The average for 2023 based on 178 countries was 51.07 percent. The highest value was in the Solomon Islands: 82.73 percent and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 4.83 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The Bahamas had the highest female employment-to-population ratio in the world in 2023 at 90 percent of the women in working age in some form of employment. Iceland had the second highest female employment rate of the countries, reaching 81 percent.

Italy had the lowest employment-to-population ratio among women in the G7 countries between 2010 and 2023. In 2023, only 38 percent of women above 15 years in the country were in employment. Canada had the highest female employment-to-population ratio that year at 58 percent. In all G7 countries, employment-to-population was lower among women than among men.

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region shows wide variation in estimated female labor force participation rates (LFPR) among women aged between 15 and 64 years for 2024. North Korea had the highest estimated LFPR in APAC, at about ** percent. Countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Singapore had some of the highest female LFPR in the region, while South Asian countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, and India had some of the lowest shares of women in the labor force. This stark contrast highlights the diverse economic and social landscapes across the region, reflecting varying levels of gender equality and women's empowerment. More opportunities for women? With growing emphasis on gender equality, women across the Asia-Pacific region have gained greater access to education and professional opportunities. Notably, in 2022, many countries across the region had a higher female to male ratio in tertiary education. However, gender inequality in access to opportunities persists, as the proportion of young women not in education, employment, or training (NEET) is significantly higher than the overall youth NEET rate across APAC countries. This disparity is especially pronounced in South Asia, where deep-rooted cultural, social, and economic barriers continue to limit women’s full participation in the workforce. Women in positions of power Despite efforts to advance gender equality, women are still underrepresented in decision-making positions in many governments across the Asia-Pacific region. As such, there was a much lower female representation in ministerial level positions in most APAC countries, compared to that of men. However, New Zealand and Australia stand out for exhibiting a more balanced gender representation in political leadership.

The lowest female employment rate worldwide was found in Iraq, reaching only ***** percent. The Palestinian Territories and Sudan followed behind. A high number of the countries on the list are predominantly Muslim. Bahamas had the highest female employment rate in the world.

Graph and download economic data for Employment Rate: Aged 25-54: Females for the Euro Area (19 Countries) (LREM25FEEZQ156N) from Q2 2000 to Q4 2022 about 25 to 54 years, employment-population ratio, females, Euro Area, Europe, employment, population, and rate.

Graph and download economic data for Labor Force Participation Rate - Women (LNS11300002) from Jan 1948 to Jun 2025 about females, participation, 16 years +, labor force, labor, household survey, rate, and USA.

Global Employment Rate of Women with Tertiary Education by Country, 2023 Discover more data with ReportLinker!

This dataset is about countries. It has 118 rows and is filtered where the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments is greater than 20. It features 66 columns including ISO 3 country code, ISO 2 country code, country full name, and currency.

Context

Women roughly occupy half of the world's population but when it comes to the total workforce of a country, the percentage of male and female workers are rarely similar. This is even more prominent for the developing and underdeveloped countries. While several reasons such as the insufficient access to education, religious superstitions, lack of adequate infrastructures are responsible for this discrepancy, it goes way beyond these. And to show the effects of multiple socioeconomic factors on the participation of women in the total workforce, percentage of female employment in the total labor force has been considered. Using multiple linear regression model, the relationship between these factors can be analyzed.

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For the current study, the data set has been chosen from a survey performed on the population of Bangladesh. The datasets selected for this study span over 25 years (from 1995 to 2019). Data has been collected separately from multiple datasets from the World Bank databank for the employed women percentage and the related predictor variables. These datasets were compiled into one dataset and it corresponds to the 25 data points for the variables. There is one response variable which is the percentage of the employed women and 10 exlnanatory variables of predictors. Brief descriptions of these variables are given below.

PerFemEmploy Employment to population ratio (%) of women who are of age 15 or older. Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.

FertilityRate Fertility rate (birth per women). Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

RatioMaletoFemale Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate. Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate is calculated by dividing female labor force participation rate by male labor force participation rate and multiplying by 100.

PerFemEmployers Employers, female (% of female employment). Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).

Agriculture Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment). Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Industry Employment in industry, female (% of female employment). The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Services Employment in services, female (% of female employment). The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Wage.Salaried Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment). Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.

ContrFamWorkers Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment). Contribut...

This dataset is about countries per year in Georgia. It has 64 rows. It features 4 columns: country, vulnerable employment, and proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments.

Global Female Self-Employment Rate by Country, 2023 Discover more data with ReportLinker!

This dataset is about countries in Europe. It has 44 rows. It features 3 columns: vulnerable employment, and proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments.

This dataset is about countries per year in Serbia. It has 64 rows. It features 4 columns: country, vulnerable employment, and proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments.

According to BairesDev, the share of women applicants in tech jobs was the highest for Argentina and Uruguay. Overall, Latin America had the most significant percentage of women that applied for tech jobs. By contrast, only ***** percent of female applicants were from Pakistan.

This scatter chart displays proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) against vulnerable employment (% of total employment) in Europe. The data is about countries.

This scatter chart displays vulnerable employment (% of total employment) against proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in Western Africa. The data is about countries.

This scatter chart displays self-employed workers (% of total employment) against proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in Central America. The data is about countries.

There are several objectives faced by the operation on Structural Indicators.The first and generic is to achieve the production, with the highest possible degree of quality, of a battery of basic or context indicators, which serve or can serve as a reference.The second objective, would be to achieve methodological homogeneity and precision in the calculation in relation to other internal systems of indicators, and especially those defined by Eurostat, to rework and elaborate series that add the temporal perspective and design and implement dynamic file formats that allow the organisation and access to all information. Finally, the specific objective of the operation would focus on the coordination, management, verification and archiving of the indicators system.

Graph and download economic data for Employment Rate: Aged 15-64: Females for the Euro Area (19 Countries) (LREM64FEEZA156S) from 2005 to 2022 about employment-population ratio, 15 to 64 years, females, Euro Area, Europe, employment, population, and rate.