Countries with the Biggest Gender Disparities in their Workforces

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Countries with the Biggest Gender Disparities in Workforces

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This graphic ranks the countries with the biggest gender disparities in their labor forces by contrasting the average male and female labor force participation rate and measuring the gap between them.

Data for this graphic is sourced from the World Bank, which aggregates 2023 International Labour Organization estimates.

ℹ️ A country’s labor force includes people aged 15+ who are working or actively looking for work in exchange for pay, profit, or shared production. Unpaid workers, family caretakers, students, and military personnel may be excluded from this count.
Ranked: Differences in Male and Female Labor Participation Rates

The top 10 countries with the highest discrepancies between male and female labor participation rates are Islamic nations:

RankCountryMale Labor Force
Participation Rate (%)Female Labor Force
Participation Rate (%)Gender Disparity
(In percentage points) 1🇦🇫 Afghanistan69564 2🇮🇶 Iraq721161 3🇵🇰 Pakistan812557 4🇴🇲 Oman883256 5🇮🇷 Iran711456 6🇾🇪 Yemen60555 7🇪🇬 Egypt711755 8🇩🇿 Algeria671750 9🇸🇾 Syria641450 10🇯🇴 Jordan631449 11🇲🇦 Morocco682049 12🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia803545 13🇮🇳 India773344 14🇧🇩 Bangladesh803743 15🇧🇭 Bahrain874443 16🇹🇳 Tunisia692742 17🇬🇹 Guatemala814140 18🇸🇩 Sudan682840 19🇱🇰 Sri Lanka723240 20🇰🇼 Kuwait864838 N/A🌍 World734924
Note: Figures rounded and based on International Labour Organization’s estimates as of 2023.

In countries such as Pakistan, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, the male labor force participation rates are higher than the global average. Meanwhile the female participation rates are 50+ percentage points lower than the corresponding male rates, and 15-25 points below the global female average.

For the other countries in the top 10 by labor participation rate differential, the average male participation rate is also below the global average. This could indicate a lack of general economic opportunities with the nation.

Finally, India (#13), Guatemala (#17) and Sri Lanka (#19) are three countries in the top 20 with

Ranked: The Countries Most Dependent on Agricultural Exports

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Ranked: The Countries Most Dependent on Agricultural Exports

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Between 2019 and 2021, agricultural products accounted for more than one-third of the total value of global commodity exports. This graphic ranks the most agriculturally-export-dependent countries in the world, using data from UN Trade & Development (UNCTAD).

For this graphic we have only included countries where agricultural products represent more than 75% of its total exports. Resource dependency can make a country vulnerable to economic shocks via price fluctuations.

Ranked: Countries that Rely Heavily on Agricultural Exports

In Micronesia, a staggering 98% of all its exports are agricultural, of which 89% are fish in various forms. In fact, five of the top 10 countries are small island nations in the Pacific. Four of them also have fish as their top agricultural export.

Below is a more extensive list showing countries whose agricultural products make up more than 60% of their total exports. Also listed: their most-valued agriculture export in 2022, sourced from the Observatory of Economic Complexity.

RankCountry% of Merchandise
Exports From
AgricultureTop Agricultural
Export (2022) 1🇫🇲 Micronesia98%🐟 Fish 2🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau94%🌰 Cashew Nuts 3🇲🇼 Malawi93%🚬 Raw Tobacco 4🇸🇧 Solomon Islands89%🌲 Rough Wood 5🇲🇻 Maldives88%🐟 Fish 6🇻🇺 Vanuatu86%🐟 Fish 7🇰🇮 Kiribati84%🐟 Fish 8🇹🇴 Tonga82%🐟 Fish 9🇺🇾 Uruguay79%🐄 Bovine Meat 10🇪🇹 Ethiopia77%☕ Coffee 11🇳🇿 New Zealand77%🥛 Milk 12🇦🇷 Argentina76%🌱 Soybean Meal 13🇬🇲 Gambia75%🥜 Groundnuts 14🇧🇿 Belize75%🍬 Sugar 15🇼🇸 Samoa69%🥥 Coconut Oil 16🇵🇾 Paraguay68%🌱 Soybeans 17🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire67%🍫 Cocoa Beans 18🇸🇴 Somalia67%🐑 Sheep & Goats 19🇦🇫 Afghanistan65%☁️ Raw Cotton 20🇸🇾 Syria63%🫒 Pure Olive Oil 21🇸🇩 Sudan62%🌿 Sesame Seeds 22🇧🇯 Benin61%☁️ Raw Cotton 23🇨🇫 Central African Republic60%🌲 Rough Wood

