Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) - Country Ranking
Definition: The proportion of females in total employment in senior and middle management. It corresponds to major group 1 in both ISCO-08 and ISCO-88 minus category 14 in ISCO-08 (hospitality, retail and other services managers) and minus category 13 in ISCO-88 (general managers), since these comprise mainly managers of small enterprises.
Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 54.64 | 2016 |
| 2 | Botswana | 54.17 | 2019 |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 53.68 | 2014 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 50.19 | 2019 |
| 5 | Namibia | 48.24 | 2018 |
| 6 | Honduras | 47.47 | 2019 |
| 7 | Seychelles | 47.35 | 2019 |
| 8 | Iceland | 44.01 | 2019 |
| 9 | Latvia | 43.54 | 2019 |
| 9 | Panama | 43.54 | 2014 |
| 11 | Barbados | 43.17 | 2019 |
| 12 | El Salvador | 43.13 | 2019 |
| 13 | Mongolia | 43.00 | 2019 |
| 14 | Samoa | 42.99 | 2017 |
| 15 | Suriname | 42.17 | 2016 |
| 16 | Russia | 41.99 | 2019 |
| 17 | United States | 41.86 | 2020 |
| 18 | Sweden | 41.85 | 2019 |
| 19 | Belize | 41.71 | 2016 |
| 20 | Albania | 41.34 | 2019 |
| 21 | Poland | 41.15 | 2019 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 40.51 | 2019 |
| 23 | Tonga | 40.34 | 2018 |
| 24 | Zambia | 40.26 | 2018 |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 39.25 | 2019 |
| 26 | Brazil | 38.61 | 2019 |
| 27 | Lithuania | 38.59 | 2019 |
| 28 | Fiji | 38.58 | 2016 |
| 29 | Guyana | 38.47 | 2018 |
| 30 | Ecuador | 37.10 | 2019 |
| 31 | Portugal | 36.97 | 2019 |
| 32 | Finland | 36.76 | 2019 |
| 33 | Tuvalu | 36.73 | 2016 |
| 34 | Hungary | 35.90 | 2019 |
| 35 | Palau | 35.54 | 2014 |
| 36 | Mexico | 35.52 | 2019 |
| 37 | Uruguay | 35.18 | 2019 |
| 38 | Estonia | 35.11 | 2019 |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 34.91 | 2019 |
| 40 | Israel | 34.84 | 2017 |
| 41 | Guatemala | 34.50 | 2017 |
| 42 | France | 34.24 | 2019 |
| 43 | Romania | 34.19 | 2019 |
| 44 | Myanmar | 34.14 | 2019 |
| 45 | Spain | 33.72 | 2019 |
| 46 | The Gambia | 33.68 | 2012 |
| 47 | Serbia | 33.57 | 2019 |
| 48 | Slovak Republic | 33.30 | 2019 |
| 49 | South Africa | 33.26 | 2019 |
| 50 | Rwanda | 33.22 | 2018 |
| 51 | Argentina | 33.14 | 2019 |
| 52 | Timor-Leste | 33.04 | 2013 |
| 53 | Norway | 32.75 | 2019 |
| 54 | Switzerland | 32.46 | 2019 |
| 55 | Brunei | 32.26 | 2019 |
| 56 | Austria | 32.01 | 2019 |
| 57 | Belgium | 31.88 | 2019 |
| 58 | Ireland | 31.26 | 2019 |
| 59 | Mauritius | 31.03 | 2018 |
| 60 | Thailand | 30.96 | 2019 |
| 61 | Malta | 30.01 | 2019 |
| 62 | Greece | 29.77 | 2019 |
| 63 | Togo | 29.52 | 2017 |
| 64 | Philippines | 29.31 | 2019 |
| 65 | Nigeria | 28.91 | 2011 |
| 66 | Lebanon | 28.87 | 2019 |
| 67 | Germany | 28.59 | 2019 |
| 68 | Vanuatu | 28.54 | 2009 |
| 69 | Chile | 28.29 | 2009 |
| 70 | Montenegro | 28.20 | 2019 |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 28.15 | 2019 |
| 72 | Bolivia | 28.08 | 2019 |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 28.07 | 2019 |
| 74 | Cyprus | 26.99 | 2016 |
| 75 | Denmark | 26.63 | 2019 |
| 76 | Czech Republic | 26.61 | 2019 |
| 77 | Ghana | 26.56 | 2017 |
| 78 | Netherlands | 26.01 | 2019 |
| 79 | Uganda | 25.45 | 2017 |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.43 | 2019 |
| 81 | Solomon Islands | 25.08 | 2013 |
| 82 | Madagascar | 24.45 | 2012 |
| 83 | Croatia | 24.27 | 2019 |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 23.95 | 2018 |
| 85 | Lao PDR | 23.37 | 2017 |
| 86 | Italy | 23.27 | 2019 |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 22.52 | 2018 |
| 88 | Côte d'Ivoire | 22.16 | 2017 |
| 89 | Mozambique | 22.15 | 2015 |
| 90 | Iran | 21.73 | 2018 |
| 91 | Niger | 21.62 | 2017 |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 21.08 | 2013 |
| 93 | Cambodia | 20.15 | 2017 |
| 94 | Liberia | 20.05 | 2010 |
| 95 | Indonesia | 19.43 | 2010 |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 19.29 | 2010 |
| 97 | Tunisia | 19.26 | 2010 |
| 98 | Angola | 18.19 | 2014 |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 17.90 | 2014 |
| 100 | Turkey | 17.46 | 2019 |
| 101 | Tanzania | 17.34 | 2014 |
| 102 | Vietnam | 16.33 | 2007 |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates | 15.75 | 2018 |
| 104 | India | 14.83 | 2019 |
| 105 | Nepal | 13.90 | 2017 |
| 106 | Iraq | 13.65 | 2007 |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 11.48 | 2017 |
| 108 | Egypt | 9.01 | 2008 |
| 109 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 5.73 | 2005 |
| 110 | Yemen | 4.50 | 2014 |
| 111 | Afghanistan | 4.26 | 2017 |
| 112 | Pakistan | 4.22 | 2013 |
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Development Relevance: The indicator provides information on the proportion of women who are employed in decision-making and management roles in government, large enterprises and institutions.
Periodicity: Annual
