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View our work on COVID-19 vaccinationsProportion of women participating in the labor force, 1980 to 2020
Female labor force participation rate, defined as the proportion of the female population ages 15+ that is economically active. All figures correspond to national
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- Average daily time spent by women on domestic work (paid and unpaid)
- Average usual weekly hours worked, women 15 years and older
- Distribution of female employment across sectors
- Female employment vs Public spending on family benefits
- Female employment-to-population ratio
- Female employment-to-population ratio
- Female employment-to-population ratio, 2020 vs 1980
- Female labor force by age
- Female labor force participation rate vs. GDP per capita
- Female labor force participation rates
- Female labor force participation rates
- Female labor force participation rates by family benefits public spending
- Female labor force participation rates by national per capita income
- Female labour force participation rate (15-64)
- Female-to-male ratio of time devoted to unpaid care work
- Fertility and female labor force participation
- Gender wage gap vs GDP per capita
- Labor force participation rates for women ages 15-24, 2020 vs 1980
- Labour force participation, younger vs older women
- Long-run perspective on female labor force participation rates
- Male vs Female informal employment as share of total employment
- Maternal mortality vs. female labor force participation
- Proportion of female employees by economic sector
- Proportion of labor force who are women
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rates (%)
- Share of employed women working in agriculture vs. GDP per capita
- 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 who agree with the statement 'When jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job than women'
- Unemployment rate, women
- Unemployment rate, women vs men
- Weekly Work Hours
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- Women in informal employment as share of female employment