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

Countries reporting
59
Highest
0.8472
Lithuania
Lowest
0.3444
Colombia
Median
0.6715
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
686

What the numbers show

Females, as a share of public paid employees by occupational group: Professionals is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 0.8472 in Lithuania; the lowest is 0.3444 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6715, and the mean is 0.6512.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 61.3%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 13.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lithuania 0.8472 2018 up 6.5% rising
2 Russia 0.8297 2016 up 4.1% rising
3 Latvia 0.8083 2018 up 5.3% rising
4 Poland 0.7998 2017 up 2.3% flat
5 Croatia 0.7974 2018 up 11.0% flat
6 Czechia 0.7958 2018 up 29.2% rising
7 Bulgaria 0.7909 2018 up 12.0% rising
8 Iceland 0.7736 2013 up 7.7% rising
9 Slovakia 0.7727 2017 up 1.4% flat
10 Ireland 0.7672 2017 up 8.0% rising
11 Philippines 0.7664 2014 up 0.1% flat
12 Estonia 0.7586 2018 down 7.0% flat
13 Mongolia 0.7522 2014 up 8.2% rising
14 Portugal 0.7398 2018 up 11.5% rising
15 Hungary 0.7363 2018 up 0.6% flat
16 Romania 0.7244 2018 up 9.6% rising
17 Dominican Republic 0.7221 2019 up 12.3% rising
18 Sri Lanka 0.7187 2016 up 2.9% rising
19 Uruguay 0.7116 2017 down 5.0% flat
20 Paraguay 0.7108 2021 up 34.0% rising
21 Brazil 0.7092 2021 down 4.9% flat
22 Finland 0.7058 2018 up 8.3% rising
23 Italy 0.7036 2018 up 27.4% rising
24 Costa Rica 0.6971 2021 up 6.9% flat
25 Honduras 0.6922 2019 up 7.6% flat
26 United Kingdom 0.684 2016 up 9.3% rising
27 Malta 0.6826 2018 up 13.0% rising
28 Georgia 0.6744 2013 down 1.5% flat
29 Belgium 0.673 2018 up 4.2% rising
30 Panama 0.6715 2021 up 1.3% rising
31 Spain 0.6708 2018 up 14.3% rising
32 Austria 0.6698 2018 up 8.2% rising
33 El Salvador 0.6671 2021 up 19.2% rising
34 Australia 0.6669 2015 up 0.4% flat
35 Moldova 0.6635 2012 down 6.5% flat
36 France 0.6602 2018 up 2.4% rising
37 Serbia 0.6566 2018 down 1.6% flat
38 Switzerland 0.6405 2018 up 29.7% rising
39 Namibia 0.6363 2015 down 2.6% flat
40 Cyprus 0.6305 2018 down 5.7% rising
41 Chile 0.6292 2015 up 3.5% rising
42 Greece 0.6248 2018 up 2.8% flat
43 South Africa 0.6248 2019 up 17.8% rising
44 Luxembourg 0.6075 2018 up 8.1% rising
45 Mexico 0.6007 2017 up 8.2% flat
46 Guatemala 0.5816 2017 down 8.8% rising
47 Ecuador 0.5772 2017 up 9.9% flat
48 Peru 0.5652 2021 down 5.3% flat
49 Vietnam 0.5549 2019 up 9.3% rising
50 Bolivia 0.5514 2021 down 3.1% flat
51 Argentina 0.5051 2018 down 0.4% flat
52 Palestine 0.4819 2017 up 14.5% rising
53 Zambia 0.471 2014 up 18.6% rising
54 Jordan 0.4429 2016 up 10.5% rising
55 Turkey 0.3997 2010 up 17.9% rising
56 Tanzania 0.3649 2020 down 13.1% rising
57 Ethiopia 0.3586 2016 up 43.0% rising
58 Pakistan 0.3538 2020 up 61.3% rising
59 Colombia 0.3444 2017 up 3.0% falling

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Females, as a share of public paid employees by occupational group: Professionals
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 686 data points, 2000–2021
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