Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the service sector) by country

Countries reporting
90
Highest
1.0%
Namibia
Lowest
0.2%
Nigeria
Median
0.8%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,259

What the numbers show

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the service sector) is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Namibia; the lowest is 0.2% in Nigeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 0.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 561.4%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania, United Republic of (down 58.4%).

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Namibia 1.0% 2015 up 19.5% flat
2 Mongolia 1.0% 2016 up 10.2% rising
3 Ukraine 1.0% 2013 up 0.5% flat
4 Norway 1.0% 2016 up 2.3% flat
5 Jordan 1.0% 2016 up 0.6% flat
6 Denmark 1.0% 2016 up 1.5% flat
7 United States of America 1.0% 2018 up 1.7% flat
8 Malta 1.0% 2016 up 0.9% flat
9 Romania 1.0% 2016 up 3.6% rising
10 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 2.9% flat
11 Malawi 0.9% 2016 up 289.0% volatile
12 Sweden 0.9% 2016 down 0.5% flat
13 Croatia 0.9% 2016 down 1.2% flat
14 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 down 0.8% flat
15 Slovenia 0.9% 2016 down 1.9% flat
16 Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 0.5% flat
17 Iceland 0.9% 2013 up 0.8% flat
18 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 down 1.5% flat
19 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 up 2.1% flat
20 France 0.9% 2016 down 0.6% flat
21 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 1.4% flat
22 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 down 1.5% flat
23 Estonia 0.9% 2016 down 2.4% flat
24 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 2.5% flat
25 Austria 0.9% 2003 down 0.1% flat
26 Finland 0.9% 2016 down 0.2% flat
27 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 2.3% flat
28 Mauritius 0.9% 2012 up 7.9% flat
29 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 0.2% flat
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 1.4% flat
31 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 up 1.0% flat
32 Portugal 0.9% 2016 up 3.1% rising
33 Armenia 0.9% 2020 down 4.4% flat
34 Spain 0.9% 2016 up 0.9% rising
35 Netherlands 0.9% 2016 down 5.8% flat
36 Slovakia 0.9% 2016 down 6.3% falling
37 Belgium 0.9% 2003 up 3.5% flat
38 South Africa 0.9% 2020 up 1.7% falling
39 Czechia 0.9% 2016 down 0.3% flat
40 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.9% 2017 down 2.4% flat
40 Kosovo 0.9% 2017 down 2.4% flat
42 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 0.6% flat
43 Türkiye 0.9% 2019 up 3.9% flat
44 Georgia 0.9% 2013 up 5.4% rising
45 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 2.4% flat
46 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 1.9% rising
47 Pakistan 0.8% 2020 up 3.5% rising
48 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2019 up 5.5% falling
49 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 up 0.5% flat
50 Kyrgyzstan 0.8% 2020 volatile
51 Greece 0.8% 2016 up 3.6% flat
52 Egypt 0.8% 2019 down 11.4% flat
53 Chile 0.8% 2017 up 0.2% flat
54 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2017 up 9.8% rising
55 Argentina 0.8% 2021 down 6.2% falling
56 Belize 0.8% 1999 down 1.9% flat
57 Brazil 0.8% 2021 down 6.7% flat
58 Uruguay 0.8% 2021 down 3.5% flat
59 India 0.7% 2019 up 10.5% rising
60 Panama 0.7% 2021 down 13.5% falling
61 Jamaica 0.7% 2002 down 2.4% flat
62 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 2.8% flat
63 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 down 1.0% flat
64 Philippines 0.7% 2019 up 6.8% rising
65 Paraguay 0.7% 2017 up 3.0% rising
66 Bangladesh 0.6% 2016 up 8.0% rising
67 Kazakhstan 0.6% 2017 down 6.5% falling
68 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2006 down 12.2% falling
69 Guatemala 0.6% 2011 up 22.5% rising
70 Thailand 0.6% 2021 up 7.3% rising
71 El Salvador 0.5% 2017 down 2.1% flat
72 Rwanda 0.5% 2021 up 22.3% falling
73 Colombia 0.5% 2021 up 5.5% falling
74 Nicaragua 0.5% 2014 down 0.5% falling
75 Indonesia 0.5% 2019 up 22.7% rising
76 Honduras 0.5% 2017 down 9.0% falling
77 Peru 0.5% 2021 down 4.2% rising
78 Ecuador 0.5% 2021 down 14.9% falling
79 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5% 2021 down 5.9% rising
80 Mozambique 0.4% 2014 up 21.5% flat
81 Uganda 0.4% 2016 up 3.4% rising
82 Zambia 0.4% 2015 up 3.7% falling
83 Gambia 0.4% 2020 up 32.8% falling
84 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 21.1% rising
85 Madagascar 0.3% 2012 up 11.3% rising
86 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 64.6% rising
87 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2020 down 58.4% volatile
88 Ethiopia 0.3% 2021 up 4.6% falling
89 Ghana 0.2% 2016 up 22.0% rising
90 Nigeria 0.2% 2012 up 561.4% volatile

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Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the service sector)
Unit
% of female workers in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,259 data points, 1970–2021
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