Women's labour force participation in Eswatini
The ILO estimates that 48.5% of women aged 15 and over in Eswatini were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Eswatini, 2025
48.5%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
121st of 181
Women's labour force participation in Eswatini 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 | Eswatini | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.5% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 48.4% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 48.2% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 47.2% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 46.9% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 46.5% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 47.2% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 47.1% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 47.0% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 47.0% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 48.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 46.8%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Eswatini has the 121st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Eswatini
All statistics for Eswatini
Labour force participation
51.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
34.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
54.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
33.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
14.5%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
26.7%
2025 · World Bank