Female labour-force participation (%)
38.6%
Source: World Bank World Development IndicatorsAs of 2025-12-31
Next steps
Labor
Female labor-force participation is classified Watch at 38.6%, observed through 2025-12-31.
Female labour-force participation (%)
38.6%
Source: World Bank World Development IndicatorsAs of 2025-12-31
Assessment
Watch
BDPolicyLab analytical classification based on the stated assessment basis. It is not an official agency designation. Benchmark stress score: 24/100.
Source: BDPolicyLab assessmentAs of 2025-12-31
Movement
Unchanged
Current for source cadence
Source: BDPolicyLab comparable assessmentsAs of 24 Aug 2026, 01:25
Current for source cadence. Cadence basis: annual official series with publication lag.
Source: BDPolicyLab Crisis Orb Updated 2026-08-23
| Evidence | Reading | Observed through | Primary source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female labour-force participation (%) | 38.6% | 2025-12-31 | World Bank World Development IndicatorsSL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS |
Comparable assessments
Current movement: Unchanged
Watch
25 Jul 2026, 04:03 to 24 Aug 2026, 01:25
336 comparable assessments.
Decision architecture
These are linked records, not recommendations. They identify documented responsibility, published policy work, and modelled instruments that have passed their respective public gates.
Owns
Gender equality, women empowerment, child protection, and prevention of violence against women
Authority: Constitution of Bangladesh, Article 55; Rules of Business 1996
Monitors
Labour welfare, industrial relations, occupational safety, and employment services
Authority: Constitution of Bangladesh, Article 55; Rules of Business 1996
Grounded prescription
Raising Female Labor-Force Participation From ~36 Percent: A Care, Safety, and Skills Agenda for BangladeshWith female labor-force participation stuck around 36 percent, one of South Asia's lower rates, MoSW should lead a sequenced care-infrastructure, safe-mobility, and skills-to-jobs agenda to convert women's education gains into paid work.
Research · Primary
Bangladesh Women's Economic Empowerment AnalysisThe assessment compares the latest source observation with BDPolicyLab analytical monitoring bands. For this detector, lower readings indicate greater stress; the internal analytical cutoffs are 20.0%, 27.0%, 33.0%, 40.0%. The score is a level-anchored piecewise-linear transformation with state bands at 20, 40, 60, and 85. Benchmark reference: ILO modelled regional reference levels (no formal crisis-band standard exists): MENA ~21% is the global floor, South Asia averages ~30-32%, the world ~47% (ILO 2024). Below the South Asia average signals critically depressed female participation; Bangladesh ~38.6% sits between watch and warning. The indicator's primary source is identified with the evidence in this card. Forecast ranges are published only as calibrated 80% predictive intervals with an explicit source time unit.
BDPolicyLab analytical classification based on the stated assessment basis. It is not an official agency designation.
No public forecast is shown because the validation or time-unit requirement was not met.
Research · Primary
The State of Bangladesh LaborResearch · Primary
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