Females, as a share of private paid employees by country

Countries reporting
66
Highest
0.4713
Australia
Lowest
0.1083
Pakistan
Median
0.3982
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
822

What the numbers show

Females, as a share of private paid employees is currently reported for 66 countries. The highest value is 0.4713 in Australia; the lowest is 0.1083 in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3982, and the mean is 0.3736.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Cameroon (up 31.4%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 18.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 0.4713 2015 up 5.0% rising
2 Russia 0.4679 2016 up 2.1% rising
3 United States 0.4674 2018 down 0.5% flat
4 Dominican Republic 0.4624 2019 up 6.5% rising
5 Mongolia 0.462 2021 up 9.3% falling
6 Uruguay 0.4569 2020 up 1.4% flat
7 Republic of Moldova 0.4527 2015 up 1.2% flat
8 Cyprus 0.4501 2018 up 1.1% flat
9 Lithuania 0.4434 2018 down 1.3% flat
10 Latvia 0.4431 2018 down 0.7% falling
11 Cambodia 0.4388 2012 down 4.9% flat
12 Armenia 0.4387 2021 up 29.8% rising
13 Estonia 0.4372 2018 down 1.7% flat
14 Portugal 0.4333 2018 up 6.6% rising
15 Chile 0.4296 2015 up 9.2% rising
16 Bulgaria 0.4291 2018 down 1.8% flat
17 Luxembourg 0.4264 2018 up 13.0% rising
18 Brazil 0.4262 2021 up 1.4% rising
19 South Africa 0.425 2020 up 1.7% flat
20 Georgia 0.4241 2013 up 16.0% rising
21 Ethiopia 0.4211 2016 down 8.7% falling
22 Spain 0.4163 2018 up 5.3% rising
23 Namibia 0.4142 2015 down 14.6% falling
24 Argentina 0.4135 2021 down 0.8% flat
25 Serbia 0.4108 2018 down 18.2% falling
26 Slovak Republic 0.4096 2017 down 4.5% falling
27 Croatia 0.4087 2018 down 3.9% flat
28 Greece 0.4058 2018 up 4.9% flat
29 Ireland 0.4049 2017 down 7.9% flat
30 Poland 0.4046 2017 down 0.1% flat
31 Czechia 0.4033 2018 up 2.3% flat
32 Ukraine 0.403 2013 down 13.2% falling
33 Colombia 0.4001 2020 down 2.0% rising
34 Austria 0.3962 2018 up 2.6% falling
35 Finland 0.3951 2018 up 1.0% flat
36 Hungary 0.3944 2018 down 2.2% flat
37 Italy 0.3902 2018 up 1.4% flat
38 France 0.3886 2018 down 0.4% falling
39 United Kingdom 0.3884 2016 down 13.8% falling
40 Romania 0.3874 2018 down 3.2% falling
41 Switzerland 0.379 2018 up 5.2% flat
42 Costa Rica 0.3748 2021 up 3.9% rising
43 Paraguay 0.3734 2021 up 0.4% flat
44 Viet Nam 0.3689 2019 down 1.5% rising
45 Belgium 0.3633 2018 up 2.8% falling
46 Iceland 0.3507 2013 down 9.3% falling
47 Peru 0.3464 2021 down 11.1% rising
48 El Salvador 0.3459 2019 down 5.4% flat
49 Malta 0.3382 2018 up 3.6% flat
50 Philippines 0.3338 2018 down 8.4% flat
51 Panama 0.3318 2021 down 13.1% flat
52 Mexico 0.3292 2019 up 6.8% rising
53 Cameroon 0.32 2022 up 31.4% rising
54 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3125 2021 up 8.3% rising
55 Tunisia 0.3087 2015 up 0.6% flat
56 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3042 2020 up 14.5% rising
57 Honduras 0.3031 2019 up 6.2% flat
58 Sri Lanka 0.3029 2016 down 17.9% flat
59 Ecuador 0.2972 2020 down 7.0% flat
60 Guatemala 0.2897 2019 down 3.2% falling
61 Zambia 0.2306 2015 up 20.1% rising
62 Türkiye 0.2238 2010 up 8.4% flat
63 Morocco 0.1851 2009 falling
64 Jordan 0.1761 2016 down 2.1% flat
65 Palestine, State of 0.1189 2017 down 17.4% flat
66 Pakistan 0.1083 2020 up 17.3% falling

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Indicator
Females, as a share of private paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
66 places, 822 data points, 2000–2022
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