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Female share of the labor force — all countries

Female share of the labor force — Upper-middle-income countries

Female share of the labor force in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 43.22%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.69 pp.

2025 43.22% +0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 43.22%2025
Period minimum 42.42%1993

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of labor force

Female share of the labor force — Upper-middle-income countries, 1990–202542.442.642.84343.243.419901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 42.53%1991: 42.45%1992: 42.49%1993: 42.42%1994: 42.52%1995: 42.62%1996: 42.65%1997: 42.65%1998: 42.71%1999: 42.72%2000: 42.71%2001: 42.66%2002: 42.62%2003: 42.61%2004: 42.52%2005: 42.49%2006: 42.46%2007: 42.57%2008: 42.53%2009: 42.53%2010: 42.45%2011: 42.46%2012: 42.52%2013: 42.52%2014: 42.52%2015: 42.62%2016: 42.71%2017: 42.82%2018: 42.92%2019: 43.05%2020: 42.85%2021: 43.05%2022: 43.08%2023: 43.18%2024: 43.21%2025: 43.22%
Change over the period: +0.69 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 43.22%
World 40.18%
Female share of the labor force — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.22 +0.01 pp
2024 43.21 +0.03 pp
2023 43.18 +0.09 pp
2022 43.08 +0.03 pp
2021 43.05 +0.2 pp
2020 42.85 −0.19 pp
2019 43.05 +0.13 pp
2018 42.92 +0.1 pp
2017 42.82 +0.11 pp
2016 42.71 +0.09 pp
2015 42.62 +0.09 pp
2014 42.52 +0 pp
2013 42.52 +0 pp
2012 42.52 +0.05 pp
2011 42.46 +0.01 pp
2010 42.45 −0.07 pp
2009 42.53 −0 pp
2008 42.53 −0.04 pp
2007 42.57 +0.11 pp
2006 42.46 −0.03 pp
2005 42.49 −0.02 pp
2004 42.52 −0.09 pp
2003 42.61 −0.01 pp
2002 42.62 −0.04 pp
2001 42.66 −0.06 pp
2000 42.71 −0 pp
1999 42.72 +0.01 pp
1998 42.71 +0.05 pp
1997 42.65 +0.01 pp
1996 42.65 +0.03 pp
1995 42.62 +0.1 pp
1994 42.52 +0.1 pp
1993 42.42 −0.07 pp
1992 42.49 +0.04 pp
1991 42.45 −0.08 pp
1990 42.53 —

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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