2%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

8.1%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

7.9%

🇫🇷France

7.6%

🇷🇸Serbia

7.6%

🇬🇲Gambia

7.3%

🇨🇷Costa Rica

7.2%

🇧🇷Brazil

7.2%

🇧🇳Brunei

7.1%

🇱🇺Luxembourg

6.8%

🇮🇹Italy

6.8%

🇭🇳Honduras

6.7%

🇪🇪Estonia

6.6%

🇬🇪Georgia

6.5%

🇵🇹Portugal

6.5%

🇨🇦Canada

6.5%

🇩🇰Denmark

6.3%

🇱🇻Latvia

6.1%

🇷🇴Romania

6.0%

🇱🇹Lithuania

5.8%

🇸🇰Slovakia

5.8%

🇷🇼Rwanda

5.7%

🇸🇳Senegal

5.7%

🇧🇪Belgium

5.6%

🇵🇾Paraguay

5.5%

🇳🇿New Zealand

5.5%

🇦🇹Austria

5.4%

🇵🇪Peru

5.0%

🇨🇭Switzerland

4.9%

🇨🇾Cyprus

4.8%

🇲🇳Mongolia

4.8%

🇮🇪Ireland

4.6%

Highlights

As of 2025, Djibouti ranks first with 48.3%, followed by Palestine (29.7%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (14.0%).

Djibouti is 1.6 times higher than Palestine, the runner-up.

Across 86 countries and territories, values run from 48.3% (Djibouti) to 0.7% (Thailand), with a median of 5.5%.

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

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate), 2025. Unit: % of female labor force.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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Highlights

As of 2025, Djibouti ranks first with 48.3%, followed by Palestine (29.7%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (14.0%).

Djibouti is 1.6 times higher than Palestine, the runner-up.

Across 86 countries and territories, values run from 48.3% (Djibouti) to 0.7% (Thailand), with a median of 5.5%.

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

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate), 2025. Unit: % of female labor force.