Females, as a share of public paid employees by occupational group: Elementary occupation by country

Countries reporting
59
Highest
0.9154
Croatia
Lowest
0.037
Brazil
Median
0.5615
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
670

What the numbers show

Females, as a share of public paid employees by occupational group: Elementary occupation is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 0.9154 in Croatia; the lowest is 0.037 in Brazil.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5615, and the mean is 0.5435.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 1,958.0%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 74.5%).

Females, as a share of public paid employees by occupational group: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Croatia 0.9154 2018 down 5.8% falling
2 Iceland 0.905 2013 up 13.8% rising
3 Finland 0.9015 2018 up 3.7% flat
4 Slovakia 0.8998 2017 up 18.2% rising
5 Poland 0.8622 2017 up 17.8% rising
6 Switzerland 0.8531 2018 up 35.7% rising
7 Russia 0.8396 2015 up 25.4% rising
8 Serbia 0.834 2018 down 2.3% flat
9 Czechia 0.8285 2018 up 3.5% rising
10 Belgium 0.8054 2018 up 0.3% rising
11 Latvia 0.7917 2018 down 6.8% flat
12 Austria 0.7818 2018 up 21.5% flat
13 France 0.7757 2018 down 1.6% rising
14 Romania 0.7684 2018 up 24.4% rising
15 Spain 0.7554 2018 up 7.4% rising
16 Bulgaria 0.7483 2018 up 29.0% rising
17 United Kingdom 0.7474 2016 up 12.4% rising
18 Lithuania 0.7377 2018 up 2.0% flat
19 Estonia 0.7062 2018 down 10.2% falling
20 Greece 0.7013 2018 up 4.6% falling
21 Portugal 0.7009 2018 down 5.8% flat
22 Dominican Republic 0.6703 2019 up 37.4% rising
23 Hungary 0.6485 2018 down 7.0% falling
24 Cyprus 0.6375 2018 down 2.8% flat
25 Vietnam 0.6167 2019 up 22.4% rising
26 South Africa 0.6043 2019 up 19.7% rising
27 Georgia 0.5891 2013 up 13.3% rising
28 Ethiopia 0.5775 2015 up 41.8% rising
29 Bolivia 0.5622 2021 up 18.7% rising
30 Italy 0.5615 2018 down 2.5% flat
31 Moldova 0.5573 2012 down 10.0% falling
32 Costa Rica 0.5506 2021 up 4.9% flat
33 Mongolia 0.5439 2014 up 4.1% rising
34 Luxembourg 0.5316 2018 up 0.8% flat
35 Namibia 0.5265 2015 down 12.0% falling
36 Panama 0.5056 2021 up 11.5% rising
37 Uruguay 0.5038 2017 up 40.2% rising
38 Chile 0.4991 2015 up 53.9% rising
39 Ireland 0.4889 2017 up 28.8% flat
40 Malta 0.4874 2018 up 33.9% rising
41 Peru 0.4774 2021 up 61.2% rising
42 Honduras 0.4526 2018 up 32.3% rising
43 Australia 0.3833 2015 down 29.7% falling
44 Mexico 0.3661 2017 up 7.0% falling
45 Tanzania 0.3541 2020 down 4.0% rising
46 Sri Lanka 0.3139 2016 up 68.8% rising
47 Philippines 0.3032 2014 up 38.4% rising
48 Paraguay 0.2941 2021 down 26.3% falling
49 Guatemala 0.284 2017 up 28.3% rising
50 Zambia 0.2143 2014 down 26.0% falling
51 El Salvador 0.2135 2021 down 32.6% rising
52 Ecuador 0.2086 2017 up 22.0% falling
53 Argentina 0.1375 2018 up 291.4% volatile
54 Palestine 0.1364 2017 up 19.7% rising
55 Turkey 0.12 2010 up 47.5% rising
56 Jordan 0.1159 2016 up 330.7% rising
57 Colombia 0.074 2015 up 1,958.0% volatile
58 Pakistan 0.0587 2020 down 8.9% rising
59 Brazil 0.037 2015 down 74.5% volatile

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Females, as a share of public paid employees by occupational group: Elementary occupation
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 670 data points, 2000–2021
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