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Compare Female Labor Participation across 20 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2025. Values are measured in % of female population ages 15+.
Data year: 2025 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
This ranking uses common-year World Bank observations for 2025. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Bolivia has the highest observed value at 72.9%.
- Guatemala has the lowest observed value at 38.3%.
- The median across 20 reporting countries is 52.7%.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 34.5 percentage points.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in % of female population ages 15+. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia | 72.9% |
| 2 | Peru | 65% |
| 3 | Canada | 60.2% |
| 4 | Paraguay | 59% |
| 5 | Uruguay | 57.3% |
| 6 | United States | 56.3% |
| 7 | Panama | 54.9% |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 53.7% |
| 9 | Brazil | 53.4% |
| 10 | Chile | 52.9% |
| 11 | Argentina | 52.5% |
| 12 | Ecuador | 52.4% |
| 13 | Colombia | 51.6% |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 51.3% |
| 15 | El Salvador | 49.1% |
| 16 | Mexico | 47.5% |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 46% |
| 18 | Cuba | 40% |
| 19 | Honduras | 39.6% |
| 20 | Guatemala | 38.3% |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 52.7%, compared with a median of 52.7%. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 7.8 percentage points. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
- Indicator ID
- SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS
- Data year
- 2025
- Units
- % of female population ages 15+
- Coverage
- 20 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Technical details
- Coverage threshold
- Minimum 18 reporting countries.
- Countries included
- Bolivia, Peru, Canada, Paraguay, Uruguay, United States, Panama, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Guatemala
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- None
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.
Modeled ILO estimates include employed women and those seeking work; unpaid domestic work is not counted as labor-force participation.