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Female share of the labor force — all countries

Female share of the labor force — Central Asia

Female share of the labor force in Central Asia in 2025 — 40.32%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 2.36 pp.

2025 40.32% −0.11 pp vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 43.2%1995
Period minimum 40.12%2021

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of labor force

Female share of the labor force — Central Asia, 1990–2025404142434419901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 42.68%1991: 42.71%1992: 42.82%1993: 42.92%1994: 43.15%1995: 43.2%1996: 43.09%1997: 43.04%1998: 42.98%1999: 42.91%2000: 42.85%2001: 42.74%2002: 42.76%2003: 42.72%2004: 42.52%2005: 42.37%2006: 42.26%2007: 42.12%2008: 41.97%2009: 41.78%2010: 41.71%2011: 41.49%2012: 41.32%2013: 41.07%2014: 41%2015: 40.83%2016: 40.61%2017: 40.43%2018: 40.36%2019: 40.24%2020: 40.16%2021: 40.12%2022: 40.3%2023: 40.36%2024: 40.43%2025: 40.32%
Change over the period: −2.36 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Central Asia 40.32%
World 40.18%
Female share of the labor force — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.32 −0.11 pp
2024 40.43 +0.06 pp
2023 40.36 +0.06 pp
2022 40.3 +0.19 pp
2021 40.12 −0.04 pp
2020 40.16 −0.08 pp
2019 40.24 −0.13 pp
2018 40.36 −0.07 pp
2017 40.43 −0.18 pp
2016 40.61 −0.22 pp
2015 40.83 −0.18 pp
2014 41 −0.07 pp
2013 41.07 −0.25 pp
2012 41.32 −0.17 pp
2011 41.49 −0.21 pp
2010 41.71 −0.07 pp
2009 41.78 −0.19 pp
2008 41.97 −0.16 pp
2007 42.12 −0.14 pp
2006 42.26 −0.11 pp
2005 42.37 −0.15 pp
2004 42.52 −0.2 pp
2003 42.72 −0.04 pp
2002 42.76 +0.02 pp
2001 42.74 −0.1 pp
2000 42.85 −0.07 pp
1999 42.91 −0.07 pp
1998 42.98 −0.06 pp
1997 43.04 −0.05 pp
1996 43.09 −0.11 pp
1995 43.2 +0.05 pp
1994 43.15 +0.23 pp
1993 42.92 +0.1 pp
1992 42.82 +0.1 pp
1991 42.71 +0.04 pp
1990 42.68 —

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.

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