Female labor force participation rates by national per capita income
The labor force participation rate corresponds to the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active. National income levels correspond toGDP per capita in constant international dollars. This means figures are adjusted for inflation and cross-country price differences.
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- A woman has the same rights to remarry as a man
- Average age at marriage, women
- Average daily time spent by women on domestic work (paid and unpaid)
- Average usual weekly hours worked, women 15 years and older
- Change in children per woman and female labor force participation
- Child marriage prohibited or invalidated
- Countries by share of women in parliament
- Countries in which a woman is government's chief executive
- Countries in which a woman is head of government
- Countries in which a woman is head of state
- Criminal penalties or civil remedies exist for sexual harassment in employment
- Days of paid maternity leave
- Dismissal of pregnant workers prohibited
- Distribution of women's political empowerment index
- Distribution of women's share in parliament
- Distribution of women's share in parliamentweighted by population
- Employment discrimination based on gender prohibited
- Exceptions to the legal age of marriage
- Female employment vs. public spending on family benefits
- Female employment-to-population ratioNational estimates
- Female employment-to-population ratioModeled estimates
- Female employment-to-population ratio, 2020 vs. 1980
- Female labor force by age
- Female labor force participation rate (15-64)
- Female labor force participation rate vs. GDP per capita
- Female labor force participation ratesOECD & Long
- Female labor force participation ratesOECD & Long
- Female labor force participation ratesILO
- Female labor force participation rates1980 vs. 2020
- Female labor force participation rates by family benefits public spending
- Female-to-male ratio of time devoted to unpaid care work
- Gender discrimination in credit access prohibited
- Gender ratio for average years of schooling
- Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capitaBy continent
- Index of US maternal mortality and female labor force participation (FLFP)
- Labor force participation rates for women ages 15-24, 2020 vs. 1980
- Labor force participation, younger vs. older women
- Law mandates equal remuneration for females and males for work of equal value
- Legal age of marriage for girls
- Legislation addressing domestic violence specifically
- Legislation establishes clear criminal penalties for domestic violence
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment
- Legislation that specifically addresses sexual harassment
- Male and female surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets
- Male vs. female informal employment as share of total employment
- Married couples jointly share legal responsibility for financially maintaining the family’s expenses
- Married women are required by law to obey their husbands
- Married women can legally confer citizenship to their children in the same way as married men
- Married women can legally confer their citizenship to a non-national spouse in the same way as married men
- Maternal mortality ratioWith SDG Target
- Maternal mortality vs. female labor force participation, United States
- Men and married women have equal ownership rights to property
- Paid leave is available to fathers
- Paid leave of at least 14 weeks available to mothers
- Paid parental leave
- Penalties for authorizing or entering into child or early marriage
- Pension benefits account for periods of absence due to childcare
- People living in countries in which a woman is government's chief executive
- People living in countries in which a woman is head of government
- People living in countries in which a woman is head of state
- Presence of a specialized court or procedure for cases of domestic violence
- Prevalence of female genital mutilation
- Proportion of female employees by economic sector
- Proportion of labor force who are women
- Proportion of women participating in the labor force
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation ratesLine chart
- Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
- Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
- Retirement age with full pension benefits same for women and men
- Share of day women spend on unpaid domestic and care work
- Share of employed women working in agriculture vs. GDP per capita
- Share of firms with a female top manager
- Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture
- Share of male vs. female employment in industry
- Share of male vs. female employment in services
- Share of population subjected to sexual violence, male vs. female
- Share of senior and middle management positions filled by women
- Share of the population subjected to physical violence, male vs. female
- Share of women in local government
- Share of women in ministerial positions
- Share of women in parliamentIPU
- Share of women in parliamentV-Dem
- Share of women that are expected to die from pregnancy-related causes
- Share of women using modern contraceptive methods
- Share of women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife
- Share of women who experienced violence by an intimate partner
- Share of women who experienced violence by an intimate partnerIHME
- Share of women who experienced violence from an intimate partnerUnited Nations
- Share of women who make their own informed health care decisions
- Share of women who report having been victims of forced sex as children
- Share of women who were married by age 15
- Share of women who were married by age 18
- Share of young women who experienced sexual violence as children
- Share who agree with the statement 'when jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job than women'
- Sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents
- Spouses have equal legal administrative authority over assets during marriage
- Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings
- Unemployment rate, women
- Unemployment rate, women vs. men
- Unmarried women can legally confer citizenship to their children in the same way as married men
- Unmet need for contraception among married women of reproductive age
- Urban population vs. female labor force participation rate
- Weekly working hours
- What percentage of the US public approves of working wives?
- Woman is government's chief executive
- Woman is head of government
- Woman is head of state
- Women and men's testimony carries the same evidentiary weight in court
- Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men
- Women can be head of household in the same way as men
- Women can choose where to live in the same way as men
- Women can obtain a judgment of divorce in the same way as men
- Women can obtain a national identity card in the same way as married men
- Women can open a bank account in the same way as men
- Women can sign a contract in the same way as men
- Women can take the same jobs as men
- Women can travel outside the country in the same way as men
- Women can travel outside their home in the same way as men
- Women can work at night in the same way as men
- Women can work in a job deemed dangerous in the same way as men
- Women can work in an industrial job in the same way as men
- Women in informal employment as share of female employment
- Women participating in decisionmaking vs. children per woman
- Women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
- Women's civil liberties index
- Women's civil liberties indexweighted by population
- Women's civil society participation index
- Women's civil society participation indexweighted by population
- Women's political empowerment index
- Women's political empowerment indexweighted by population
- Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index
- Women's political participation index
- Women's political participation indexweighted by population
- Women's universal right to voteLexical Index
- Women, Business and the Law Index