Unemployment, Female By Country

This page has a list of countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate), according to officially-recognized international sources compiled by the World Bank. Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

Afghanistan
29.19 %

Angola
14.32 %

Albania
10.94 %

United Arab Emirates
6.46 %

Argentina
7.58 %

Armenia
6.1 %

Australia
3.52 %

Austria
5.07 %

Azerbaijan
6.52 %

Burundi
0.766 %

Belgium
4.85 %

Benin
1.69 %

Burkina Faso
4.92 %

Bangladesh
6.5 %

Bulgaria
4.16 %

Bahrain
4.14 %

Bahamas
9.53 %

Bosnia and Herzegovina
14.38 %

Belarus
2.82 %

Belize
12.68 %

Bolivia
4.81 %

Brazil
9.41 %

Barbados
6.91 %

Brunei
5.99 %

Bhutan
8.08 %

Botswana
26.02 %

Central African Republic
7.17 %

Canada
5.26 %

Switzerland
4.1 %

Channel Islands
6.27 %

Chile
9.49 %

China
4.31 %

Ivory Coast
3.05 %

Cameroon
4.24 %

Congo
3.62 %

Republic Of The Congo
21.2 %

Colombia
11.82 %

Comoros
6.48 %

Cape Verde
11.49 %

Costa Rica
10.43 %

Cuba
1.18 %

Cyprus
6.51 %

Czech Republic
2.99 %

Germany
2.78 %

Djibouti
36.27 %

Denmark
4.79 %

Dominican Republic
8.3 %

Algeria
21.51 %

Ecuador
4.34 %

Egypt
13.43 %

Eritrea
6.71 %

Spain
13.98 %

Estonia
6.79 %

Ethiopia
4.47 %

European Union
6.25 %

Finland
6.31 %

Fiji
5.49 %

France
6.84 %

Gabon
29.19 %

United Kingdom
4.17 %

Georgia
10.33 %

Ghana
3.67 %

Guinea
5.46 %

Gambia
3.17 %

Guinea Bissau
2.65 %

Equatorial Guinea
9.65 %

Greece
14.11 %

Guatemala
4.82 %

Guam
5.24 %

Guyana
12.04 %

Hong Kong
3.34 %

Honduras
9.28 %

Croatia
7.16 %

Hungary
3.99 %

Indonesia
3 %

India
3.94 %

Ireland
4.32 %

Iran
15.36 %

Iraq
30.37 %

Iceland
2.38 %

Israel
3.26 %

Italy
8.75 %

Jamaica
6.31 %

Jordan
25.63 %

Japan
2.46 %

Kazakhstan
5.28 %

Kenya
7.44 %

Kyrgyzstan
4.3 %

Cambodia
0.247 %

South Korea
2.68 %

Kuwait
5.8 %

Laos
3.16 %

Lebanon
14.88 %

Liberia
2.18 %

Libya
24.74 %

St Lucia
15.45 %

Sri Lanka
10.26 %

Lesotho
18.49 %

Lithuania
6.32 %

Luxembourg
5.25 %

Latvia
5.09 %

Macau
1.48 %

Morocco
11.24 %

Moldova
1.18 %

Madagascar
1.84 %

Maldives
3.65 %

Mexico
2.89 %

Macedonia
12.63 %

Mali
3.14 %

Malta
2.52 %

Myanmar
3.55 %

Montenegro
14.08 %

Mongolia
4.52 %

Mozambique
3.96 %

Mauritania
15.38 %

Mauritius
7.04 %

Malawi
5.94 %

Malaysia
3.82 %

Namibia
18.4 %

New Caledonia
11.54 %

Niger
0.43 %

Nigeria
5.14 %

Nicaragua
4.88 %

Netherlands
3.77 %

Norway
3.37 %

Nepal
12.5 %

New Zealand
3.93 %

Oman
5.17 %

Pakistan
7.73 %

Panama
9.35 %

Peru
4.22 %

Philippines
2.54 %

Papua New Guinea
1.5 %

Poland
2.72 %

Puerto Rico
4.99 %

North Korea
3.15 %

Portugal
6.89 %

Paraguay
7.06 %

Palestine
40.04 %

French Polynesia
12.68 %

Qatar
0.424 %

Romania
5.13 %

Russia
3.23 %

Rwanda
16.46 %

South Asia
4.83 %

Saudi Arabia
14.96 %

Sudan
34.14 %

Senegal
3.15 %

Singapore
3.42 %

Solomon Islands
1.66 %

Sierra Leone
2.14 %

El Salvador
3.05 %

Somalia
24.86 %

Serbia
7.78 %

South Sudan
13.07 %

Sao Tome and Principe
22.1 %

Suriname
11.26 %

Slovakia
5.97 %

Slovenia
3.53 %

Sweden
7.73 %

Swaziland
24.02 %

Syria
25.29 %

Chad
0.68 %

Togo
2.76 %

Thailand
1.01 %

Tajikistan
5.42 %

Turkmenistan
2.53 %

East Timor
2.29 %

Tonga
3.06 %

Trinidad and Tobago
4.31 %

Tunisia
26.26 %

Turkey
12.51 %

Tanzania
3.48 %

Uganda
3.4 %

Ukraine
10.14 %

Uruguay
9.53 %

United States
3.48 %

Uzbekistan
6.37 %

St Vincent and the Grenadines
16.55 %

Venezuela
6.53 %

Virgin Islands
13.39 %

Vietnam
1.54 %

Vanuatu
6.62 %

World
5.26 %

Samoa
14.79 %

Yemen
29.85 %

South Africa
30.51 %

Zambia
4.92 %

Zimbabwe
9.52 %