Labor force, female
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.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 186
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
International Labour Organization
International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
United Nations
United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
World Bank
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
declared by worldbank in source
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2025 | 6.78 | percent |
| Albania | 2025 | 46.58 | percent |
| Algeria | 2025 | 17.00 | percent |
| Angola | 2025 | 49.38 | percent |
| Argentina | 2025 | 43.05 | percent |
| Armenia | 2025 | 47.18 | percent |
| Australia | 2025 | 47.68 | percent |
| Austria | 2025 | 46.80 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2025 | 49.86 | percent |
| Bahamas | 2025 | 50.72 | percent |
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