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Females, as a share of private paid employees by wage quintile: Quintile 1 by country

Countries reporting
60
Highest
0.6836
Uruguay
Lowest
0.1994
Jordan
Median
0.5386
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
736

What the numbers show

Females, as a share of private paid employees by wage quintile: Quintile 1 is currently reported for 60 countries. The highest value is 0.6836 in Uruguay; the lowest is 0.1994 in Jordan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5386, and the mean is 0.52.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 20.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 27.8%).

Females, as a share of private paid employees by wage quintile: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uruguay 0.6836 2017 up 5.3% rising
2 Czechia 0.6804 2018 down 0.9% flat
3 Armenia 0.6729 2021 up 20.2% rising
4 Luxembourg 0.6661 2018 down 9.7% falling
5 Argentina 0.6637 2021 down 3.9% rising
6 Russian Federation 0.6544 2016 up 7.2% rising
7 Austria 0.6468 2018 up 3.0% falling
8 Ethiopia 0.6444 2016 down 19.2% falling
9 Slovakia 0.6248 2017 down 0.6% flat
10 Australia 0.624 2015 up 3.9% flat
11 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6237 2016 down 16.4% falling
12 Cyprus 0.6184 2018 down 15.9% falling
13 Belgium 0.6098 2018 up 5.9% falling
14 Mongolia 0.6007 2021 up 10.6% falling
15 Latvia 0.5956 2018 down 0.3% flat
16 Portugal 0.5939 2018 up 2.2% flat
17 Dominican Republic 0.5904 2019 down 11.8% flat
18 Ireland 0.5846 2017 down 11.2% falling
19 Chile 0.5827 2015 up 0.4% rising
20 Switzerland 0.5786 2018 up 3.8% flat
21 Finland 0.5776 2018 up 1.9% flat
22 Croatia 0.5768 2018 down 6.7% flat
23 Sri Lanka 0.5751 2016 up 3.1% rising
24 Serbia 0.5706 2018 up 0.7% flat
25 Paraguay 0.5694 2021 down 3.5% flat
26 Italy 0.5585 2018 down 9.8% falling
27 Greece 0.5575 2018 down 4.3% falling
28 Costa Rica 0.5456 2021 down 0.6% rising
29 Hungary 0.5453 2018 up 15.0% rising
30 Philippines 0.5412 2014 up 9.4% rising
31 Poland 0.5361 2017 up 4.5% flat
32 Brazil 0.5347 2021 down 6.7% flat
33 Spain 0.5346 2018 down 13.6% falling
34 Iceland 0.534 2013 down 4.1% falling
35 Lithuania 0.5286 2018 down 12.7% falling
36 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5284 2021 up 5.1% rising
37 Estonia 0.5257 2018 down 17.5% falling
38 France 0.5206 2018 down 18.0% falling
39 Viet Nam 0.5201 2019 down 3.0% flat
40 South Africa 0.5159 2019 down 12.0% falling
41 Namibia 0.5048 2015 down 23.8% falling
42 Romania 0.495 2018 down 7.5% falling
43 Republic of Moldova 0.4935 2012 down 10.6% falling
44 Malta 0.4861 2018 down 11.1% falling
45 Mexico 0.482 2019 up 9.4% rising
46 Colombia 0.4773 2020 down 11.6% rising
47 Peru 0.4527 2021 down 15.7% rising
48 Bulgaria 0.4407 2018 down 16.8% falling
49 Panama 0.4406 2018 down 11.6% falling
50 Georgia 0.4316 2013 up 7.9% falling
51 Zambia 0.4094 2014 up 1.8% flat
52 Guatemala 0.3881 2017 down 4.4% flat
53 Ecuador 0.3656 2017 down 9.0% falling
54 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3569 2020 down 27.1% rising
55 Türkiye 0.3215 2010 down 14.5% falling
56 Pakistan 0.3193 2020 up 2.7% falling
57 El Salvador 0.2642 2021 down 25.7% rising
58 Honduras 0.2193 2019 up 4.2% falling
59 Palestine, State of 0.2144 2017 down 27.8% falling
60 Jordan 0.1994 2016 down 3.4% falling

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Indicator
Females, as a share of private paid employees by wage quintile: Quintile 1
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
60 places, 736 data points, 2000–2021
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