Females, as a share of private paid employees by wage quintile: Quintile 2 by country
Countries reporting
60
Highest
0.6067
Dominican Republic
Lowest
0.0712
Pakistan
Median
0.4704
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
733
What the numbers show
Females, as a share of private paid employees by wage quintile: Quintile 2 is currently reported for 60 countries. The highest value is 0.6067 in Dominican Republic; the lowest is 0.0712 in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4704, and the mean is 0.4373.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 36.1%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom (down 19.7%).
Females, as a share of private paid employees by wage quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 0.6067 | 2019 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 2 | Australia | 0.5974 | 2015 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 3 | Austria | 0.5836 | 2018 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 4 | Moldova | 0.5834 | 2012 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 0.58 | 2016 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 6 | Armenia | 0.5752 | 2021 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0.5679 | 2018 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 8 | Spain | 0.5527 | 2018 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 9 | Uruguay | 0.5506 | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Russia | 0.5447 | 2016 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 11 | Portugal | 0.5337 | 2018 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 12 | Cyprus | 0.5311 | 2018 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 13 | Lithuania | 0.5262 | 2018 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 14 | Estonia | 0.5241 | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 15 | Latvia | 0.5236 | 2018 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 16 | Ireland | 0.5208 | 2017 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 17 | Brazil | 0.5164 | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 0.5121 | 2018 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 19 | Czechia | 0.5033 | 2018 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 20 | South Africa | 0.5008 | 2019 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 21 | Finland | 0.4916 | 2018 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 22 | Argentina | 0.4871 | 2021 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 0.486 | 2017 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 24 | Slovakia | 0.4859 | 2017 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 25 | Croatia | 0.4859 | 2018 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 26 | Greece | 0.4818 | 2018 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 0.4811 | 2016 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 28 | Serbia | 0.4782 | 2018 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 29 | Mongolia | 0.4774 | 2021 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 30 | Namibia | 0.472 | 2015 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 31 | France | 0.4687 | 2018 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 32 | Iceland | 0.4669 | 2013 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 0.4649 | 2018 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 34 | Belgium | 0.4551 | 2018 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 35 | Hungary | 0.4502 | 2018 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 36 | Romania | 0.4417 | 2018 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 37 | Chile | 0.4346 | 2015 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 0.42 | 2021 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 0.4144 | 2018 | up 17.0% | flat |
| 40 | Vietnam | 0.4111 | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 41 | Bolivia | 0.3871 | 2021 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 0.3797 | 2016 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 43 | Georgia | 0.3787 | 2013 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 44 | Colombia | 0.3694 | 2020 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 45 | Mexico | 0.3615 | 2019 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 0.3603 | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 47 | Paraguay | 0.3578 | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 48 | Malta | 0.3537 | 2018 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 49 | Ecuador | 0.3524 | 2017 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 50 | Tanzania | 0.3443 | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 51 | El Salvador | 0.3374 | 2017 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 52 | Honduras | 0.3344 | 2019 | up 34.2% | flat |
| 53 | Philippines | 0.332 | 2014 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 54 | Panama | 0.3317 | 2021 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 55 | Zambia | 0.266 | 2014 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 56 | Turkey | 0.2445 | 2010 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 57 | Guatemala | 0.2146 | 2017 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 58 | Jordan | 0.1538 | 2013 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 59 | Palestine | 0.1204 | 2017 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 60 | Pakistan | 0.0712 | 2020 | up 27.7% | falling |