Labor > Employment > Percent of population are employees > Women: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Number of female self-reported employees (formal or informal), expressed as a percentage of the total female employed population.
CONTENTS
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Qatar | 99.9% | 2004 | ||
2 | Norway | 95.4% | 2005 | ||
3 | Estonia | 94.9% | 2005 | ||
=4 | Sweden | 94.7% | 2005 | ||
=4 | Denmark | 94.7% | 2005 | ||
=6 | Malta | 94.1% | 2005 | ||
=6 | United States | 94.1% | 2005 | ||
8 | Aruba | 93.9% | 1994 | ||
9 | Macau | 93.4% | 2005 | ||
10 | Hong Kong | 93.3% | 2005 | ||
11 | Russia | 92.7% | 2005 | ||
12 | Ireland | 92.6% | 2005 | ||
13 | France | 92.5% | 2005 | ||
14 | Slovakia | 92.4% | 2005 | ||
15 | Isle of Man | 92.3% | 2001 | ||
16 | United Kingdom | 92.2% | 2005 | ||
=17 | Puerto Rico | 92% | 2005 | ||
=17 | Netherlands Antilles | 92% | 2000 | ||
=19 | San Marino | 91.9% | 2004 | ||
=19 | Singapore | 91.9% | 2004 | ||
=19 | British Virgin Islands | 91.9% | 1991 | ||
22 | Israel | 91.8% | 2005 | ||
23 | Cuba | 91.6% | 2004 | ||
24 | Finland | 91.5% | 2005 | ||
25 | Iceland | 91.3% | 2005 | ||
26 | Netherlands | 90.8% | 2005 | ||
27 | Germany | 90.6% | 2005 | ||
28 | Latvia | 90.4% | 2005 | ||
=29 | Australia | 90.2% | 2005 | ||
=29 | Hungary | 90.2% | 2005 | ||
31 | Barbados | 89.5% | 2004 | ||
32 | Czech Republic | 89.3% | 2005 | ||
=33 | Austria | 89.1% | 2005 | ||
=33 | New Caledonia | 89.1% | 1996 | ||
35 | Bulgaria | 88.8% | 2005 | ||
36 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 88.7% | 2001 | ||
37 | Canada | 88.6% | 2005 | ||
38 | Oman | 87.8% | 2000 | ||
39 | Belgium | 87.7% | 2005 | ||
40 | Slovenia | 87.6% | 2005 | ||
=41 | The Bahamas | 87.4% | 2004 | ||
=41 | Montserrat | 87.4% | 1991 | ||
=43 | Armenia | 86.8% | 2001 | ||
=43 | Suriname | 86.8% | 1998 | ||
=45 | Switzerland | 86.6% | 2005 | ||
=45 | New Zealand | 86.6% | 2005 | ||
47 | Seychelles | 85.9% | 1987 | ||
=48 | Lithuania | 85.4% | 2005 | ||
=48 | Spain | 85.4% | 2005 | ||
50 | Japan | 84.7% | 2005 | ||
51 | Mauritius | 84.1% | 2005 | ||
52 | Cyprus | 83.9% | 2005 | ||
53 | Trinidad and Tobago | 83% | 2005 | ||
54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 82.5% | 1991 | ||
55 | Ukraine | 80.6% | 2005 | ||
56 | South Africa | 80% | 2004 | ||
57 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 79.4% | 1991 | ||
58 | Argentina | 79% | 2005 | ||
59 | Djibouti | 78.7% | 1991 | ||
60 | Malaysia | 77.5% | 2003 | ||
61 | Poland | 76.9% | 2005 | ||
62 | Portugal | 76.1% | 2005 | ||
63 | Uruguay | 76% | 2005 | ||
64 | Republic of Macedonia | 75.9% | 2005 | ||
65 | Croatia | 75.7% | 2005 | ||
66 | Dominica | 75.6% | 2001 | ||
67 | Grenada | 75.2% | 1998 | ||
68 | Chile | 74.6% | 2005 | ||
69 | Belize | 73.9% | 2005 | ||
70 | Costa Rica | 73.1% | 2005 | ||
71 | Botswana | 72% | 2003 | ||
72 | Panama | 71.9% | 2005 | ||
73 | Saint Lucia | 70.6% | 2000 | ||
74 | Greece | 68% | 2005 | ||
75 | Swaziland | 67.4% | 1997 | ||
76 | South Korea | 67.1% | 2005 | ||
77 | Jamaica | 66.8% | 2005 | ||
78 | Dominican Republic | 66.5% | 2005 | ||
79 | Anguilla | 66.1% | 2001 | ||
80 | Algeria | 65.8% | 2003 | ||
81 | Brazil | 65.5% | 2004 | ||
82 | Romania | 65.2% | 2005 | ||
83 | Mexico | 64.3% | 2005 | ||
84 | Moldova | 64.1% | 2005 | ||
85 | Kazakhstan | 60.2% | 2004 | ||
=86 | Italy | 59.6% | 2005 | ||
=86 | Sri Lanka | 59.6% | 2003 | ||
88 | Tunisia | 58.6% | 1989 | ||
89 | Ecuador | 56.9% | 2005 | ||
90 | Palestine | 56.7% | 2004 | ||
91 | Namibia | 54.9% | 2001 | ||
92 | Venezuela | 54.4% | 2003 | ||
93 | Iran | 53.7% | 1996 | ||
94 | Guyana | 52.9% | 1992 | ||
95 | Honduras | 52.6% | 2005 | ||
96 | Colombia | 51.8% | 2005 | ||
97 | Philippines | 49.7% | 2005 | ||
98 | Nicaragua | 49.4% | 2003 | ||
99 | Egypt | 49.3% | 2004 | ||
100 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.7% | 2004 | ||
101 | Peru | 47.9% | 2005 | ||
102 | Syria | 46.6% | 2001 | ||
103 | Paraguay | 45.7% | 2003 | ||
104 | Turkey | 43.8% | 2005 | ||
105 | Lesotho | 43.7% | 1997 | ||
106 | Thailand | 42.9% | 2004 | ||
107 | Mongolia | 41.8% | 2003 | ||
108 | El Salvador | 41.3% | 2004 | ||
109 | Georgia | 34.5% | 2005 | ||
110 | Morocco | 31.6% | 2005 | ||
111 | Pakistan | 31.2% | 2005 | ||
112 | Gabon | 29.2% | 1993 | ||
113 | Maldives | 28.8% | 2000 | ||
114 | Bolivia | 26.5% | 2002 | ||
115 | Guatemala | 25.6% | 2002 | ||
116 | Zimbabwe | 23.1% | 2002 | ||
117 | Vietnam | 21.2% | 2004 | ||
118 | Yemen | 13.8% | 1999 | ||
119 | Cambodia | 13.6% | 2001 | ||
120 | Bangladesh | 13.3% | 2003 | ||
121 | Madagascar | 12% | 2003 | ||
122 | Mali | 11.4% | 2004 | ||
123 | Cameroon | 8.7% | 2001 | ||
124 | Zambia | 8.6% | 1998 | ||
=125 | Uganda | 7.5% | 2003 | ||
=125 | Senegal | 7.5% | 1991 | ||
127 | Ethiopia | 6.2% | 2005 | ||
128 | Laos | 5.4% | 1995 | ||
129 | Malawi | 4.8% | 1998 | ||
130 | Burkina Faso | 1.4% | 1994 | ||
131 | Chad | 0.8% | 1993 |