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Kuwait - Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap 49.57

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

Latest value

49.57 (2025)

Global rank

##139 of 187 economies

Share of global total

0.5%

Growth since 1990

1.16×

Ranking Race — Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#24#47#70#93#116#13919901995200020052010201520202025#135#1392019 overtook Zambia2022 overtook Lesotho
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Kuwait climbed from #135 to #139 (overtook Zambia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — Kuwait

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2019
Overtook Zambia in global rank auto
2022
Overtook Lesotho 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
1990200020102020202542.1645.448.6451.88

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