Women in paid work in South Africa

32.4%

% of women · 2019

20th highest of 27 countries

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Nearby in the ranking

  1. Ethiopia 36.3%
  2. Timor-Leste 33.6%
  3. Armenia 33.4%
  4. South Africa 32.4%
  5. Papua New Guinea 31.0%
  6. Albania 29.7%
  7. Turkey 28.1%

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About the data

Unit
% of women
Years
1992–2023
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
Global Data Lab
License
Free for non-commercial use with credit; commercial use needs written permission from the Global Data Lab
Credit
Data retrieved from the Education and Work database of the Global Data Lab (v2.1), https://globaldatalab.org/education/