Women's labour force participation in Lesotho
The ILO estimates that 48.1% of women aged 15 and over in Lesotho were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Lesotho, 2025
48.1%
Change from 2024
−0.4percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
122nd of 181
Women's labour force participation in Lesotho 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 | Lesotho | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.1% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 48.5% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 48.4% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 48.4% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 48.3% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 48.5% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 49.0% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 50.4% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 51.8% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 53.1% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 48.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 54.5%, the figure has changed by −6.4 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Lesotho has the 122nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Lesotho
All statistics for Lesotho
Labour force participation
57.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
16.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
24.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
47.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
30.9%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
33.0%
2025 · World Bank