Women's labour force participation in Timor-Leste
The ILO estimates that 61.7% of women aged 15 and over in Timor-Leste were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2011.
Timor-Leste, 2025
61.7%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
40th of 181
Women's labour force participation in Timor-Leste 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 | Timor-Leste | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.7% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 61.5% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 60.8% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 61.2% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 61.2% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 60.5% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 61.0% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 61.6% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 61.5% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 61.3% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 61.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 61.3%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Timor-Leste has the 40th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Timor-Leste
All statistics for Timor-Leste
Labour force participation
67.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
1.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
3.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
65.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
46.0%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
3.8%
2025 · World Bank