Maldives, in the Indian ocean, is also within the top 10. Its top agricultural export is also fish. Interestingly, the Observatory of Economic

Visualizing the State of Refugees by Country

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Visualizing the State of Refugees by Country

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30,510,629—That’s the number of refugees the world had in 2023 according to documented refugees by the UNHCR. These are the people who left their homeland to find a safe refuge in a foreign country.

In fact, according to the the UN’s refugee agency, there were a total of 110 million people forcibly displaced worldwide. Of those, a vast majority (almost 60%) were internally displaced, while the rest were the 30.5 million refugees charted above by Preyash Shah.

52% of Asylum Seekers Came from Three Countries in 2023

More than half of the refugees under UNHCR’s mandate originate from only three countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. Here is the breakdown by country of origin, including not fully recognized countries and refugees of unknown origin.

Country of OriginRefugees 🇸🇾 Syria6,494,141 🇦🇫 Afghanistan6,110,219 🇺🇦 Ukraine5,865,447 🇸🇸 South Sudan2,227,684 🇲🇲 Myanmar1,266,022 🇸🇩 Sudan1,027,070 🇨🇩 Dem. Rep. of the Congo948,417 🇸🇴 Somalia814,561 🇨🇫 Central African Rep.750,875 🇪🇷 Eritrea537,161 🇳🇬 Nigeria381,149 🇮🇶 Iraq330,667 🇧🇮 Burundi323,487 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)300,759 🇷🇼 Rwanda249,543 🇲🇱 Mali233,188 🇨🇳 China161,574 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka147,624 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Rep. of)147,238 🇪🇹 Ethiopia145,039 🇨🇲 Cameroon133,945 🇭🇹 Haiti116,463 🇹🇷 Türkiye115,708 🇵🇰 Pakistan115,662 🏳️ Unknown114,949 🇨🇴 Colombia111,394 🇵🇸 Palestine106,426 🇪🇭 Western Sahara91,016 🇷🇺 Russian Federation85,382 🇭🇳 Honduras72,341 🇸🇻 El Salvador62,248 🏳️ Stateless56,281 🇾🇪 Yemen43,526 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan43,305 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso43,124 🇬🇳 Guinea38,089 🇲🇷 Mauritania37,216 🇬🇹 Guatemala32,220 🇷🇸 Serbia and Kosovo30,333 🇧🇩 Bangladesh25,311 🇨🇮 Cote d’Ivoire25,264 🇪🇬 Egypt24,652 🇳🇪 Niger23,280 🇮🇳 India23,243 🇦🇱 Albania21,750

Which Countries Have the Most and Least Women in the Workforce?

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Countries With the Most and Least Women in the Workforce

This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.

This map shows the top and bottom 10 countries by the percentage of their women population (aged 15+) in the labor force. This is also called the female workforce participation rate.

Data for this graphic is sourced from the World Bank, which aggregates International Labour Organization estimates from 2023.

ℹ️ A country’s labor force includes people aged 15+ who are working or actively looking for work in exchange for pay, profit, or shared production. Unpaid workers, family caretakers, students, and military personnel (depending on the country) may be excluded from this count.
Ranked: Countries By Rate of Women in the Workforce

Madagascar, Burundi, and Mozambique have some of the highest women workforce participation rates in the world (near 80%).

Here’s a full ranking of countries by their female workforce participation rate.

