In Jordan and Yemen, working-age men participated in the labour force at over five times the rate of working-age women. The largest difference between participation rates for men and women was in Iraq, at 58 percentage points. Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar were the only countries to report female labour force participation rates higher than 30 per cent. The lowest male labour force participation rates were reported in Kuwait, Mauritania and Jordan, at 53, 53, and 51 per cent, respectively.