Ireland - Gender equality

Firms with female top manager (% of firms)

Definition: Firms with female top manager refers to the percentage of firms in the private sector who have females as top managers. Top manager refers to the highest ranking manager or CEO of the establishment. This person may be the owner if he/she works as the manager of the firm. The results are based on surveys of more than 100,000 private firms.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2020 15.10

Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms)

Definition: Firms with female participation in ownership are the percentage of firms with a woman among the principal owners.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2005 41.60
2020 54.90

Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%)

Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) in Ireland was 31.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 43.59 in 2005, while its lowest value was 30.42 in 2011.

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.

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Year Value
2000 35.23
2001 39.89
2002 38.66
2003 40.80
2004 39.72
2005 43.59
2006 41.42
2007 40.26
2008 42.22
2009 40.97
2010 40.71
2011 30.42
2012 30.60
2013 30.49
2014 31.64
2015 30.93
2016 32.37
2017 31.89
2018 33.51
2019 31.26

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment