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Unemployment female percentage of female labor force national estimate

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.Source:
#Flag
Country
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate)Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate)Year
1
Lesotho
38.79%
2008
2
Kosovo
31.69%
2016
3
Iraq
30.96%
2017
4
Sudan
30.74%
2011
5
South Africa
29.06%
2018
6
Gabon
28.52%
2010
7
Yemen
26.13%
2014
8
Greece
26.07%
2017
9
Libya
25.05%
2012
10
Namibia
24.98%
2016
11
Angola
24.92%
2014
12
São Tomé and Príncipe
24.51%
2006
13
Swaziland
24.42%
2016
14
Jordan
24.13%
2016
15
Saint Lucia
23.48%
2016
16
Bosnia and Herzegovina
23.07%
2017
17
Egypt
23%
2017
18
Tunisia
22.78%
2017
19
Syria
22%
2010
20
Republic of Macedonia
21.82%
2017
21
Grenada
21.77%
1998
22
Botswana
21.43%
2010
23
Samoa
21.34%
2017
24
Saudi Arabia
21.3%
2017
25
Iran
19.89%
2017
26
Equatorial Guinea
19.38%
1983
27
Rwanda
19.35%
2017
28
Spain
19.03%
2017
29
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
18.6%
2001
30
Algeria
18.25%
2016
31
Armenia
18.07%
2013
32
Nauru
17.95%
2013
33
Haiti
17.3%
2012
34
Montenegro
16.94%
2017
35
Tuvalu
16.22%
2016
36
New Caledonia
15.6%
2014
37
Guyana
15.31%
2017
38
Zimbabwe
14.9%
2014
39
The Bahamas
14.5%
2016
40
Brazil
14.19%
2018
41
Afghanistan
14.03%
2017
42
Turkey
13.89%
2017
43
Federated States of Micronesia
13.88%
2014
44
Serbia
13.7%
2018
45
Oman
13.68%
2016
46
South Sudan
13.23%
2008
47
Northern Mariana Islands
13.05%
2010
48
French Polynesia
12.8%
2007
49
Cape Verde
12.76%
2017
50
Costa Rica
12.76%
2011
51
Georgia
12.74%
2017
52
Zambia
12.73%
2017
53
Gambia
12.63%
2012
54
Albania
12.58%
2017
55
Mauritania
12.4%
2012
56
Italy
12.39%
2017
57
Croatia
11.9%
2017
58
Jamaica
11.83%
2018
59
Colombia
11.76%
2018
60
Suriname
11.45%
2015
61
Cyprus
11.26%
2017
62
Uganda
11.14%
2017
63
Republic of the Congo
10.8%
2012
64
Guam
10.8%
2012
65
Morocco
10.66%
2016
66
Lebanon
10.4%
2009
67
Mauritius
10.04%
2017
68
San Marino
10.03%
2016
69
Barbados
10.01%
2016
70
Brunei
9.96%
2017
71
Belize
9.81%
2017
72
Puerto Rico
9.7%
2015
73
Uruguay
9.47%
2017
74
Dominica
9.45%
2001
75
Argentina
9.45%
2017
76
Kenya
9.4%
2009
77
Portugal
9.35%
2017
78
France
9.34%
2017
79
Greenland
9.3%
2015
80
Burkina Faso
9.26%
2014
81
Kyrgyzstan
8.91%
2017
82
Antigua and Barbuda
8.78%
2001
83
Monaco
8.68%
2016
84
Slovakia
8.41%
2017
85
Finland
8.39%
2017
86
Dominican Republic
8.07%
2017
87
Bermuda
8.05%
2014
88
Chile
7.99%
2018
89
Laos
7.82%
2017
90
Aruba
7.8%
2011
91
Ukraine
7.7%
2017
92
Latvia
7.68%
2017
93
Malawi
7.52%
2017
94
Paraguay
7.52%
2018
95
Slovenia
7.47%
2017
96
Peru
7.46%
