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Lesotho: Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

50.49percent · 2025-11.0% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202550.487
202450.853
202350.796
202250.786
202150.595
202050.833
201951.319
201852.678
201754.033
201655.377
201556.707
201458.004
201359.275
201259.999
201160.729
201061.461
200962.191
200862.917
200763.636
200664.346
200565.029
200465.691
200366.349
200267.001
200167.642
200068.273
199968.895
199868.732
199768.578
199668.444
199568.324
199468.221
199368.119
199268.052
199167.99
199067.95

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-female (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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