Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
85
Highest
0.6%
Jordan
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,140

What the numbers show

Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 0.6% in Jordan; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 1,819.7%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 100.0%).

Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jordan 0.6% 2016 up 59.6% rising
2 Nigeria 0.4% 2018 up 513.9% volatile
3 Palestine, State of 0.4% 2017 up 57.9% rising
4 Denmark 0.4% 2016 up 151.8% rising
5 Norway 0.4% 2016 up 140.8% rising
6 Iceland 0.3% 2013 up 84.4% rising
7 Lithuania 0.3% 2016 up 45.8% rising
8 Sweden 0.3% 2016 up 45.1% rising
9 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.3% 2017 up 3.7% rising
9 Kosovo 0.3% 2017 up 3.7% rising
11 Netherlands 0.3% 2016 up 48.5% rising
12 Egypt 0.3% 2019 up 33.5% rising
13 United States of America 0.3% 2018 up 24.3% rising
14 Estonia 0.3% 2016 up 43.7% rising
15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3% 2016 up 99.8% rising
16 Finland 0.3% 2016 up 34.3% rising
17 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2017 up 35.0% rising
18 Belgium 0.2% 2003 up 2.9% flat
19 Croatia 0.2% 2016 up 85.4% rising
20 Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 0.6% rising
21 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 42.5% rising
22 Latvia 0.2% 2016 up 27.0% rising
23 Puerto Rico 0.2% 2005 up 1.6% rising
24 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 up 78.1% rising
25 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 8.6% rising
26 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 93.4% rising
27 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 up 28.0% rising
28 North Macedonia 0.2% 2017 up 82.5% rising
29 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 36.8% rising
30 France 0.2% 2016 up 85.0% rising
31 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 up 33.8% rising
32 Czechia 0.2% 2016 up 92.4% rising
33 Hungary 0.2% 2016 up 34.6% rising
34 Romania 0.2% 2016 up 97.6% rising
35 Serbia 0.2% 2014 up 82.1% rising
36 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 71.0% rising
37 Mongolia 0.2% 2011 up 19.4% rising
38 Georgia 0.2% 2013 up 12.2% flat
39 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 184.1% rising
40 Brazil 0.2% 2020 up 43.0% rising
41 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 up 63.6% rising
42 Uruguay 0.2% 2019 up 21.9% rising
43 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2006 up 7.4% rising
44 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2016 up 34.0% rising
45 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 down 16.6% rising
46 Panama 0.2% 2018 up 6.0% falling
47 Costa Rica 0.2% 2016 up 1.7% rising
48 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 41.2% rising
49 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 143.4% rising
50 Germany 0.1% 2011 up 20.2% rising
51 Mexico 0.1% 2020 up 0.7% flat
52 Mauritius 0.1% 2012 up 339.9% volatile
53 Austria 0.1% 2003 up 32.3% rising
54 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 up 44.2% rising
55 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 20.5% falling
56 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2017 up 32.2% rising
57 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 up 53.3% volatile
58 Philippines 0.1% 2019 up 16.9% rising
59 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 1,819.7% volatile
60 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 up 61.8% rising
61 Argentina 0.1% 2018 up 2.7% flat
62 Peru 0.1% 2016 up 23.3% rising
63 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 469.3% volatile
64 Guatemala 0.1% 2006 up 34.8% rising
65 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 24.9% rising
66 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 33.3% rising
67 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 up 149.3% rising
68 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 74.5% rising
69 El Salvador 0.1% 2017 up 89.2% rising
70 Morocco 0.1% 2009 up 71.1% rising
71 Ecuador 0.1% 2017 down 12.2% flat
72 Gambia 0.1% 2020 up 85.5% rising
73 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 193.2% rising
74 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 175.1% rising
75 Honduras 0.1% 2017 down 59.8% falling
76 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 74.9% rising
77 India 0.1% 2019 up 73.3% volatile
78 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 66.2% rising
79 Belize 0.0% 1999 up 161.3% rising
80 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 up 296.6% rising
81 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 587.1% volatile
82 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 334.6% volatile
83 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 190.8% volatile
84 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2020 down 42.4% volatile
85 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the professionals occupation group, 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
86 places, 1,140 data points, 1970–2021
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