Women's labour force participation in Samoa
The ILO estimates that 30.7% of women aged 15 and over in Samoa were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Samoa, 2025
30.7%
Change from 2024
−0.4percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
163rd of 181
Women's labour force participation in Samoa 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 | Samoa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30.7% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 31.1% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 31.2% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 31.1% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 33.5% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 35.2% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 37.5% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 39.4% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 41.4% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 41.4% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 31.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 41.4%, the figure has changed by −10.7 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Samoa has the 163rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Samoa
All statistics for Samoa
Labour force participation
42.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
5.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
13.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
40.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
26.9%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
15.9%
2025 · World Bank