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Labor > Female decision makers: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Female legislators, senior officials and managers (as % of total). Data refer to the latest year available during the period 1991-2000. Those for countries that have implemented the recent International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88) are not strictly comparable with those for countries using the previous classification (ISCO-68).

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 United States 45% 2000
=2 Trinidad and Tobago 42% 2000
=2 Lithuania 42% 2000
4 Barbados 40% 2000
=5 Colombia 38% 2000
=5 New Zealand 38% 2000
=7 Belize 37% 2000
=7 Russia 37% 2000
=7 Latvia 37% 2000
=10 Ukraine 36% 2000
=10 Estonia 36% 2000
=10 Uruguay 36% 2000
=10 Bolivia 36% 2000
=10 Honduras 36% 2000
=15 Philippines 35% 2000
=15 Canada 35% 2000
=17 Ireland 34% 2000
=17 Hungary 34% 2000
=19 Panama 33% 2000
=19 Costa Rica 33% 2000
=19 El Salvador 33% 2000
=19 United Kingdom 33% 2000
=19 Poland 33% 2000
=24 Portugal 32% 2000
=24 Spain 32% 2000
=26 Slovenia 31% 2000
=26 The Bahamas 31% 2000
=26 Slovakia 31% 2000
=26 Dominican Republic 31% 2000
30 Sweden 29% 2000
European Union average (profile) 28.75% 2000
NATO countries average (profile) 28.43% 2000
=31 Peru 28% 2000
=31 Ecuador 28% 2000
=31 Austria 28% 2000
=31 Suriname 28% 2000
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 28% 2000
Eurozone average (profile) 27.93% 2000
High income OECD countries average (profile) 27.45% 2000
=35 Finland 27% 2000
=35 Thailand 27% 2000
=35 Iceland 27% 2000
=35 Netherlands 27% 2000
=35 Germany 27% 2000
=40 Czech Republic 26% 2000
=40 Australia 26% 2000
=40 Israel 26% 2000
=40 Chile 26% 2000
=40 Romania 26% 2000
=45 Croatia 25% 2000
=45 Greece 25% 2000
=45 Norway 25% 2000
=48 Mexico 24% 2000
=48 Venezuela 24% 2000
=50 Mauritius 23% 2000
=50 Denmark 23% 2000
=50 Paraguay 23% 2000
=50 Singapore 23% 2000
54 Switzerland 22% 2000
55 Malaysia 20% 2000
=56 Italy 19% 2000
=56 Belgium 19% 2000
58 Maldives 15% 2000
59 Cyprus 14% 2000
60 Egypt 10% 2000
=61 Japan 9% 2000
=61 Pakistan 9% 2000
=61 Turkey 9% 2000
64 United Arab Emirates 8% 2000
=65 Bangladesh 5% 2000
=65 South Korea 5% 2000
67 Sri Lanka 4% 2000

Citation

Labor > Female decision makers: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Labor > Female decision makers

  • United States ranked first for female decision makers amongst High income OECD countries in 2000.
  • Lithuania ranked first for female decision makers amongst European Union in 2000.
  • Japan ranked last for female decision makers amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
  • Russia ranked second for female decision makers amongst Europe in 2000.
  • Colombia ranked first for female decision makers amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2000.
  • Latvia ranked first for female decision makers amongst Eurozone in 2000.
  • Italy ranked third last for female decision makers amongst NATO countries in 2000.
  • All of the top 2 countries by female decision makers are Former British Colonies'.
  • Turkey ranked second last for female decision makers amongst Emerging markets in 2000.
  • Australia ranked second last for female decision makers amongst English speaking countries in 2000.
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