Women's labour force participation in Panama
The ILO estimates that 54.9% of women aged 15 and over in Panama were in the labour force in 2025.
Panama, 2025
54.9%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
82nd of 181
Women's labour force participation in Panama 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 | Panama | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.9% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 54.8% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 52.7% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 52.1% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 48.9% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 55.9% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 56.3% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 54.5% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 52.2% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 52.2% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 54.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 51.5%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Panama has the 82nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Panama
All statistics for Panama
Labour force participation
66.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
8.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
19.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
60.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
16.0%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
17.0%
2025 · World Bank