# EU countries by women in the labour force, 2025

All 27 values come from World Bank for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labor_force_female_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Women aged 15 and over who are employed or unemployed, as a percentage of the total labour force. World Bank series from ILO modelled estimates and UN population estimates.
- Source: World Bank, Labor force, female (% of total labor force) (SL.TLF.TOTL.FE.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.TOTL.FE.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Labor force, female (% of total labor force) (SL.TLF.TOTL.FE.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.TOTL.FE.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/women-share-of-labor-force/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Latvia | 49.8 |
| 2 | Estonia | 49.7 |
| 3 | Portugal | 49.7 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 49 |
| 5 | France | 48.4 |
| 6 | Finland | 48.1 |
| 7 | Croatia | 47.5 |
| 8 | Sweden | 47.5 |
| 9 | Denmark | 47.4 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 47.2 |
| 11 | Spain | 47.2 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 47.1 |
| 13 | Hungary | 47.1 |
| 14 | Ireland | 46.9 |
| 15 | Austria | 46.8 |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 46.8 |
| 17 | Belgium | 46.8 |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 46.5 |
| 19 | Germany | 46.5 |
| 20 | Poland | 46.1 |
| 21 | Cyprus | 45.6 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 45.3 |
| 23 | Czechia | 45.2 |
| 24 | Greece | 44.7 |
| 25 | Italy | 42.6 |
| 26 | Romania | 42.4 |
| 27 | Malta | 41.9 |