Labor force participation rate, female

The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population ages 15 and older. The labor force is the sum of all persons of working age who are employed and those who are unemployed. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate.

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.

  1. Produced by

    International Labour Organization

    ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan20255.09percent
Albania202558.57percent
Algeria202514.14percent
Angola202572.22percent
Argentina202552.47percent
Armenia202551.06percent
Australia202562.51percent
Austria202555.06percent
Azerbaijan202560.76percent
Bahamas202570.73percent

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