Females, as a share of private paid employees by wage quintile: Quintile 3 by country
Countries reporting
59
Highest
0.4939
Bulgaria
Lowest
0.0483
Pakistan
Median
0.3699
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
730
What the numbers show
Females, as a share of private paid employees by wage quintile: Quintile 3 is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 0.4939 in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0.0483 in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3699, and the mean is 0.3551.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 73.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 42.7%).
Females, as a share of private paid employees by wage quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 0.4939 | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 2 | Australia | 0.4937 | 2015 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 0.4612 | 2019 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 4 | Estonia | 0.4579 | 2018 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 5 | Lithuania | 0.4547 | 2018 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 0.4477 | 2016 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 7 | Uruguay | 0.4255 | 2017 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 8 | Brazil | 0.4249 | 2021 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 9 | Cyprus | 0.4231 | 2018 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 10 | Latvia | 0.4205 | 2018 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 11 | Hungary | 0.4168 | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 12 | Chile | 0.4135 | 2015 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 13 | Mongolia | 0.4124 | 2021 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 14 | Georgia | 0.4105 | 2013 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 0.4102 | 2020 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 16 | Armenia | 0.4094 | 2021 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 17 | Portugal | 0.406 | 2018 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 0.3987 | 2019 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 19 | Republic of Moldova | 0.398 | 2012 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 20 | Slovakia | 0.3973 | 2017 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 21 | Namibia | 0.3962 | 2015 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 22 | Poland | 0.3911 | 2017 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 0.3908 | 2016 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 24 | Peru | 0.3907 | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 25 | Paraguay | 0.3904 | 2021 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 26 | Greece | 0.3832 | 2018 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 27 | Spain | 0.3774 | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 28 | Finland | 0.3748 | 2018 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 29 | Croatia | 0.3737 | 2018 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 0.3699 | 2018 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 31 | Italy | 0.3688 | 2018 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 32 | Romania | 0.3665 | 2018 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 33 | Ecuador | 0.3654 | 2017 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 34 | France | 0.3578 | 2018 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 35 | Serbia | 0.3571 | 2018 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 36 | Czechia | 0.3534 | 2018 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 37 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.352 | 2016 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 38 | Switzerland | 0.3512 | 2018 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 39 | El Salvador | 0.3507 | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 40 | Ireland | 0.3482 | 2017 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 41 | Panama | 0.3477 | 2021 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 42 | Viet Nam | 0.3457 | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 43 | Iceland | 0.3409 | 2013 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 44 | Mexico | 0.3394 | 2019 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 45 | Argentina | 0.3387 | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 46 | Austria | 0.3359 | 2018 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 0.3238 | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 48 | Honduras | 0.2963 | 2019 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 49 | Malta | 0.2719 | 2018 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 50 | Belgium | 0.2686 | 2018 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 51 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.2652 | 2020 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 52 | Philippines | 0.2516 | 2014 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 0.2443 | 2016 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 54 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2335 | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 55 | Zambia | 0.2043 | 2014 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 56 | Guatemala | 0.193 | 2017 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 57 | Türkiye | 0.1781 | 2010 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 58 | Palestine, State of | 0.1396 | 2017 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 59 | Pakistan | 0.0483 | 2020 | up 73.0% | rising |