Female LFPR (15+, usual status) was 22.5% in 2014. It declined steadily to 20.3% by 2022 before recovering modestly to 21.0% in 2026. Even at the recovered level it sits among the lowest in the G20 — lower than during the early 2000s.
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This is one of 36 standing analyses drawn from the Some Perspective dataset. It is not dated commentary: it describes a relationship in the data that holds across the series, and it is regenerated whenever the underlying dataset is refreshed. The figures quoted here reflect the 2026-08-15 data vintage.