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Labor Statistics > Employees, industry, female > % of female employment (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Tonga: 55.3 %   2003 Time series
# 2     American Samoa: 44.6 %   1990 Time series
# 3     Tunisia: 44.1 %   1989 Time series
# 4     Peru: 43 %   2007 Time series
# 5     Maldives: 31.8 %   2006 Time series
# 6     Macedonia, Republic of: 28.7 %   2007 Time series
# 7     Bulgaria: 28.5 %   2007 Time series
# 8     Algeria: 28.2 %   2004 Time series
# 9     Sri Lanka: 27.1 %   2007 Time series
# 10     Czech Republic: 26.9 %   2008 Time series
# 11     Mauritius: 25.8 %   2007 Time series
# 12     Slovakia: 24.1 %   2008 Time series
# 13     Romania: 23.8 %   2008 Time series
# 14     Honduras: 23.3 %   2005 Time series
# 15     Slovenia: 23.1 %   2007 Time series
# 16     Malaysia: 22.8 %   2007 Time series
# 17     Estonia: 22.7 %   2008 Time series
# 18     Marshall Islands: 22.6 %   1999 Time series
# 19     San Marino: 22 %   2007 Time series
# 20     Hungary: 21 %   2008 Time series
# 21     Guatemala: 20.6 %   2006 Time series
# 22     Russia: 20.2 %   2007 Time series
= 23     Lithuania: 19.2 %   2008 Time series
= 23     Thailand: 19.2 %   2007 Time series
# 25     El Salvador: 19 %   2006 Time series
# 26     Croatia: 18.3 %   2007 Time series
# 27     Mexico: 18.1 %   2007 Time series
# 28     Poland: 17.9 %   2007 Time series
# 29     Nicaragua: 17.8 %   2006 Time series
# 30     Singapore: 17.6 %   2007 Time series
= 31     Ethiopia: 17.4 %   2006 Time series
= 31     Japan: 17.4 %   2007 Time series
# 33     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 17.3 %   1984 Time series
# 34     Portugal: 17 %   2008 Time series
# 35     Latvia: 16.7 %   2008 Time series
# 36     Italy: 16.1 %   2008 Time series
# 37     Serbia and Montenegro: 16.07 %   2008 Time series
# 38     Germany: 15.9 %   2008 Time series
# 39     Trinidad and Tobago: 15.8 %   2005 Time series
# 40     Colombia: 15.5 %   2007 Time series
# 41     Mongolia: 15.3 %   2007 Time series
# 42     Indonesia: 15 %   2007 Time series
= 43     Turkey: 14.7 %   2008 Time series
= 43     Mali: 14.7 %   2004 Time series
= 45     Ghana: 14.5 %   1999 Time series
= 45     Morocco: 14.5 %   2006 Time series
# 47     Oman: 14 %   2000 Time series
= 48     Dominican Republic: 13.7 %   2007 Time series
= 48     Vietnam: 13.7 %   2004 Time series
= 48     Nepal: 13.7 %   2001 Time series
# 51     South Africa: 13.6 %   2007 Time series
# 52     Bahrain: 13.3 %   2001 Time series
# 53     Brazil: 13 %   2006 Time series
# 54     Costa Rica: 12.9 %   2007 Time series
= 55     Pakistan: 12.6 %   2007 Time series
= 55     Uruguay: 12.6 %   2007 Time series
= 55     Ecuador: 12.6 %   2006 Time series
# 58     Bangladesh: 12.5 %   2005 Time series
= 59     Moldova: 12.4 %   2007 Time series
= 59     Cuba: 12.4 %   2007 Time series
= 59     Austria: 12.4 %   2008 Time series
= 62     Cambodia: 12.2 %   2001 Time series
= 62     Guyana: 12.2 %   2002 Time series
= 62     Grenada: 12.2 %   1998 Time series
# 65     Jordan: 12.1 %   2003 Time series
= 66     Denmark: 12 %   2008 Time series
= 66     Venezuela: 12 %   2007 Time series
# 68     Switzerland: 11.6 %   2007 Time series
= 69     Northern Mariana Islands: 11.3 %   1995 Time series
= 69     Bolivia: 11.3 %   2002 Time series
= 69     Spain: 11.3 %   2008 Time series
= 72     Brunei: 11.2 %   2001 Time series
= 72     France: 11.2 %   2008 Time series
# 74     Philippines: 11.1 %   2007 Time series
# 75     Finland: 11 %   2008 Time series
# 76     Argentina: 10.99 %   2008 Time series
= 77     Chile: 10.9 %   2007 Time series
= 77     Malta: 10.9 %   2008 Time series
