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Females, as a share of public paid employees by wage quintile: Quintile 3 by country

Countries reporting
59
Highest
0.8791
Finland
Lowest
0.1791
Pakistan
Median
0.5925
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
727

What the numbers show

Females, as a share of public paid employees by wage quintile: Quintile 3 is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 0.8791 in Finland; the lowest is 0.1791 in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5925, and the mean is 0.5984.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 55.1%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 25.8%).

Females, as a share of public paid employees by wage quintile: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 0.8791 2018 up 1.3% flat
2 Iceland 0.8378 2013 up 4.4% flat
3 Estonia 0.8233 2018 down 3.8% flat
4 Latvia 0.8144 2018 up 13.4% rising
5 Czechia 0.8016 2018 up 5.9% flat
6 Hungary 0.7899 2018 up 1.6% flat
7 Lithuania 0.7826 2018 down 0.2% flat
8 Slovakia 0.7677 2017 down 1.0% flat
9 Switzerland 0.7607 2018 up 1.3% flat
10 Poland 0.7306 2017 up 2.0% flat
11 Armenia 0.7242 2021 up 22.8% rising
12 Serbia 0.708 2018 up 5.8% rising
13 Bulgaria 0.6995 2018 down 2.0% rising
14 Ireland 0.6974 2017 down 0.5% rising
15 Russian Federation 0.6968 2016 up 12.6% flat
16 Romania 0.6938 2018 up 10.2% flat
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6924 2016 down 5.7% flat
18 Portugal 0.6816 2018 up 3.4% flat
19 Croatia 0.6808 2018 down 8.8% falling
20 France 0.6768 2018 down 1.6% rising
21 Italy 0.6761 2018 up 8.1% rising
22 Australia 0.6593 2015 up 12.7% flat
23 Republic of Moldova 0.6589 2012 up 4.3% flat
24 Belgium 0.6431 2018 down 1.4% rising
25 Austria 0.6409 2018 up 10.8% rising
26 Brazil 0.6301 2021 up 5.1% rising
27 Mongolia 0.6182 2021 up 8.1% rising
28 Paraguay 0.6064 2021 up 27.4% rising
29 Costa Rica 0.6039 2021 up 17.0% flat
30 Viet Nam 0.5925 2019 up 20.7% rising
31 Spain 0.5833 2018 up 2.2% rising
32 Honduras 0.5701 2019 down 1.3% falling
33 Malta 0.5647 2018 up 15.0% rising
34 Philippines 0.5618 2014 down 2.8% falling
35 Cyprus 0.5511 2018 up 38.7% rising
36 Sri Lanka 0.5503 2016 up 12.4% rising
37 South Africa 0.545 2019 up 5.5% rising
38 Panama 0.5343 2021 up 1.5% flat
39 Mexico 0.5335 2019 up 9.7% rising
40 Argentina 0.5325 2021 down 3.0% falling
41 Chile 0.5279 2015 up 12.7% rising
42 Uruguay 0.5234 2017 up 8.7% rising
43 Georgia 0.5186 2013 down 5.5% falling
44 Ecuador 0.5158 2017 up 19.1% rising
45 Namibia 0.5081 2015 up 9.5% rising
46 Greece 0.5071 2018 up 5.3% falling
47 Guatemala 0.5062 2017 down 5.2% rising
48 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5048 2021 up 24.3% rising
49 Peru 0.4965 2021 up 9.1% rising
50 Colombia 0.4646 2020 up 2.8% falling
51 El Salvador 0.4564 2021 up 4.7% flat
52 Dominican Republic 0.4512 2019 down 9.3% rising
53 Zambia 0.4496 2014 up 55.1% rising
54 Luxembourg 0.4463 2018 down 25.8% falling
55 Ethiopia 0.416 2016 up 18.8% rising
56 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3849 2020 up 38.6% rising
57 Türkiye 0.3486 2010 up 43.6% rising
58 Palestine, State of 0.3076 2017 up 2.9% rising
59 Pakistan 0.1791 2020 up 38.9% rising

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Females, as a share of public paid employees by wage quintile: Quintile 3
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 727 data points, 2000–2021
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