Women's labour force participation in Laos
The ILO estimates that 61.6% of women aged 15 and over in Laos were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Laos, 2025
61.6%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
41st of 181
Women's labour force participation in Laos 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 | Laos | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.6% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 61.5% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 61.4% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 61.4% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 60.3% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 58.7% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 58.1% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 57.1% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 56.0% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 56.1% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 61.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 56.2%, the figure has changed by +5.4 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Laos has the 41st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Laos
All statistics for Laos
Labour force participation
66.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
1.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
2.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
65.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
68.6%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
7.4%
2025 · World Bank