Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate

Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate is the proportion of female labor force participation relative to male labor force participation. 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: national estimate.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
209
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    International Labour Organization

    Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: estimates based on external database

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    World Bank

    Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Angola202597.97percent
Argentina202574.09percent
Australia202589.20percent
Austria202586.23percent
Belgium202585.43percent
Bhutan202575.72percent
Brazil202573.07percent
Bulgaria202580.03percent
Burkina Faso202581.83percent
Canada202587.82percent

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