Women's labour force participation in French Polynesia

The ILO estimates that 46.6% of women aged 15 and over in French Polynesia were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Measure: Labour force participation rate of women (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of women aged 15 and over Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
French Polynesia, 2025 46.6% % of women aged 15 and over
Change from 2024 −0.4percentage points 2024: 47.0%
World, 2025 48.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 131st of 181 See the full ranking

Women's labour force participation in French Polynesia 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.

Labour force participation rate of women (ILO modelled estimates) (% of women aged 15 and over), 2003 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period French PolynesiaWorld
2025 46.6% 48.7%
2024 47.0% 48.9%
2023 47.4% 48.8%
2022 47.9% 48.3%
2021 48.3% 47.9%
2020 48.3% 47.0%
2019 49.2% 48.3%
2018 49.3% 48.3%
2017 49.3% 48.4%
2016 49.1% 48.5%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 47.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 49.0%, the figure has changed by −2.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, French Polynesia has the 131st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_EAP_2WAP_SEX_AGE_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_F.AGE_YTHADULT_YGE15
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for French Polynesia
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates