Female labour force participation rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Female labour force participation rate: latest observations by country
Date	Canada	United States	Germany	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 2002	60.2%	58.4%	49.6%	42.8%
Dec 31, 2003	61.2%	58.2%	50.0%	42.9%
Dec 31, 2004	61.3%	57.9%	49.7%	44.6%
Dec 31, 2005	61.0%	58.0%	50.7%	45.7%
Dec 31, 2006	61.3%	58.2%	51.8%	46.1%
Dec 31, 2007	61.8%	58.1%	52.2%	46.7%
Dec 31, 2008	61.9%	58.3%	52.0%	47.2%
Dec 31, 2009	61.9%	58.1%	52.6%	49.1%
Dec 31, 2010	61.9%	57.5%	52.5%	48.8%
Dec 31, 2011	61.6%	57.0%	53.7%	49.5%
Dec 31, 2012	61.7%	56.8%	53.7%	51.2%
Dec 31, 2013	61.8%	56.4%	54.2%	51.5%
Dec 31, 2014	61.2%	56.2%	54.5%	52.2%
Dec 31, 2015	61.0%	55.9%	54.4%	54.2%
Dec 31, 2016	60.9%	56.1%	54.8%	53.6%
Dec 31, 2017	61.1%	56.4%	55.1%	54.0%
Dec 31, 2018	61.0%	56.5%	55.2%	54.8%
Dec 31, 2019	61.3%	56.9%	55.7%	54.9%
Dec 31, 2020	59.4%	55.7%	55.1%	55.9%
Dec 31, 2021	60.6%	55.6%	55.0%	56.9%
Dec 31, 2022	61.0%	56.0%	55.5%	57.0%
Dec 31, 2023	61.1%	56.6%	55.8%	57.2%
Dec 31, 2024	60.4%	56.6%	55.6%	57.6%
Dec 31, 2025	60.2%	56.3%	55.3%	57.5%