DEFINITION
Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water).
Labor Statistics > Employees, industry, female > % of female employment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Sri Lanka :
35 %
2003
# 2
Macedonia, Republic of :
29.9 %
2005
# 3
Bulgaria :
28.9 %
2005
# 4
Mauritius :
28.8 %
2005
# 5
Iran :
28.4 %
2005
# 6
Algeria :
28.2 %
2004
# 7
Malaysia :
26.9 %
2003
# 8
Czech Republic :
26.5 %
2005
# 9
Slovenia :
25.3 %
2005
# 10
Slovakia :
25.2 %
2005
# 11
Romania :
24.8 %
2005
= 12
San Marino :
24.2 %
2004
= 12
Estonia :
24.2 %
2005
# 14
Maldives :
24.1 %
2000
= 15
Guatemala :
23.3 %
2002
= 15
Honduras :
23.3 %
2005
# 17
Macau :
23.1 %
2005
# 18
El Salvador :
21.7 %
2004
= 19
Hungary :
21.2 %
2005
= 19
Ukraine :
21.2 %
2003
= 19
Russia :
21.2 %
2005
# 22
Lithuania :
20.8 %
2005
= 23
Portugal :
20.5 %
2003
= 23
Singapore :
20.5 %
2005
# 25
Guyana :
20.4 %
1997
# 26
Mexico :
19 %
2005
# 27
Thailand :
18.7 %
2005
# 28
Eritrea :
18.6 %
1984
# 29
Bangladesh :
18.4 %
2003
# 30
Croatia :
18.1 %
2005
# 31
Malta :
17.8 %
2004
# 32
Japan :
17.6 %
2005
# 33
Italy :
17.5 %
2005
# 34
Poland :
17.1 %
2005
# 35
Nicaragua :
17 %
2003
# 36
Korea, South :
16.6 %
2005
# 37
Latvia :
16.2 %
2005
= 38
Colombia :
16.1 %
2005
= 38
Germany :
16.1 %
2005
# 40
Pakistan :
15.6 %
2002
# 41
Dominican Republic :
15.4 %
2002
# 42
Turkey :
15.1 %
2005
# 43
Morocco :
15 %
2005
# 44
Indonesia :
14.7 %
2005
# 45
Ghana :
14.5 %
2000
# 46
Bolivia :
14.2 %
2000
# 47
Trinidad and Tobago :
14.1 %
2002
# 48
Oman :
14 %
2000
# 49
Cuba :
13.9 %
2004
= 50
Mongolia :
13.8 %
2004
= 50
United Arab Emirates :
13.8 %
2000
# 52
Vietnam :
13.7 %
2004
# 53
South Africa :
13.6 %
2003
= 54
Cambodia :
13.4 %
2004
= 54
Lesotho :
13.4 %
1997
= 54
Peru :
13.4 %
2005
# 57
Botswana :
13.3 %
2004
= 58
Austria :
12.9 %
2005
= 58
Brazil :
12.9 %
2004
# 60
Uruguay :
12.8 %
2005
# 61
Costa Rica :
12.6 %
2005
# 62
Jordan :
12.5 %
2003
= 63
Finland :
12.4 %
2005
= 63
Denmark :
12.4 %
2005
= 63
Spain :
12.4 %
2005
= 63
France :
12.4 %
2004
# 67
Ireland :
12.3 %
2005
# 68
Grenada :
12.2 %
1998
# 69
Ecuador :
12.1 %
2005
# 70
Belize :
11.9 %
1999
# 71
Philippines :
11.7 %
2005
# 72
Switzerland :
11.6 %
2004
= 73
Chile :
11.5 %
2005
= 73
Moldova :
11.5 %
2005
# 75
Venezuela :
11.4 %
2003
= 76
Belgium :
11.2 %
2004
= 76
Nigeria :
11.2 %
1995
= 76
Brunei :
11.2 %
2001
= 76
Israel :
11.2 %
2004
= 76
Iceland :
11.2 %
2002
= 81
Argentina :
11 %
2005
= 81
Saint Lucia :
11 %
2003
= 81
Puerto Rico :
11 %
2005
# 84
Cyprus :
10.7 %
2004
# 85
Canada :
10.6 %
2005
# 86
New Zealand :
10.5 %
2005
# 87
Kazakhstan :
10.4 %
2004
= 88
Dominica :
10.2 %
1997
= 88
Paraguay :
10.2 %
2003
# 90
Greece :
10 %
2005
= 91
Kenya :
9.6 %
1999
= 91
United States :
9.6 %
2005
= 93
Australia :
9.4 %
2005
= 93
United Kingdom :
9.4 %
2005
# 95
Sweden :
9.3 %
2005
# 96
Panama :
9.1 %
2005
# 97
Azerbaijan :
8.7 %
2005
# 98
New Caledonia :
8.5 %
1996
# 99
Luxembourg :
8.4 %
1990
# 100
Netherlands :
8.3 %
2005
# 101
Norway :
8.1 %
2005
= 102
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
7.8 %
2001
= 102
Barbados :
7.8 %
2004
# 104
Ethiopia :
7.6 %
1999
# 105
Kyrgyzstan :
7.1 %
2001
# 106
Syria :
6.8 %
2002
# 107
Namibia :
6.7 %
2000
= 108
Antigua and Barbuda :
6.6 %
1991
= 108
Hong Kong :
6.6 %
2005
# 110
Egypt :
6.2 %
2003
# 111
Haiti :
6.1 %
1999
# 112
Madagascar :
6 %
2002
# 113
Netherlands Antilles :
5.6 %
2000
# 114
Man, Isle of :
5.5 %
2001
# 115
Jamaica :
5.2 %
2005
# 116
Bahamas, The :
5.1 %
2005
# 117
Uganda :
4.8 %
2003
# 118
Georgia :
4.4 %
2005
# 119
Aruba :
4.2 %
1997
# 120
Cameroon :
3.9 %
1990
# 121
Qatar :
3.1 %
2004
# 122
Bermuda :
3 %
1996
# 123
Yemen :
2.9 %
1999
# 124
Laos :
2.7 %
1995
# 125
Zambia :
2 %
1998
= 126
Tanzania :
1.2 %
2001
= 126
Saudi Arabia :
1.2 %
2002
# 128
Djibouti :
1.1 %
1991
# 129
Rwanda :
0.7 %
1989
# 130
Suriname :
0.5 %
1999
Weighted average:
13.3 %
DEFINITION: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water).
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