Female share of the labor force — all countries

Female share of the labor force — G7

Female share of the labor force in the G7 in 2025 — 45.99%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3.7 pp.

2025 45.99% +0.03 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 45.99%2025
Period minimum 42.29%1990

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of labor force

Female share of the labor force — G7, 1990–2025424344454619901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 42.29%1991: 42.59%1992: 42.68%1993: 42.74%1994: 43.04%1995: 43.15%1996: 43.26%1997: 43.43%1998: 43.52%1999: 43.62%2000: 43.69%2001: 43.83%2002: 43.94%2003: 44.11%2004: 44.21%2005: 44.31%2006: 44.41%2007: 44.49%2008: 44.6%2009: 44.86%2010: 44.9%2011: 44.97%2012: 44.95%2013: 45.03%2014: 45.12%2015: 45.07%2016: 45.14%2017: 45.28%2018: 45.35%2019: 45.51%2020: 45.5%2021: 45.61%2022: 45.72%2023: 45.89%2024: 45.97%2025: 45.99%
Change over the period: +3.7 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 45.99%
World 40.18%
Female share of the labor force — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 45.99 +0.03 pp
2024 45.97 +0.08 pp
2023 45.89 +0.17 pp
2022 45.72 +0.11 pp
2021 45.61 +0.11 pp
2020 45.5 −0.01 pp
2019 45.51 +0.16 pp
2018 45.35 +0.07 pp
2017 45.28 +0.14 pp
2016 45.14 +0.08 pp
2015 45.07 −0.05 pp
2014 45.12 +0.09 pp
2013 45.03 +0.08 pp
2012 44.95 −0.02 pp
2011 44.97 +0.06 pp
2010 44.9 +0.05 pp
2009 44.86 +0.26 pp
2008 44.6 +0.11 pp
2007 44.49 +0.08 pp
2006 44.41 +0.1 pp
2005 44.31 +0.11 pp
2004 44.21 +0.09 pp
2003 44.11 +0.18 pp
2002 43.94 +0.1 pp
2001 43.83 +0.14 pp
2000 43.69 +0.08 pp
1999 43.62 +0.1 pp
1998 43.52 +0.09 pp
1997 43.43 +0.17 pp
1996 43.26 +0.11 pp
1995 43.15 +0.11 pp
1994 43.04 +0.3 pp
1993 42.74 +0.07 pp
1992 42.68 +0.09 pp
1991 42.59 +0.29 pp
1990 42.29

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.