Women's labour force participation in Kazakhstan
The ILO estimates that 62.6% of women aged 15 and over in Kazakhstan were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Kazakhstan, 2025
62.6%
Change from 2024
−2.6percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
31st of 181
Women's labour force participation in Kazakhstan 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 | Kazakhstan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.6% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 65.3% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 65.0% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 64.7% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 64.1% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 63.6% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 64.7% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 64.8% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 65.0% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 65.2% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −2.6 percentage points from 65.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 65.5%, the figure has changed by −2.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Kazakhstan has the 31st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Kazakhstan
All statistics for Kazakhstan
Labour force participation
67.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
4.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
3.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
64.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
11.3%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
19.9%
2025 · World Bank