RankCountryFemale Labor
Force Participation
Rate (2023) 1🇲🇬 Madagascar83% 2🇸🇧 Solomon Islands83% 3🇧🇮 Burundi79% 4🇲🇿 Mozambique78% 5🇹🇿 Tanzania77% 6🇪🇹 Ethiopia75% 7🇦🇴 Angola73% 8🇱🇷 Liberia72% 9🇰🇪 Kenya72% 10🇲🇩 Moldova72% 11🇪🇷 Eritrea71% 12🇸🇸 South Sudan70% 13🇮🇸 Iceland70% 14🇰🇵 North Korea70% 15🇰🇭 Cambodia70% 16🇻🇳 Viet Nam69% 17🇳🇿 New Zealand68% 18🇺🇬 Uganda68% 19🇦🇿 Azerbaijan67% 20🇨🇲 Cameroon67% 21🇨🇩 Congo67% 22🇵🇪 Peru66% 23🇧🇸 Bahamas65% 24🇬🇭 Ghana65% 25🇧🇹 Bhutan65% 26🇶🇦 Qatar64% 27🇲🇼 Malawi64% 28🇨🇫 Central African Republic63% 29🇸🇪 Sweden63% 30🇰🇿 Kazakhstan63% 31🇲🇴 Macao63% 32🇨🇩 DRC63% 33🇱🇨 St. Lucia63% 34🇳🇪 Niger62% 35🇳🇴 Norway62% 36🇳🇱 Netherlands62% 37🇸🇬 Singapore62% 38🇦🇺 Australia62% 39🇯🇲 Jamaica61% 40🇨🇭 Switzerland61% 41🇨🇦 Canada61% 42🇪🇪 Estonia61% 43🇹🇱 Timor-Leste61% 44🇭🇹 Haiti61% 45🇮🇱 Israel61%

Which Countries Have the Highest Infant Mortality Rates?

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Which Countries Have the Highest Infant Mortality Rates?

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We visualized the top 15 countries with the highest infant mortality rates, according to 2023 estimates from the CIA World Factbook. It is measured as the number of infant deaths under the age of one, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

ℹ️ Comoros has been excluded from the map for visibility reasons.

Infant mortality rates are generally regarded as the barometer of an overall population’s health. A higher rate indicates unmet needs of a population, especially with regards to food availability and sanitation.

Ranked: Countries With the Highest Infant Mortality Rates

Afghanistan currently has the highest infant mortality rate in the world at 103 deaths per 1,000 babies born. Decades of conflict have pushed the country to the brink and a prolonged drought since 2021 has made food more scarce.

RankCountryRegionInfant Mortality Rate (2023) 1🇦🇫 AfghanistanAsia103.1 2🇸🇴 SomaliaAfrica85.1 3🇨🇫 Central African RepublicAfrica81.7 4🇬🇶 Equatorial GuineaAfrica77.9 5🇸🇱 Sierra LeoneAfrica72.3 6🇳🇪 NigerAfrica65.5 7🇹🇩 ChadAfrica64.0 8🇸🇸 South SudanAfrica61.6 9🇲🇿 MozambiqueAfrica59.8 10🇨🇩 DRCAfrica59.1 11🇲🇱 MaliAfrica59.0 12🇦🇴 AngolaAfrica57.2 13🇱🇷 LiberiaAfrica56.1 14🇰🇲 ComorosAfrica56.0 15🇳🇬 NigeriaAfrica55.2 N/A🌐 WorldWorld28.0

Meanwhile, the other 14 countries on this list are all from Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of them are also experiencing civil unrest, a breakdown of state machinery, and high undernourishment rates.

While this is concerning, Africa’s infant mortality rate as a whole has improved tremendously in the last seven decades. Between 1950–2024, the continent’s average fell 73% to 41 deaths per 1,000 births.

Expansion of healthcare, improving nutrition, access to clean drinking water, and mass immunization programs are some of the reasons behind this massive decline.

Estimates assume Africa’s infant mortality rate will improve further to 25 per 1,000 live births by 2050—which is roughly the same as Asia today.