Women's labour force participation in Chile
The ILO estimates that 52.9% of women aged 15 and over in Chile were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Chile, 2025
52.9%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
55.6%
Position in 2025
94th of 181
Women's labour force participation in Chile 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 | Chile | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.9% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 52.8% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 52.0% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 50.0% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 46.6% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 45.4% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 52.7% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 52.4% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 51.7% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 50.8% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 52.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 50.4%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Chile has the 94th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Chile
All statistics for Chile
Labour force participation
62.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
9.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
21.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
56.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
OECD monthly unemployment rate
9.6%
August 2026 · OECD
Employment in agriculture
6.1%
2025 · World Bank