2018
97
Tonga
7.41%
2003
98
Senegal
7.3%
2015
99
Venezuela
7.11%
2012
100
Belgium
7.05%
2017
101
United Arab Emirates
6.81%
2017
102
Sri Lanka
6.72%
2016
103
Bangladesh
6.68%
2017
104
Ghana
6.6%
2015
105
Sweden
6.44%
2017
106
Republic of Ireland
6.29%
2017
107
East Timor
6.26%
2016
108
American Samoa
6.01%
2000
109
Bulgaria
5.95%
2017
110
Denmark
5.94%
2017
111
Azerbaijan
5.9%
2017
112
Kazakhstan
5.87%
2013
113
Kuwait
5.83%
2016
114
Lithuania
5.68%
2017
115
Australia
5.67%
2017
116
Mongolia
5.66%
2017
117
Kiribati
5.64%
2015
118
Maldives
5.63%
2016
119
Nicaragua
5.61%
2014
120
Fiji
5.54%
2016
121
Honduras
5.51%
2017
122
Luxembourg
5.5%
2017
123
Canada
5.49%
2018
124
Estonia
5.3%
2017
125
Netherlands
5.25%
2017
126
Cayman Islands
5.2%
2015
127
New Zealand
5.2%
2017
128
Vanuatu
5.15%
2009
129
Panama
5.08%
2017
130
Switzerland
5.06%
2017
131
Nigeria
5.05%
2015
132
Russia
5.05%
2017
133
Austria
5.03%
2017
134
Poland
4.91%
2017
135
Comoros
4.89%
2004
136
Palau
4.86%
2005
137
Malta
4.66%
2017
138
Hungary
4.57%
2017
139
Pakistan
4.55%
2018
140
Marshall Islands
4.48%
2011
141
Ecuador
4.38%
2018
142
Israel
4.32%
2017
143
Saint Kitts And Nevis
4.27%
2001
144
United Kingdom
4.22%
2017
145
Belarus
4.04%
2017
146
Romania
4.04%
2017
147
Gibraltar
4.03%
1991
148
Cameroon
4.03%
2014
149
El Salvador
4%
2017
150
Indonesia
3.92%
2017
151
Malaysia
3.92%
2016
152
Bahrain
3.88%
2012
153
Sierra Leone
3.88%
2014
154
United States
3.84%
2018
155
Bolivia
3.78%
2015
156
Seychelles
3.73%
2017
157
Norway
3.69%
2017
158
India
3.69%
2012
159
Mozambique
3.67%
2015
160
Democratic Republic Of Congo
3.62%
2012
161
South Korea
3.6%
2017
162
Czech Republic
3.58%
2017
163
Guinea
3.55%
2002
164
Guatemala
3.5%
2017
165
Singapore
3.45%
1995
166
Mexico
3.43%
2018
167
Ivory Coast
3.36%
2016
168
Germany
3.31%
2017
169
Bhutan
3.15%
2015
170
Virgin Islands (British)
3.08%
1991
171
Trinidad and Tobago
2.95%
2016
172
Ethiopia
2.94%
2013
173
Tajikistan
2.9%
1997
174
Benin
2.86%
2011
175
Hong Kong
2.77%
2017
176
Iceland
2.72%
2017
177
Philippines
2.7%
2017
178
Tanzania
2.69%
2014
179
Cuba
2.6%
2015
180
Liechtenstein
2.53%
2007
181
Moldova
2.47%
2018
182
Liberia
2.36%
2016
183
Turkmenistan
2.3%
2010
184
Isle Of Man
2.26%
2016
185
Japan
2.2%
2018
186
Myanmar
2.01%
2017
187
Vietnam
1.71%
2017
188
Togo
1.7%
2015
189
Macao
1.6%
2017
190
Papua New Guinea
1.44%
2011
191
Mali
1.3%
2016
192
Burundi
1.17%
2014
193
Nepal
1.09%
2008
194
Cambodia
0.85%
2016
195
Solomon Islands
0.72%
2013
196
Thailand
0.71%
2016
197
Madagascar
0.63%
2012
198
Qatar
0.62%
2017
199
Uzbekistan
0.5%
1995
200
Niger
0.43%
2014
201
Chad
0.3%
1993
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