NationMaster - Female economic activity (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Mozambique:	82.8%
#2	Rwanda:	82.6%
#3	Burundi:	82%
#4	Solomon Islands:	81.2%
#5	Cambodia:	80.4%
#6	Ghana:	80.1%
#7	Uganda:	79.5%
#8	Malawi:	77.9%
#9	Guinea:	77.3%
#10	Burkina Faso:	75%
#11	Eritrea:	74.7%
#12	Kenya:	74.7%
#13	Laos:	74.4%
#14	Vietnam:	73.8%
#15	Benin:	73.6%
#16	Mongolia:	73.5%
#17	Thailand:	73.3%
#18	Angola:	72.8%
#19	China:	72.7%
#20	Mali:	70.1%
#21	Gambia, The:	69.7%
#22	Niger:	69.4%
#23	Madagascar:	69.1%
#24	Central African Republic:	67.6%
#25	Papua New Guinea:	67.6%
#26	Chad:	67.2%
#27	Jamaica:	67.1%
#28	Bahamas, The:	66.6%
#29	Iceland:	66.6%
#30	Bangladesh:	66.3%
#31	Burma:	65.8%
#32	Maldives:	65.4%
#33	Zimbabwe:	65.3%
#34	Zambia:	64.2%
#35	Mauritania:	63.4%
#36	Gabon:	63.2%
#37	Botswana:	63%
#38	Slovakia:	62.7%
#39	Sweden:	62.5%
#40	Comoros:	62.5%
#41	Armenia:	62.4%
#42	Uzbekistan:	62.3%
#43	Turkmenistan:	62.1%
#44	Denmark:	61.7%
#45	Barbados:	61.7%
#46	Senegal:	61.6%
#47	Czech Republic:	61.2%
#48	Kazakhstan:	61.1%
#49	Estonia:	61%
#50	Kyrgyzstan:	60.8%
#51	Canada:	60.1%
#52	Latvia:	60%
#53	Albania:	59.7%
#54	Russia:	59.3%
#55	Belarus:	59.3%
#56	Norway:	59.1%
#57	United States:	58.8%
#58	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	58.4%
#59	Lithuania:	57.8%
#60	Tajikistan:	57.6%
#61	Ethiopia:	57.3%
#62	New Zealand:	57.2%
#63	Poland:	57.1%
#64	Bhutan:	57.1%
#65	Finland:	57%
#66	Guinea-Bissau:	57%
#67	Bulgaria:	56.8%
#68	Nepal:	56.7%
#69	Haiti:	56%
#70	Australia:	55.8%
#71	Georgia:	55.7%
#72	Ukraine:	55.6%
#73	Indonesia:	55.2%
#74	Azerbaijan:	54.6%
#75	Slovenia:	54.6%
#76	Namibia:	53.7%
#77	Togo:	53.4%
#78	Korea, South:	53.2%
#79	United Kingdom:	52.8%
#80	Portugal:	51.2%
#81	Japan:	50.8%
#82	Switzerland:	50.7%
#83	Romania:	50.7%
#84	Singapore:	50.1%
#85	Turkey:	49.9%
#86	Cuba:	49.5%
#87	Philippines:	49.5%
#88	Cameroon:	49.3%
#89	Cyprus:	49%
#90	Croatia:	48.7%
#91	France:	48.5%
#92	Hungary:	48.5%
#93	Israel:	48.4%
#94	Malaysia:	48.4%
#95	Colombia:	48.1%
#96	Bolivia:	48%
#97	Uruguay:	48%
#98	Germany:	47.9%
#99	Nigeria:	47.6%
#100	Lesotho:	47.4%
#101	Nicaragua:	47.2%
#102	South Africa:	47.2%
#103	Cape Verde:	46.1%
#104	El Salvador:	45.8%
#105	Equatorial Guinea:	45.7%
#106	Netherlands:	45.4%
#107	Sierra Leone:	44.6%
#108	Trinidad and Tobago:	44.1%
#109	Cote d'Ivoire:	43.9%
#110	Austria:	43.9%
#111	Brazil:	43.8%
#112	Panama:	43.3%
#113	Venezuela:	43.1%
#114	Sri Lanka:	42.9%
#115	India:	42.1%
#116	Swaziland:	41.5%
#117	Morocco:	41.4%
#118	Qatar:	41%
#119	Guyana:	40.7%
#120	Honduras:	40.3%
#121	Dominican Republic:	40%
#122	Belgium:	39.7%
#123	Mexico:	39.4%
#124	Italy:	38.3%
#125	Greece:	38%
#126	Luxembourg:	37.9%
#127	Mauritius:	37.9%
#128	Chile:	37.6%
#129	Spain:	37.5%
#130	Costa Rica:	37.1%
#131	Ireland:	37.1%
#132	Fiji:	37%
#133	Tunisia:	36.9%
#134	Paraguay:	36.8%
#135	Kuwait:	36.6%
#136	Guatemala:	36%
#137	Suriname:	36%
#138	Argentina:	35.6%
#139	Pakistan:	35.3%
#140	Egypt:	35%
#141	Sudan:	34.8%
#142	Peru:	34.5%
#143	Bahrain:	33.5%
#144	Ecuador:	32.7%
#145	United Arab Emirates:	31.7%
#146	Yemen:	30.5%
#147	Lebanon:	29.6%
#148	Algeria:	29.5%
#149	Iran:	29%
#150	Syria:	28.6%
#151	Belize:	27.1%
#152	Jordan:	26.6%
#153	Malta:	25.8%
#154	Libya:	25%
#155	Saudi Arabia:	21.2%
#156	Oman:	19.2%
	Weighted average:	52.7%

DEFINITION: Female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) in 2000.

SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva

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