Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
92
Highest
0.3%
Tunisia
Lowest
0.0%
Malawi
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,282

What the numbers show

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Tunisia; the lowest is 0.0% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 552.9%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 89.5%).

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tunisia 0.3% 2015 up 1.4% falling
2 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 72.1% rising
3 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2019 up 1.4% rising
4 Czechia 0.2% 2016 down 3.3% falling
5 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 down 15.2% falling
6 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 81.7% rising
7 China 0.2% 2013 up 27.7% rising
8 Romania 0.2% 2016 down 31.9% falling
9 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 up 0.6% falling
10 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 43.8% falling
11 Honduras 0.2% 2017 down 8.9% falling
12 Guatemala 0.2% 2011 down 0.5% falling
13 Albania 0.2% 2019 up 133.6% rising
14 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 13.3% rising
15 Hungary 0.2% 2016 down 10.4% falling
16 Slovenia 0.2% 2016 down 28.5% falling
17 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 down 10.5% falling
18 Croatia 0.2% 2016 up 1.2% flat
19 Poland 0.2% 2019 up 4.4% falling
20 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 6.1% flat
21 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 15.9% rising
22 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 up 78.3% falling
23 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 up 140.7% rising
23 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 up 140.7% rising
25 India 0.2% 2019 down 6.3% rising
26 Ukraine 0.2% 2013 down 46.0% falling
27 Estonia 0.2% 2016 down 27.1% falling
28 Portugal 0.2% 2016 down 20.7% falling
29 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 up 3.4% rising
30 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 down 31.2% falling
31 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 27.6% rising
32 Korea 0.1% 2017 down 10.3% falling
33 Mongolia 0.1% 2016 down 38.8% falling
34 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 27.7% rising
35 Italy 0.1% 2016 down 26.2% falling
36 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 down 48.5% volatile
37 Austria 0.1% 2003 down 25.2% falling
38 Colombia 0.1% 2021 down 18.4% falling
39 Germany 0.1% 2011 down 29.5% falling
40 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 down 26.8% falling
41 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1% 2006 down 18.1% falling
42 South Africa 0.1% 2020 down 10.1% falling
43 Latvia 0.1% 2016 down 30.8% falling
44 Belize 0.1% 1999 down 13.9% falling
45 Belgium 0.1% 2003 down 18.9% falling
46 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2017 down 13.9% falling
47 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 19.0% rising
48 Jordan 0.1% 2016 up 6.5% falling
49 Armenia 0.1% 2020 up 76.9% rising
50 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 up 9.3% falling
51 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 down 3.0% falling
52 Brazil 0.1% 2021 down 8.2% falling
53 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 down 10.1% falling
54 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 49.6% volatile
55 Philippines 0.1% 2019 down 2.2% falling
56 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 down 17.8% falling
57 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 32.3% falling
58 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 4.6% falling
59 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 480.4% volatile
60 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 91.8% falling
61 Argentina 0.1% 2021 down 6.7% flat
62 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 20.4% falling
63 Denmark 0.1% 2016 down 19.5% falling
64 Iceland 0.1% 2013 down 15.2% falling
65 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 28.3% falling
66 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 13.4% flat
67 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 down 55.1% falling
68 Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 4.3% falling
69 Norway 0.1% 2016 up 26.1% flat
70 United States of America 0.1% 2018 down 3.6% falling
71 Chile 0.1% 2017 down 31.2% falling
72 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 down 49.3% falling
73 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 down 31.7% falling
74 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 21.8% falling
75 Sweden 0.1% 2016 down 30.5% falling
76 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 26.5% falling
77 France 0.1% 2016 down 42.1% falling
78 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 down 50.2% falling
79 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 16.8% volatile
80 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 35.9% falling
81 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 78.6% rising
82 Georgia 0.1% 2013 up 13.7% rising
83 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 20.8% volatile
84 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 down 42.3% rising
85 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 down 10.0% falling
86 Netherlands 0.0% 2016 down 42.5% falling
87 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 down 24.3% falling
88 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 0.2% volatile
89 Zambia 0.0% 2015 down 4.4% rising
90 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 552.9% volatile
91 Gambia 0.0% 2020 down 62.4% falling
92 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 89.5% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the industrial sector, 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
92 places, 1,282 data points, 1970–2021
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