Name: Labor force, female (% of total labor force)
Creator: World Development Indicators

Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

Female share of labor force by country in 2025 (labor force, female (% of total labor force))

In 2025, Moldova had the highest value (55.36) among 181 countries, while Afghanistan had the lowest (6.78).

#	Country	Value	Change
1	Moldova	55.36	+0.1%
2	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	51.91	+0.5%
3	Mozambique	51.68	-0.2%
4	Burundi	51.61	-0.0%
5	Togo	51.3	-0.2%
6	Hong Kong SAR, China	51.18	+0.0%
7	Macao SAR, China	50.98	+0.0%
8	Bahamas, The	50.72	+0.0%
9	Azerbaijan	49.86	-0.1%
10	Latvia	49.8	-0.1%
11	Estonia	49.72	-0.1%
12	Portugal	49.68	+0.0%
13	Barbados	49.67	-0.1%
14	Zimbabwe	49.62	-0.1%
15	Sao Tome and Principe	49.45	+0.2%
16	Benin	49.43	+0.1%
17	Angola	49.38	-0.1%
18	Belarus	49.15	-0.0%
19	Lithuania	49.01	-0.1%
20	Tanzania	49.01	-0.0%
21	Congo, Dem. Rep.	48.88	+0.1%
22	Viet Nam	48.82	-0.0%
23	Eswatini	48.78	+0.2%
24	Russian Federation	48.78	-0.0%
25	Sierra Leone	48.75	-0.0%
26	Cambodia	48.66	-0.0%
27	Madagascar	48.65	-0.0%
28	Congo, Rep.	48.65	-0.0%
29	Gambia, The	48.54	+0.1%
30	Nigeria	48.4	-0.0%
181	Afghanistan	6.78	-0.6%

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

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Female share of labor force by country in 2025 (labor force, female (% of total labor force))

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