Italy - 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
2019 15.30

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
2019 24.00

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

Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) in Italy was 23.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 23.27 in 2019, while its lowest value was 18.77 in 2004.

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
2004 18.77
2005 19.67
2006 21.77
2007 22.03
2008 21.62
2009 21.57
2010 21.16
2011 21.59
2012 22.21
2013 22.02
2014 21.90
2015 21.75
2016 22.04
2017 22.34
2018 23.15
2019 23.27

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment