Urban population, female (% of female population) by country

Countries reporting
99
Highest
1.0%
Argentina
Lowest
0.1%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,378

What the numbers show

Urban population, female (% of female population) is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Argentina; the lowest is 0.1% in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 107.3%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 32.4%).

Urban population, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 1.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Malta 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
3 Netherlands 1.0% 2004 up 1.2% flat
4 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 up 2.9% falling
5 Belgium 0.9% 2003 down 0.3% flat
6 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 0.3% rising
7 Djibouti 0.9% 2017 down 0.3% falling
8 Jordan 0.9% 2016 up 6.2% rising
9 Brazil 0.9% 2021 up 1.1% rising
10 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 5.1% rising
11 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 10.8% flat
12 Iceland 0.8% 2015 up 31.0% rising
13 Mongolia 0.8% 2021 up 27.3% rising
14 United States of America 0.8% 2018 up 7.3% rising
15 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2017 up 0.7% flat
16 Palestine, State of 0.8% 2017 up 44.9% rising
17 Peru 0.8% 2021 up 6.4% rising
18 Colombia 0.8% 2021 up 1.7% rising
19 Mexico 0.8% 2020 up 0.2% flat
20 Italy 0.8% 2016 down 9.4% flat
21 Russian Federation 0.8% 2019 up 2.3% flat
22 Spain 0.8% 2016 up 3.1% rising
23 Portugal 0.7% 2016 up 2.0% flat
24 Belarus 0.7% 2020 down 0.4% rising
25 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 down 0.6% rising
26 Cyprus 0.7% 2016 up 2.7% flat
27 Norway 0.7% 2016 up 8.4% rising
28 Sweden 0.7% 2016 up 99.5% rising
29 Finland 0.7% 2016 up 59.7% rising
30 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7% 2021 up 4.7% rising
31 Panama 0.7% 2021 up 5.2% rising
32 Ireland 0.7% 2016 up 10.1% rising
33 Ecuador 0.7% 2021 up 2.5% rising
34 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 up 3.2% rising
35 Tunisia 0.7% 2015 up 5.2% rising
36 Türkiye 0.7% 2013 up 13.0% rising
37 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 up 34.9% rising
38 Greece 0.7% 2016 up 25.8% rising
39 Denmark 0.7% 2016 up 5.6% flat
40 France 0.7% 2016 down 19.3% falling
41 Ukraine 0.7% 2020 down 2.5% flat
42 Paraguay 0.6% 2021 up 7.0% rising
43 South Africa 0.6% 2020 up 4.4% rising
44 Latvia 0.6% 2016 up 31.1% rising
45 Montenegro 0.6% 2013 down 12.0% falling
46 El Salvador 0.6% 2019 down 2.8% rising
47 Poland 0.6% 2019 up 13.6% falling
48 Georgia 0.6% 2020 up 6.5% rising
49 Austria 0.6% 2003 up 1.1% flat
50 Morocco 0.6% 2013 up 8.8% rising
51 Serbia 0.6% 2018 up 4.1% rising
52 Armenia 0.6% 2020 down 6.4% falling
53 Estonia 0.6% 2016 up 22.4% rising
54 Czechia 0.6% 2016 up 2.8% falling
55 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 3.6% flat
56 Slovakia 0.6% 2016 up 3.7% flat
57 Kazakhstan 0.6% 2017 down 1.2% flat
58 Croatia 0.6% 2016 up 10.0% rising
59 North Macedonia 0.6% 2020 up 0.8% falling
60 Honduras 0.6% 2019 up 19.9% rising
61 Indonesia 0.6% 2019 up 27.8% rising
62 China 0.5% 2013 up 48.6% rising
63 Gambia 0.5% 2020 up 5.7% rising
64 Hungary 0.5% 2016 down 1.7% falling
65 Luxembourg 0.5% 2016 down 32.4% falling
66 Romania 0.5% 2018 up 30.8% flat
67 Ghana 0.5% 2016 up 35.8% rising
68 Guatemala 0.5% 2019 up 2.7% rising
69 Belize 0.5% 1999 down 8.3% falling
70 Lithuania 0.5% 2016 up 12.1% falling
71 Senegal 0.5% 2018 up 13.1% falling
72 Namibia 0.5% 2015 up 32.2% rising
73 Jamaica 0.5% 2002 down 16.9% falling
74 Thailand 0.5% 2021 up 28.7% rising
75 Philippines 0.5% 2019 down 9.8% falling
76 Egypt 0.4% 2019 down 1.5% flat
77 Zambia 0.4% 2015 up 8.8% rising
78 Republic of Moldova 0.4% 2021 down 27.0% rising
79 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2017 up 10.3% rising
79 Kosovo 0.4% 2017 up 10.3% rising
81 Kyrgyzstan 0.4% 2020 up 1.0% rising
82 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 up 9.1% rising
83 Nigeria 0.4% 2018 down 4.1% falling
84 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3% 2018 up 15.8% rising
85 Mozambique 0.3% 2014 up 5.8% rising
86 India 0.3% 2019 up 12.6% rising
87 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 107.3% rising
88 Bangladesh 0.3% 2016 up 20.6% rising
89 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2020 up 23.2% rising
90 Tajikistan 0.3% 2013 up 0.8% rising
91 Mali 0.3% 2018 up 7.4% rising
92 Uganda 0.3% 2016 up 60.1% rising
93 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 71.5% rising
94 Ethiopia 0.2% 2021 up 28.1% rising
95 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 35.3% rising
96 Madagascar 0.2% 2012 down 24.1% falling
97 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 up 13.8% falling
98 Malawi 0.2% 2019 up 3.7% rising
99 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1% 2002 down 19.7% falling

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Indicator
Urban population, female (% of female population)
Unit
% of female population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
99 places, 1,378 data points, 1970–2021
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