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Female/male activity ratio

SL.TLF.CACT.FM.ZS · %

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, South Sudan. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, Germany
83.7%2025
Period covered
1990 - 202536 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
91.85%South Sudan, 2023
Lowest of the compared countries
70%Italy, 2025

7 of 8 countries compared, out of 142.

40608010019901999200820162025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Sudan91.85%2023
  • United Kingdom87.4%2025
  • Netherlands87.23%2025
  • Spain84.89%2025
  • United States84.02%2025
  • Germany83.7%2025
  • Italy70%2025

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
GermanyUnited KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesSouth Sudan
202583.7%87.4%70%84.89%87.23%84.02%
202483.74%87.34%69.94%84.8%87.15%83.98%
202383.97%86.34%70.24%84.23%87.03%83.79%91.85%
202283.72%87.01%69.75%82.81%86.88%82.94%92.14%
202183.39%87.74%69.3%83.31%86.81%82.59%94.09%
202083.44%86.86%68.68%81.91%86.47%82.65%93.86%
201983%86.04%69.51%81.94%85.75%82.63%93.86%
201882.75%84.61%69.02%81.44%85.17%82.18%92.06%
201783.05%84.43%68.69%81.55%85.12%82.07%91.88%
201682.75%83.88%67.96%81.43%84.55%81.54%93.6%
201582.16%83.29%67.23%81.06%83.95%81.5%94.52%
201481.79%83.02%68%80.82%83.41%81.74%95.41%
201381.24%82.58%67.3%80.4%84.02%81.47%96.29%
201280.57%81.72%66.67%79.93%84.02%81.66%96.21%
201180.88%81.52%65.03%78.37%83.54%81.93%95.84%
201078.91%81.06%64.24%76.87%82.6%82.09%94.95%
200979.43%80.78%63.79%75.29%81.52%81.99%94.09%
200878.02%79.89%63.65%72.88%81%81.17%93.52%
200778.65%79.63%62.39%70.93%80.27%80.62%92.84%
200677.53%79.87%62.34%69.55%79.79%80.39%92.14%

World Bank definition

Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate)

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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