# 79     Botswana: 10.8 %   2005 Time series
= 80     Kyrgyzstan: 10.7 %   2006 Time series
= 80     Israel: 10.7 %   2007 Time series
= 82     Canada: 10.5 %   2007 Time series
= 82     Belgium: 10.5 %   2008 Time series
# 84     Kazakhstan: 10.4 %   2004 Time series
= 85     Puerto Rico: 10.3 %   2007 Time series
= 85     Belize: 10.3 %   2005 Time series
= 85     Ireland: 10.3 %   2008 Time series
# 88     New Zealand: 9.9 %   2007 Time series
= 89     Dominica: 9.8 %   2001 Time series
= 89     Lesotho: 9.8 %   1999 Time series
# 91     Panama: 9.7 %   2007 Time series
= 92     Armenia: 9.5 %   2006 Time series
= 92     Saint Lucia: 9.5 %   2004 Time series
= 92     Cyprus: 9.5 %   2008 Time series
= 92     Paraguay: 9.5 %   2008 Time series
= 96     Greece: 9.4 %   2008 Time series
= 96     United States: 9.4 %   2007 Time series
# 98     Namibia: 9.3 %   2004 Time series
= 99     Sweden: 9.1 %   2007 Time series
= 99     United Kingdom: 9.1 %   2008 Time series
= 101     Azerbaijan: 8.9 %   2007 Time series
= 101     Australia: 8.9 %   2007 Time series
# 103     New Caledonia: 8.5 %   1996 Time series
# 104     Suriname: 8.4 %   2004 Time series
= 105     Iceland: 8.3 %   2007 Time series
= 105     French Polynesia: 8.3 %   2002 Time series
= 105     Faroe Islands: 8.3 %   2005 Time series
# 108     Norway: 8.2 %   2008 Time series
# 109     Syria: 8.1 %   2003 Time series
# 110     Barbados: 7.8 %   2004 Time series
# 111     Netherlands: 7.7 %   2008 Time series
# 112     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 7.6 %   2001 Time series
# 113     Iraq: 7.4 %   2004 Time series
# 114     United Arab Emirates: 6.2 %   2005 Time series
# 115     Luxembourg: 6.1 %   2008 Time series
# 116     Haiti: 6 %   1999 Time series
# 117     São Tomé and Príncipe: 5.9 %   2000 Time series
# 118     Bhutan: 5.8 %   2005 Time series
# 119     Bahamas, The: 5.4 %   2007 Time series
# 120     Uganda: 5.3 %   2003 Time series
# 121     Senegal: 4.9 %   2006 Time series
# 122     Tajikistan: 4.8 %   2004 Time series
# 123     Antigua and Barbuda: 4.7 %   2001 Time series
= 124     Jamaica: 4.6 %   2006 Time series
= 124     Zimbabwe: 4.6 %   1999 Time series
# 126     Nigeria: 4.4 %   1986 Time series
= 127     Aruba: 4.2 %   1997 Time series
= 127     Cayman Islands: 4.2 %   2007 Time series
= 129     Man, Isle of: 3.9 %   2006 Time series
= 129     Cameroon: 3.9 %   2001 Time series
= 129     Qatar: 3.9 %   2006 Time series
= 132     Georgia: 3.7 %   2007 Time series
= 132     Bermuda: 3.7 %   2000 Time series
# 134     Kiribati: 3.1 %   2000 Time series
= 135     Guinea: 2.9 %   1994 Time series
= 135     Gabon: 2.9 %   1993 Time series
# 137     Tanzania: 2.8 %   2006 Time series
# 138     Laos: 2.7 %   1995 Time series
# 139     Sierra Leone: 2.5 %   2004 Time series
# 140     Zambia: 2 %   2000 Time series
# 141     Kuwait: 1.9 %   1988 Time series
# 142     Madagascar: 1.6 %   2005 Time series
# 143     Gambia, The: 1.3 %   1993 Time series
# 144     Saudi Arabia: 1.1 %   2007 Time series
= 145     Chad: 0.7 %   1993 Time series
= 145     Rwanda: 0.7 %   1989 Time series
= 145     Equatorial Guinea: 0.7 %   1983 Time series
Weighted average: 12.6 %  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 13.84 %   


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)."

SOURCE: International Labour Organisation, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.

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"Employees, industry, female > % of female employment by country", International Labour Organisation, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_emp_ind_fem_of_fem_emp-labor-employees-industry-female-employment

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