Countries with the Highest Female Labour Force Participation 2023
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Countries with the Highest Female Labour Force Participation 2023Madagascar (82.87), Solomon Islands (82.33) and Nigeria (80.69) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 82.87 down to 69.22, a spread of 13.65. Only 0.54 separates Madagascar from Solomon Islands in second, 0.7% of the leading figure. Madagascar stood at 82.83 in 2022, so its figure rose by 0.04 over the year. Madagascar also came first in 2022. Of the 20 in this table that also reported in 2022, 13 recorded a higher figure than the year before and 7 a lower one. The largest single move was Nigeria, from 76.93 to 80.69. The chart shows the twenty highest of 184 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2023 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Female Labour Force Participation (%)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
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- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.
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