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Wage workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
106
Highest
1.0%
Belarus
Lowest
0.1%
Malawi
Median
0.8%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,503

What the numbers show

Wage workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.1% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 0.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 297.6%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 64.6%).

Wage workers, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belarus 1.0% 2010 up 7.4% rising
2 Jordan 1.0% 2016 up 1.4% flat
3 Norway 1.0% 2016 up 1.6% flat
4 United States 1.0% 2018 up 2.6% flat
5 Ukraine 1.0% 2014 down 0.3% flat
6 Malta 1.0% 2016 up 0.7% flat
7 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 3.3% flat
8 Denmark 0.9% 2016 up 0.5% flat
9 Sweden 0.9% 2016 down 0.0% flat
10 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 down 0.1% rising
11 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 up 6.2% flat
12 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 down 1.4% flat
13 Ireland 0.9% 2016 up 0.4% rising
14 Estonia 0.9% 2016 down 1.7% flat
15 Croatia 0.9% 2016 down 0.3% flat
16 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 up 3.4% rising
17 Slovenia 0.9% 2016 down 1.9% rising
18 France 0.9% 2016 down 0.4% flat
19 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 up 59.5% falling
20 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 2.1% rising
21 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 up 1.9% flat
22 Iceland 0.9% 2015 down 0.6% flat
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 1.4% flat
24 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 0.4% flat
25 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 up 1.8% rising
26 Mauritius 0.9% 2017 up 10.4% rising
27 Finland 0.9% 2016 down 0.0% flat
28 Portugal 0.9% 2016 up 8.7% rising
29 Montenegro 0.9% 2010 down 4.0% flat
30 Slovakia 0.9% 2016 down 5.4% falling
31 Austria 0.9% 2003 up 2.6% flat
32 Netherlands 0.9% 2016 down 2.5% flat
33 Czechia 0.9% 2016 down 1.0% flat
34 Kazakhstan 0.9% 2018 down 12.0% falling
35 Spain 0.9% 2016 up 1.2% rising
36 Belgium 0.9% 2003 up 4.0% rising
37 South Africa 0.9% 2020 up 1.7% flat
38 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9% 2011 up 1.5% falling
39 North Macedonia 0.9% 2020 up 12.6% rising
40 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 4.8% flat
41 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 1.2% rising
42 Kosovo 0.8% 2017 down 7.9% flat
42 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.8% 2017 down 7.9% flat
44 Namibia 0.8% 2015 up 38.7% rising
45 Palestine, State of 0.8% 2017 up 47.1% rising
46 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 up 0.9% rising
47 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 20.3% rising
48 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2017 up 10.9% rising
49 Chile 0.8% 2017 up 0.9% flat
50 Romania 0.8% 2018 up 2.6% rising
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% 2019 up 5.3% falling
52 Serbia 0.8% 2018 down 1.6% rising
53 Mongolia 0.8% 2021 up 12.4% rising
54 Argentina 0.8% 2021 down 7.3% falling
55 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2019 up 18.1% falling
56 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 2.6% flat
57 Greece 0.7% 2016 up 5.2% rising
58 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 up 277.9% volatile
59 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 1.0% rising
60 Belize 0.7% 1999 down 5.9% falling
61 Albania 0.7% 2019 up 107.3% rising
62 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 4.4% rising
63 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 down 2.1% flat
64 Türkiye 0.7% 2019 up 29.3% rising
65 Egypt 0.7% 2019 up 33.3% rising
66 Jamaica 0.7% 2002 up 2.0% flat
67 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2020 — volatile
68 Panama 0.6% 2021 down 15.7% falling
69 Armenia 0.6% 2020 up 19.0% rising
70 Philippines 0.6% 2019 up 16.6% rising
71 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2006 down 10.7% falling
72 Georgia 0.6% 2020 up 25.3% falling
73 Guatemala 0.6% 2019 up 28.0% rising
74 Paraguay 0.6% 2021 up 2.2% rising
75 El Salvador 0.5% 2019 up 3.3% flat
76 Colombia 0.5% 2021 up 9.0% falling
77 Nicaragua 0.5% 2014 up 2.4% falling
78 Thailand 0.5% 2021 up 12.5% rising
79 Honduras 0.5% 2019 up 6.4% falling
80 India 0.5% 2019 down 3.5% rising
81 Indonesia 0.4% 2019 up 24.6% rising
82 Bangladesh 0.4% 2016 up 89.1% rising
83 Kenya 0.4% 2019 up 113.2% rising
84 Morocco 0.4% 2013 up 31.4% rising
85 Cambodia 0.4% 2012 up 127.5% rising
86 Djibouti 0.4% 2017 up 12.3% falling
87 Ecuador 0.4% 2021 down 21.1% flat
88 Peru 0.4% 2021 down 3.2% rising
89 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3% 2021 down 2.2% rising
90 Gambia 0.3% 2020 up 137.2% rising
91 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 up 16.7% falling
92 Senegal 0.2% 2018 up 10.3% falling
93 Nigeria 0.2% 2012 up 56.6% volatile
94 Niger 0.2% 2018 up 297.6% volatile
95 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 66.4% rising
96 Zambia 0.2% 2015 up 69.2% rising
97 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 57.1% rising
98 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1% 2018 up 22.0% falling
99 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 61.6% volatile
100 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 64.6% rising
101 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 down 4.5% falling
102 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 0.3% rising
103 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 92.4% rising
104 Togo 0.1% 2018 up 37.2% flat
105 Guinea 0.1% 2018 up 271.4% volatile
106 Malawi 0.1% 2019 down 64.6% falling

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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