Female share of the labor force — all countries

Female share of the labor force — Eastern Europe

Female share of the labor force in Eastern Europe in 2025 — 47.71%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.04 pp.

2025 47.71% −0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 48.51%2006
Period minimum 47.14%1995

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of labor force

Female share of the labor force — Eastern Europe, 1990–20254747.54848.54919901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 47.68%1991: 47.57%1992: 47.37%1993: 47.24%1994: 47.16%1995: 47.14%1996: 47.18%1997: 47.24%1998: 47.33%1999: 47.7%2000: 47.82%2001: 47.93%2002: 48.19%2003: 48.27%2004: 48.34%2005: 48.41%2006: 48.51%2007: 48.43%2008: 48.18%2009: 48.16%2010: 48.03%2011: 48%2012: 47.91%2013: 47.75%2014: 47.66%2015: 47.52%2016: 47.45%2017: 47.38%2018: 47.37%2019: 47.31%2020: 47.3%2021: 47.38%2022: 47.58%2023: 47.58%2024: 47.72%2025: 47.71%
Change over the period: +0.04 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Europe 47.71%
World 40.18%
Female share of the labor force — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 47.71 −0.01 pp
2024 47.72 +0.14 pp
2023 47.58 +0 pp
2022 47.58 +0.2 pp
2021 47.38 +0.08 pp
2020 47.3 −0 pp
2019 47.31 −0.07 pp
2018 47.37 −0.01 pp
2017 47.38 −0.06 pp
2016 47.45 −0.07 pp
2015 47.52 −0.14 pp
2014 47.66 −0.1 pp
2013 47.75 −0.16 pp
2012 47.91 −0.09 pp
2011 48 −0.03 pp
2010 48.03 −0.13 pp
2009 48.16 −0.02 pp
2008 48.18 −0.25 pp
2007 48.43 −0.09 pp
2006 48.51 +0.1 pp
2005 48.41 +0.07 pp
2004 48.34 +0.07 pp
2003 48.27 +0.08 pp
2002 48.19 +0.26 pp
2001 47.93 +0.11 pp
2000 47.82 +0.12 pp
1999 47.7 +0.37 pp
1998 47.33 +0.09 pp
1997 47.24 +0.05 pp
1996 47.18 +0.04 pp
1995 47.14 −0.01 pp
1994 47.16 −0.09 pp
1993 47.24 −0.13 pp
1992 47.37 −0.19 pp
1991 47.57 −0.11 pp
1990 47.68

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.