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Countries by Labor force, female (2025)

Labor force, female in 2025: highest in China (348.5 million), lowest in Tonga (15,764), median 1.613 million across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Labor force, female across 231 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

231 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1990–2025

Highest Labor force, female, 2025

  1. 1.China348.5 million
  2. 2.India174.9 million
  3. 3.United States79.77 million
  4. 4.Indonesia58.27 million
  5. 5.Nigeria56.43 million
  6. 6.Brazil46.97 million
  7. 7.Russia35.5 million
  8. 8.Japan31.57 million
  9. 9.Vietnam27.85 million
  10. 10.Bangladesh25.43 million

Lowest Labor force, female, 2025

  1. 173.Vanuatu55,643
  2. 174.French Polynesia53,386
  3. 175.St. Lucia47,094
  4. 176.Channel Islands36,329
  5. 177.Guam35,221
  6. 178.US Virgin Islands24,465
  7. 179.St. Vincent and the Grenadines22,997
  8. 180.Samoa21,029
  9. 181.Sao Tome and Principe17,343
  10. 182.Tonga15,764

All 182 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Labor force, female trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

ChinaRank 1 of 182IndiaRank 2 of 182United StatesRank 3 of 182IndonesiaRank 4 of 182NigeriaRank 5 of 182BrazilRank 6 of 182RussiaRank 7 of 182JapanRank 8 of 182VietnamRank 9 of 182BangladeshRank 10 of 182MexicoRank 11 of 182EthiopiaRank 12 of 182PhilippinesRank 13 of 182GermanyRank 14 of 182PakistanRank 15 of 182DR CongoRank 16 of 182ThailandRank 17 of 182United KingdomRank 18 of 182TanzaniaRank 19 of 182FranceRank 20 of 182South KoreaRank 21 of 182TurkeyRank 22 of 182South AfricaRank 23 of 182KenyaRank 24 of 182SpainRank 25 of 182ColombiaRank 26 of 182UgandaRank 27 of 182ItalyRank 28 of 182CanadaRank 29 of 182ArgentinaRank 30 of 182PeruRank 31 of 182MyanmarRank 32 of 182North KoreaRank 33 of 182PolandRank 34 of 182MadagascarRank 35 of 182MozambiqueRank 36 of 182AngolaRank 37 of 182EgyptRank 38 of 182AustraliaRank 39 of 182MalaysiaRank 40 of 182GhanaRank 41 of 182Cote d'IvoireRank 42 of 182NigerRank 43 of 182UzbekistanRank 44 of 182CambodiaRank 45 of 182CameroonRank 46 of 182IranRank 47 of 182NetherlandsRank 48 of 182KazakhstanRank 49 of 182Burkina FasoRank 50 of 182ChileRank 51 of 182VenezuelaRank 52 of 182MalawiRank 53 of 182ZambiaRank 54 of 182EcuadorRank 55 of 182MaliRank 56 of 182RomaniaRank 57 of 182Saudi ArabiaRank 58 of 182ZimbabweRank 59 of 182BeninRank 60 of 182BurundiRank 61 of 182BoliviaRank 62 of 182NepalRank 63 of 182MoroccoRank 64 of 182Sri LankaRank 65 of 182RwandaRank 66 of 182PortugalRank 67 of 182SwedenRank 68 of 182ChadRank 69 of 182BelgiumRank 70 of 182AzerbaijanRank 71 of 182Czech RepublicRank 72 of 182GuatemalaRank 73 of 182HaitiRank 74 of 182SwitzerlandRank 75 of 182BelarusRank 76 of 182IsraelRank 77 of 182HungaryRank 78 of 182Dominican RepublicRank 79 of 182AlgeriaRank 80 of 182SenegalRank 81 of 182AustriaRank 82 of 182GreeceRank 83 of 182GuineaRank 84 of 182Hong KongRank 85 of 182CubaRank 86 of 182Papua New GuineaRank 87 of 182United Arab EmiratesRank 88 of 182Lao PDRRank 89 of 182IraqRank 90 of 182SingaporeRank 91 of 182SerbiaRank 92 of 182DenmarkRank 93 of 182HondurasRank 94 of 182TogoRank 95 of 182ParaguayRank 96 of 182New ZealandRank 97 of 182NorwayRank 98 of 182BulgariaRank 99 of 182Sierra LeoneRank 100 of 182FinlandRank 101 of 182IrelandRank 102 of 182NicaraguaRank 103 of 182SlovakiaRank 104 of 182Republic of the CongoRank 105 of 182TunisiaRank 106 of 182LiberiaRank 107 of 182El SalvadorRank 108 of 182Syrian Arab RepublicRank 109 of 182Kyrgyz RepublicRank 110 of 182SomaliaRank 111 of 182TurkmenistanRank 112 of 182Central African RepublicRank 113 of 182Costa RicaRank 114 of 182GeorgiaRank 115 of 182PanamaRank 116 of 182LibyaRank 117 of 182EritreaRank 118 of 182UruguayRank 119 of 182CroatiaRank 120 of 182TajikistanRank 121 of 182LithuaniaRank 122 of 182MoldovaRank 123 of 182JamaicaRank 124 of 182ArmeniaRank 125 of 182KuwaitRank 126 of 182AfghanistanRank 127 of 182MongoliaRank 128 of 182JordanRank 129 of 182AlbaniaRank 130 of 182YemenRank 131 of 182Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 132 of 182BotswanaRank 133 of 182Puerto RicoRank 134 of 182NamibiaRank 135 of 182SloveniaRank 136 of 182LatviaRank 137 of 182Guinea-BissauRank 138 of 182OmanRank 139 of 182MauritaniaRank 140 of 182QatarRank 141 of 182The GambiaRank 142 of 182LesothoRank 143 of 182EstoniaRank 144 of 182CyprusRank 145 of 182GabonRank 146 of 182North MacedoniaRank 147 of 182Equatorial GuineaRank 148 of 182Timor-LesteRank 149 of 182Trinidad and TobagoRank 150 of 182MauritiusRank 151 of 182Solomon IslandsRank 152 of 182EswatiniRank 153 of 182MacaoRank 154 of 182BahrainRank 155 of 182BhutanRank 156 of 182LuxembourgRank 157 of 182GuyanaRank 158 of 182MontenegroRank 159 of 182MaltaRank 160 of 182FijiRank 161 of 182ComorosRank 162 of 182The BahamasRank 163 of 182IcelandRank 164 of 182SurinameRank 165 of 182Cabo VerdeRank 166 of 182Brunei DarussalamRank 167 of 182DjiboutiRank 168 of 182BarbadosRank 169 of 182BelizeRank 170 of 182MaldivesRank 171 of 182New CaledoniaRank 172 of 182VanuatuRank 173 of 182French PolynesiaRank 174 of 182St. LuciaRank 175 of 182Channel IslandsRank 176 of 182GuamRank 177 of 182US Virgin IslandsRank 178 of 182St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 179 of 182SamoaRank 180 of 182Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 181 of 182TongaRank 182 of 182

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Labor force, female Data Coverage

This page lists 231 countries with available Labor force, female data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.