Women's labour force participation in Benin
The ILO estimates that 75.2% of women aged 15 and over in Benin were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Benin, 2025
75.2%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
10th of 181
Women's labour force participation in Benin over time
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% of women aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Benin | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.2% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 75.0% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 74.8% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 74.6% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 74.8% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 73.6% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 74.3% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 73.8% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 73.2% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 72.6% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 75.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 72.0%, the figure has changed by +3.2 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Benin has the 10th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Benin
All statistics for Benin
Labour force participation
76.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
1.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
2.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
75.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
40.2%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
18.3%
2025 · World Bank