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

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

What the numbers show

Employment in the manufacturing 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 Gambia.

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 95.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 5,029.5%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 91.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tunisia 0.3% 2015 up 0.1% falling
2 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 down 1.7% rising
3 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 66.7% rising
4 Czechia 0.2% 2016 down 4.1% falling
5 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 down 11.9% falling
6 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 80.3% rising
7 Romania 0.2% 2016 down 26.8% falling
8 Honduras 0.2% 2017 down 8.8% falling
9 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 up 2.6% falling
10 Guatemala 0.2% 2011 down 1.8% falling
11 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 46.8% falling
12 Hungary 0.2% 2016 down 8.9% falling
13 China 0.2% 2013 up 19.2% rising
14 Albania 0.2% 2019 up 136.3% rising
15 Slovenia 0.2% 2016 down 28.6% falling
16 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 down 11.6% falling
17 Croatia 0.2% 2016 up 2.8% flat
18 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 14.2% rising
19 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 15.2% rising
20 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 5.3% falling
21 Portugal 0.2% 2016 down 18.7% falling
22 Poland 0.2% 2019 down 3.5% flat
23 Estonia 0.2% 2016 down 27.3% falling
24 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 up 1.6% rising
25 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 31.4% falling
26 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 26.4% rising
27 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 up 70.9% falling
28 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 29.8% rising
29 Italy 0.1% 2016 down 25.8% falling
30 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2017 down 10.7% falling
31 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 29.4% volatile
32 India 0.1% 2019 up 2.1% rising
33 Austria 0.1% 2003 down 25.6% falling
34 Germany 0.1% 2011 down 27.6% falling
35 Kosovo 0.1% 2017 up 175.6% rising
35 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.1% 2017 up 175.6% rising
37 Latvia 0.1% 2016 down 31.8% falling
38 Colombia 0.1% 2021 down 25.1% falling
39 Belize 0.1% 1999 down 11.7% falling
40 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 down 28.0% falling
41 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 22.6% flat
42 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1% 2006 down 18.9% falling
43 Belgium 0.1% 2003 down 22.2% falling
44 Jordan 0.1% 2016 up 7.0% falling
45 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 up 0.8% falling
46 Brazil 0.1% 2021 down 11.4% falling
47 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 down 0.1% falling
48 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 down 5.9% falling
49 Armenia 0.1% 2020 up 102.1% rising
50 Philippines 0.1% 2019 down 4.5% falling
51 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 down 17.1% falling
52 Iceland 0.1% 2013 down 18.0% falling
53 Denmark 0.1% 2016 down 21.5% falling
54 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 25.1% falling
55 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 29.6% falling
56 South Africa 0.1% 2020 down 18.6% falling
57 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 4.8% flat
58 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 down 37.8% falling
59 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 14.2% falling
60 Argentina 0.1% 2021 down 11.5% flat
61 Mongolia 0.1% 2016 up 5,029.5% volatile
62 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 31.6% falling
63 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 91.3% falling
64 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 4.3% falling
65 Norway 0.1% 2016 up 22.6% flat
66 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 down 51.8% falling
67 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 down 32.7% falling
68 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 28.5% falling
69 Chile 0.1% 2017 down 39.9% falling
70 United States of America 0.1% 2018 down 10.4% volatile
71 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 32.6% volatile
72 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 down 51.6% falling
73 Sweden 0.1% 2016 down 38.3% falling
74 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 11.2% falling
75 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 29.4% falling
76 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 786.4% volatile
77 France 0.0% 2016 down 50.2% falling
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2020 up 12.6% rising
79 Cyprus 0.0% 2016 down 38.9% falling
80 Georgia 0.0% 2013 up 15.5% rising
81 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2017 down 5.9% flat
82 Netherlands 0.0% 2016 down 43.1% falling
83 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 36.5% rising
84 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 down 52.5% rising
85 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 down 27.9% falling
86 Uganda 0.0% 2016 down 8.2% falling
87 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 1,628.0% volatile
88 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 down 43.7% falling
89 Zambia 0.0% 2015 down 14.7% flat
90 Ukraine 0.0% 2013 down 89.0% falling
91 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 91.8% falling
92 Gambia 0.0% 2020 down 91.0% falling

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 15-64, female by country. Statizoid. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employment-in-the-manufacturing-sector-aged-15-64-female-percent-of-female-employed/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employment-in-the-manufacturing-sector-aged-15-64-female-percent-of-female-employed/">Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 15-64, female by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Employment in the manufacturing 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
Last refreshed