Labor force, female in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Labor force, female was 33.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Labor force, female in Lower middle income, 1990–2025
Source: International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
In 2025, labor force, female in Lower middle income stood at 33.3%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, female in Lower middle income peaked at 33.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 29.4%, in 1990.
That places Lower middle income 38th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Labor force, female in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 29.4% | — |
| 1991 | 29.6% | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 29.7% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 29.8% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 30.0% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 30.1% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 30.4% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 30.6% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 30.9% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 31.1% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 31.3% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 31.4% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 31.5% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 31.7% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 31.8% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 32.0% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 31.8% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 31.6% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 31.4% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 31.3% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 31.1% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 30.9% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 30.7% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 30.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 30.8% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 30.9% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 31.0% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 31.1% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 31.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 31.2% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 31.1% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 31.8% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 32.3% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 32.9% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 33.3% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 33.3% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.2% | 29.4% | 31.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.6% | 31.3% | 32.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.9% | 30.7% | 31.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.5% | 31.1% | 33.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More education data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 11.30 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 105.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.20 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, female in Lower middle income?
- Labor force, female in Lower middle income was 33.3% in 2025, according to International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database.
- What is the highest labor force, female recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 33.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, female recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.4% in 1990.
- How does Lower middle income rank for labor force, female?
- Lower middle income ranks 38th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, female rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle 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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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.