Female share of the labor force — all countries

Female share of the labor force — ASEAN

Female share of the labor force in ASEAN in 2025 — 42.22%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.3 pp.

2025 42.22% +0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 42.22%2025
Period minimum 40.71%2004

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of labor force

Female share of the labor force — ASEAN, 1990–202540.54141.54242.519901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 41.92%1991: 41.73%1992: 41.87%1993: 41.73%1994: 41.81%1995: 41.88%1996: 41.94%1997: 41.81%1998: 41.96%1999: 41.86%2000: 41.83%2001: 41.43%2002: 41.06%2003: 41.03%2004: 40.71%2005: 40.77%2006: 40.77%2007: 41.48%2008: 41.56%2009: 41.69%2010: 41.76%2011: 41.76%2012: 41.75%2013: 41.6%2014: 41.64%2015: 41.67%2016: 41.68%2017: 41.68%2018: 41.88%2019: 41.92%2020: 41.78%2021: 41.92%2022: 42.07%2023: 42.18%2024: 42.2%2025: 42.22%
Change over the period: +0.3 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: ASEAN

ASEAN 42.22%
World 40.18%
Female share of the labor force — ASEAN, by year ASEAN All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 42.22 +0.02 pp
2024 42.2 +0.02 pp
2023 42.18 +0.11 pp
2022 42.07 +0.15 pp
2021 41.92 +0.15 pp
2020 41.78 −0.15 pp
2019 41.92 +0.05 pp
2018 41.88 +0.2 pp
2017 41.68 −0 pp
2016 41.68 +0.01 pp
2015 41.67 +0.03 pp
2014 41.64 +0.04 pp
2013 41.6 −0.15 pp
2012 41.75 −0.01 pp
2011 41.76 −0 pp
2010 41.76 +0.07 pp
2009 41.69 +0.13 pp
2008 41.56 +0.09 pp
2007 41.48 +0.7 pp
2006 40.77 +0 pp
2005 40.77 +0.06 pp
2004 40.71 −0.32 pp
2003 41.03 −0.03 pp
2002 41.06 −0.36 pp
2001 41.43 −0.4 pp
2000 41.83 −0.03 pp
1999 41.86 −0.1 pp
1998 41.96 +0.15 pp
1997 41.81 −0.13 pp
1996 41.94 +0.06 pp
1995 41.88 +0.07 pp
1994 41.81 +0.09 pp
1993 41.73 −0.14 pp
1992 41.87 +0.13 pp
1991 41.73 −0.19 pp
1990 41.92

About the indicator

The share of women in the total labor force. It differs from female labor force participation in measuring composition rather than reach: the first answers what part of those working are women, the second what part of women work. Fifty percent would mean complete equality of composition; in most countries it comes to between forty and forty-eight, and in the Gulf states and South Asia to less than twenty.

Important: A measure of composition, not of access: the share can rise because men are leaving the labor market. It is worth reading together with female labor force participation.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.