Women's labour force participation in Bhutan
The ILO estimates that 56.7% of women aged 15 and over in Bhutan were in the labour force in 2025.
Bhutan, 2025
56.7%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
67th of 181
Women's labour force participation in Bhutan 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 | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.7% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 56.6% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 56.6% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 52.5% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 64.9% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 63.0% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 60.6% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 54.7% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 54.8% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 54.9% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 56.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 55.0%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Bhutan has the 67th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Bhutan
All statistics for Bhutan
Labour force participation
64.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
17.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
62.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
42.4%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
15.9%
2025 · World Bank