Labor force, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Labor force, female was 42.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Labor force, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1990–2025
Source: International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 42.0% for labor force, female in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 42.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 35.2%, in 1990.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Labor force, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 35.2% | — |
| 1991 | 35.3% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 35.7% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 36.2% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 36.7% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 37.2% | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 37.4% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 37.8% | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 38.1% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 38.3% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 38.5% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 38.9% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 39.3% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 39.5% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 39.9% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 40.2% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 40.3% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 40.4% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 40.5% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 40.8% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 40.7% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 40.6% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 40.7% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 40.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 40.7% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 40.9% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 41.1% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 41.3% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 41.5% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 41.8% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 41.3% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 41.7% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 41.8% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 41.9% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 41.9% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 42.0% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.8% | 35.2% | 38.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.8% | 38.5% | 40.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.0% | 40.6% | 41.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.8% | 41.3% | 42.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Labor force, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 42.0% in 2025, according to International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database.
- What is the highest labor force, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 42.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.2% in 1990.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for labor force, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, female rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database, published as part of Labor force, female (% of total labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.