Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
24
Highest
1.0%
Egypt
Lowest
0.2%
Republic of Korea
Median
0.6%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
273

What the numbers show

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Egypt; the lowest is 0.2% in Republic of Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 286.4%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 30.9%).

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 1.0% 2008 up 66.9% rising
1 Republic of Moldova 1.0% 2019 up 15.2% falling
3 Ecuador 0.9% 2017 up 2.1% rising
4 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.9% 2014 up 8.6% rising
4 Kosovo 0.9% 2014 up 8.6% rising
6 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 11.9% rising
7 South Africa 0.8% 2020 up 9.3% rising
8 Albania 0.8% 2019 falling
9 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2020 up 58.8% falling
10 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 rising
11 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 up 49.4% rising
12 Honduras 0.6% 2017 down 2.0% rising
13 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6% 2017 up 286.4% falling
14 Mexico 0.6% 2020 up 5.2% rising
15 Panama 0.5% 2018 up 4.9% rising
16 Peru 0.5% 2016 up 30.1% rising
17 Brazil 0.5% 2020 down 9.0% falling
18 Ghana 0.5% 2016 down 2.6% falling
19 El Salvador 0.5% 2017 up 12.2% rising
20 Guatemala 0.4% 2011 down 4.4% flat
21 Colombia 0.4% 2021 up 20.3% rising
22 Paraguay 0.3% 2017 down 30.9% flat
23 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 down 15.1% falling
24 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2014 down 6.6% falling

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Indicator
Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 273 data points, 1981–2021
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