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Lesotho - Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap 50.49

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 187 economies tracked

Latest value

50.49 (2025)

Global rank

##137 of 187 economies

Share of global total

0.5%

Growth since 1990

0.74×

Ranking Race — Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#23#45#67#89#111#13319901995200020052010201520202025#42#1372020 overtook Sierra Leone2024 overtook Eswatini
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Lesotho climbed from #42 to #137 (overtook Sierra Leone). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — Lesotho

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2020
Overtook Sierra Leone in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Eswatini in global rank auto

Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap, 1990-2025

World Bank WDI · % of female population ages 15-64 · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1990200020102020202550.4956.6262.7668.89

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