Women's labour force participation in Brunei
The ILO estimates that 54.4% of women aged 15 and over in Brunei were in the labour force in 2025.
Brunei, 2025
54.4%
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
86th of 181
Women's labour force participation in Brunei 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 | Brunei | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.4% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 54.7% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 54.8% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 53.7% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 54.8% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 54.5% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 55.1% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 57.7% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 57.5% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 57.4% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 54.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 57.4%, the figure has changed by −2.9 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Brunei has the 86th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Brunei
All statistics for Brunei
Labour force participation
64.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
5.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
18.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
60.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
1.2%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
20.4%
2025 · World Bank