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31Gender inequality in economic activity
Economic activity rate (female rate as % of male rate, aged 15 and older)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2005
1 Iceland 86
2 Norway 87
3 Australia 80
4 Canada 84
5 Ireland 74
6 Sweden 87
7 Switzerland 80
8 Japan 66
9 Netherlands 77
10 France 79
11 Finland 86
12 United States 82
13 Spain 66
14 Denmark 84
15 Austria 76
16 United Kingdom 80
17 Belgium 73
18 Luxembourg 69
19 New Zealand 82
20 Italy 62
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 76
22 Germany 77
23 Israel 85
24 Greece 67
25 Singapore 66
26 Korea (Republic of) 68
27 Slovenia 80
28 Cyprus 76
29 Portugal 79
30 Brunei Darussalam 55
31 Barbados 83
32 Czech Republic 77
33 Kuwait 58
34 Malta 49
35 Qatar 41
36 Hungary 73
37 Poland 78
38 Argentina 70
39 United Arab Emirates 42
40 Chile 52
41 Bahrain 33
42 Slovakia 76
43 Lithuania 82
44 Estonia 80
45 Latvia 77
46 Uruguay 72
47 Croatia 74
48 Costa Rica 56
49 Bahamas 91
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 59
52 Mexico 50
53 Bulgaria 78
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga 63
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 40
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman 28
59 Trinidad and Tobago 61
60 Romania 80
61 Saudi Arabia 22
62 Panama 64
63 Malaysia 57
64 Belarus 82
65 Mauritius 54
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86
67 Russian Federation 80
68 Albania 70
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 63
70 Brazil 71
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia 67
73 Kazakhstan 87
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 69
75 Colombia 76
76 Ukraine 79
77 Samoa 51
78 Thailand 81
79 Dominican Republic 57
80 Belize 52
81 China 83
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 79
84 Turkey 36
85 Suriname 52
86 Jordan 36
87 Peru 72
88 Lebanon 41
89 Ecuador 73
90 Philippines 66
91 Tunisia 38
92 Fiji 64
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 52
95 Paraguay 77
96 Georgia 66
97 Guyana 53
98 Azerbaijan 82
99 Sri Lanka 45
100 Maldives 67
101 Jamaica 73
102 Cape Verde 45
103 El Salvador 62
104 Algeria 45
105 Viet Nam 92
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 15
107 Indonesia 60
108 Syrian Arab Republic 44
109 Turkmenistan 83
110 Nicaragua 41
111 Moldova 81
112 Egypt 27
113 Uzbekistan 78
114 Mongolia 66
115 Honduras 61
116 Kyrgyzstan 74
117 Bolivia 74
118 Guatemala 41
119 Gabon 75
120 Vanuatu 91
121 South Africa 58
122 Tajikistan 74
123 Sao Tome and Principe 40
124 Botswana 67
125 Namibia 74
126 Morocco 33
127 Equatorial Guinea 56
128 India 42
129 Solomon Islands 66
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 67
131 Cambodia 93
132 Myanmar 79
133 Bhutan 58
134 Comoros 67
135 Ghana 94
136 Pakistan 39
137 Mauritania 65
138 Lesotho 63
139 Congo 65
140 Bangladesh 61
141 Swaziland 43
142 Nepal 64
143 Madagascar 92
144 Cameroon 65
145 Papua New Guinea 96
146 Haiti 67
147 Sudan 33
148 Kenya 78
149 Djibouti 64
150 Timor-Leste 67
151 Zimbabwe 76
152 Togo 56
153 Yemen 39
154 Uganda 92
155 Gambia 69
156 Senegal 69
157 Eritrea 64
158 Nigeria 53
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 95
160 Guinea 91
161 Rwanda 95
162 Angola 81
163 Benin 62
164 Malawi 95
165 Zambia 73
166 Côte d'Ivoire 44
167 Burundi 99
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 68
169 Ethiopia 79
170 Chad 85
171 Central African Republic 79
172 Mozambique 102
173 Mali 87
174 Niger 75
175 Guinea-Bissau 66
176 Burkina Faso 87
177 Sierra Leone 60

Source :
calculated on the basis of data on economically active rates from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2005. Key Indicators of the Labour Market. Fourth edition. CD-ROM. Geneva. [www.ilo.org/kilm]. Accessed July 2007.