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Females, as a share of public paid employees by country

Countries reporting
66
Highest
0.777
Finland
Lowest
0.1751
Pakistan
Median
0.5604
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
821

What the numbers show

Females, as a share of public paid employees is currently reported for 66 countries. The highest value is 0.777 in Finland; the lowest is 0.1751 in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5604, and the mean is 0.5563.

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

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 46.8%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 10.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 0.777 2018 up 2.6% flat
2 Iceland 0.7735 2013 up 4.1% flat
3 Latvia 0.7691 2018 up 5.5% rising
4 Lithuania 0.7687 2018 up 7.4% rising
5 Estonia 0.7548 2018 down 2.4% flat
6 Poland 0.7331 2017 up 5.3% rising
7 Czechia 0.729 2018 up 5.4% flat
8 Slovakia 0.7113 2017 down 1.2% flat
9 Ireland 0.709 2017 up 5.3% rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.7038 2016 down 0.1% flat
11 France 0.6997 2018 up 4.7% rising
12 Bulgaria 0.6945 2018 up 12.2% rising
13 Hungary 0.6942 2018 up 1.4% flat
14 Switzerland 0.6908 2018 up 6.3% flat
15 Portugal 0.6883 2018 up 1.7% flat
16 Croatia 0.6842 2018 down 0.7% flat
17 Belgium 0.6731 2018 up 3.8% rising
18 Austria 0.6594 2018 up 5.7% rising
19 Serbia 0.6452 2018 up 3.9% flat
20 Republic of Moldova 0.6363 2015 down 2.4% flat
21 Armenia 0.6316 2021 up 9.6% rising
22 Russian Federation 0.6302 2016 up 1.9% rising
23 Spain 0.6249 2018 up 4.3% rising
24 Ukraine 0.621 2013 up 4.7% rising
25 Italy 0.6206 2018 up 6.2% rising
26 Romania 0.6053 2018 up 1.0% rising
27 Mongolia 0.6037 2021 up 10.2% rising
28 Costa Rica 0.6028 2021 up 11.9% rising
29 Australia 0.5916 2015 down 0.4% flat
30 Malta 0.5871 2018 up 18.6% rising
31 Honduras 0.5797 2019 up 2.4% rising
32 Cyprus 0.5605 2018 down 0.8% rising
33 South Africa 0.5605 2020 up 8.4% rising
34 Chile 0.5603 2015 up 13.2% rising
35 Georgia 0.5577 2013 up 2.0% flat
36 Dominican Republic 0.5565 2019 up 5.6% rising
37 United States of America 0.5565 2018 down 1.0% flat
38 Brazil 0.5544 2021 down 3.4% flat
39 Argentina 0.5514 2021 up 1.6% flat
40 Philippines 0.5511 2018 up 6.1% rising
41 Viet Nam 0.5471 2019 up 18.4% rising
42 Uruguay 0.5412 2020 up 6.5% rising
43 Panama 0.5379 2021 up 1.4% rising
44 Namibia 0.5378 2015 up 4.7% flat
45 Greece 0.5313 2018 down 0.8% flat
46 Paraguay 0.5292 2021 up 7.3% rising
47 Mexico 0.5208 2019 up 8.1% rising
48 Luxembourg 0.5031 2018 down 10.1% flat
49 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4964 2021 up 6.0% rising
50 Peru 0.4947 2021 up 4.4% rising
51 Colombia 0.4823 2020 down 0.5% falling
52 Guatemala 0.4679 2019 down 1.2% rising
53 Sri Lanka 0.4623 2016 up 8.7% rising
54 Ecuador 0.4438 2020 down 5.8% flat
55 El Salvador 0.4346 2021 down 2.0% flat
56 Ethiopia 0.4086 2016 up 17.3% rising
57 Zambia 0.3824 2015 up 19.5% rising
58 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3703 2020 up 34.4% rising
59 Cameroon 0.3608 2022 up 3.7% rising
60 Tunisia 0.3422 2015 up 14.9% rising
61 Türkiye 0.2853 2010 up 46.8% rising
62 Morocco 0.2623 2009 — rising
63 Cambodia 0.257 2012 up 16.1% rising
64 Palestine, State of 0.2459 2017 up 10.7% rising
65 Jordan 0.1963 2016 down 5.9% rising
66 Pakistan 0.1751 2020 up 22.3% rising

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Indicator
Females, as a share of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
66 places, 821 data points, 2000–2022
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