Female share of the labor force — all countries

Female share of the labor force — OPEC

Female share of the labor force in OPEC in 2025 — 35.49%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3.27 pp.

2025 35.49% +0.05 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 35.49%2025
Period minimum 32.22%1990

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of labor force

Female share of the labor force — OPEC, 1990–2025323334353619901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 32.22%1991: 32.41%1992: 32.64%1993: 32.84%1994: 33.08%1995: 33.2%1996: 33.31%1997: 33.44%1998: 33.57%1999: 33.67%2000: 33.7%2001: 33.8%2002: 33.93%2003: 33.96%2004: 34.06%2005: 34.23%2006: 34.23%2007: 34.14%2008: 33.94%2009: 34%2010: 34.03%2011: 33.87%2012: 33.95%2013: 33.66%2014: 33.64%2015: 33.78%2016: 34.01%2017: 33.99%2018: 34.24%2019: 34.44%2020: 34.37%2021: 34.7%2022: 34.52%2023: 35.37%2024: 35.44%2025: 35.49%
Change over the period: +3.27 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

OPEC 35.49%
World 40.18%
Female share of the labor force — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 35.49 +0.05 pp
2024 35.44 +0.07 pp
2023 35.37 +0.85 pp
2022 34.52 −0.18 pp
2021 34.7 +0.33 pp
2020 34.37 −0.07 pp
2019 34.44 +0.2 pp
2018 34.24 +0.25 pp
2017 33.99 −0.02 pp
2016 34.01 +0.23 pp
2015 33.78 +0.14 pp
2014 33.64 −0.02 pp
2013 33.66 −0.28 pp
2012 33.95 +0.08 pp
2011 33.87 −0.16 pp
2010 34.03 +0.03 pp
2009 34 +0.06 pp
2008 33.94 −0.19 pp
2007 34.14 −0.09 pp
2006 34.23 +0.01 pp
2005 34.23 +0.17 pp
2004 34.06 +0.1 pp
2003 33.96 +0.03 pp
2002 33.93 +0.13 pp
2001 33.8 +0.1 pp
2000 33.7 +0.03 pp
1999 33.67 +0.1 pp
1998 33.57 +0.13 pp
1997 33.44 +0.13 pp
1996 33.31 +0.11 pp
1995 33.2 +0.12 pp
1994 33.08 +0.24 pp
1993 32.84 +0.2 pp
1992 32.64 +0.23 pp
1991 32.41 +0.19 pp
1990 32.22

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.