Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)

Country name	2007	2008	2009
Afghanistan	33	33	33
Albania	49	49	49
Algeria	36	37	37
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola	74	74	75
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	51	51	52
Armenia	59	59	60
Aruba
Australia	58	58	58
Austria	53	53	53
Azerbaijan	60	61	60
Bahamas, The	68	68	68
Bahrain	32	32	32
Bangladesh	58	58	59
Barbados	66	66	66
Belarus	54	55	55
Belgium	47	47	47
Belize	46	46	47
Benin	67	67	67
Bermuda
Bhutan	50	51	53
Bolivia	62	62	62
Bosnia and Herzegovina	55	55	55
Botswana	72	72	72
Brazil	59	60	60
Brunei Darussalam	60	60	60
Bulgaria	49	49	48
Burkina Faso	78	78	78
Burundi	91	91	91
Cambodia	74	73	74
Cameroon	53	53	54
Canada	62	62	63
Cape Verde	52	53	54
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic	71	71	72
Chad	63	63	63
Chile	41	44	42
China	68	68	67
Colombia	40	41	41
Comoros	73	73	74
Congo, Dem. Rep.	56	56	57
Congo, Rep.	62	63	63
Costa Rica	45	45	45
Cote d'Ivoire	50	51	51
Croatia	46	46	46
Cuba	41	42	41
Curacao
Cyprus	54	55	54
Czech Republic	50	49	49
Denmark	61	61	60
Djibouti	61	61	62
Dominica
Dominican Republic	50	51	51
Ecuador	46	47	47
Egypt, Arab Rep.	23	23	22
El Salvador	46	47	46
Equatorial Guinea	38	38	40
Eritrea	60	60	63
Estonia	54	55	55
Ethiopia	78	78	81
Faeroe Islands
Fiji	39	39	39
Finland	58	58	57
France	51	51	51
French Polynesia	47	48	48
Gabon	68	69	70
Gambia, The	71	71	71
Georgia	55	55	55
Germany	53	53	53
Ghana	74	74	74
Greece	43	43	43
Greenland
Grenada
Guam	52	52	52
Guatemala	48	48	48
Guinea	79	79	79
Guinea-Bissau	60	60	60
Guyana	45	46	45
Haiti	58	58	58
Honduras	41	42	40
Hong Kong SAR, China	53	53	52
Hungary	43	43	43
Iceland	74	73	72
India	33	33	33
Indonesia	52	52	52
Iran, Islamic Rep.	31	31	32
Iraq	13	13	14
Ireland	54	54	54
Isle of Man
Israel	52	54	52
Italy	38	38	38
Jamaica	57	57	56
Japan	49	49	48
Jordan	23	23	23
Kazakhstan	66	66	66
Kenya	76	76	76
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep.	55	55	55
Korea, Rep.	50	50	50
Kosovo
Kuwait	45	44	45
Kyrgyz Republic	55	56	55
Lao PDR	78	78	78
Latvia	54	56	54
Lebanon	22	22	22
Lesotho	70	70	71
Liberia	67	67	67
Libya	24	24	25
Liechtenstein
Lithuania	51	51	50
Luxembourg	47	47	48
Macao SAR, China	64	65	64
Macedonia, FYR	43	43	43
Madagascar	84	84	84
Malawi	75	75	75
Malaysia	44	44	44
Maldives	55	56	57
Mali	37	37	38
Malta	33	34	32
Marshall Islands
Mauritania	58	59	59
Mauritius	41	42	41
Mayotte
Mexico	43	43	43
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova	47	47	47
Monaco
Mongolia	67	67	68
Montenegro
Morocco	27	27	26
Mozambique	85	85	85
Myanmar	64	64	63
Namibia	51	52	52
Nepal	63	63	63
Netherlands	58	59	60
New Caledonia	45	44	44
New Zealand	61	62	62
Nicaragua	45	46	47
Niger	38	38	39
Nigeria	39	39	39
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway	63	64	63
Oman	25	25	25
Pakistan	21	21	22
Palau
Panama	48	49	48
Papua New Guinea	71	71	72
Paraguay	56	56	57
Peru	57	57	58
Philippines	48	49	49
Poland	46	47	46
Portugal	56	56	56
Puerto Rico	38	37	36
Qatar	48	48	50
Romania	48	47	45
Russian Federation	57	57	58
Rwanda	86	86	87
Samoa	38	38	38
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe	44	44	45
Saudi Arabia	21	21	21
Senegal	64	65	65
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone	66	66	65
Singapore	53	54	54
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic	51	51	51
Slovenia	53	54	53
Solomon Islands	24	24	24
Somalia	57	57	57
South Africa	46	47	47
South Sudan
Spain	48	49	49
Sri Lanka	35	35	34
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia	50	50	51
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	55	56	56
Sudan	31	31	31
Suriname	37	38	39
Swaziland	52	53	53
Sweden	61	61	61
Switzerland	60	61	61
Syrian Arab Republic	21	21	21
Tajikistan	55	56	57
Tanzania	86	86	86
Thailand	66	66	66
Timor-Leste	59	59	59
Togo	63	63	64
Tonga	54	53	55
Trinidad and Tobago	53	54	55
Tunisia	25	26	26
Turkey	24	25	24
Turkmenistan	61	61	62
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda	79	78	78
Ukraine	52	52	52
United Arab Emirates	41	42	42
United Kingdom	55	55	55
United States	59	59	58
Uruguay	54	53	54
Uzbekistan	57	58	58
Vanuatu	79	79	79
Venezuela, RB	50	51	52
Vietnam	68	68	68
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	49	49	49
West Bank and Gaza	15	16	17
Yemen, Rep.	19	20	20
Zambia	60	60	60
Zimbabwe	61	60	60

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