Women's labour force participation in Ethiopia
The ILO estimates that 58.5% of women aged 15 and over in Ethiopia were in the labour force in 2025.
Ethiopia, 2025
58.5%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
57th of 181
Women's labour force participation in Ethiopia 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 | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.5% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 58.4% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 58.1% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 58.0% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 57.6% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 59.3% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 62.0% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 64.1% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 66.1% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 68.1% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 58.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 70.2%, the figure has changed by −11.7 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Ethiopia has the 57th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Ethiopia
All statistics for Ethiopia
Labour force participation
68.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
5.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
66.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
60.1%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
6.4%
2025 · World Bank