Female decision makers by country. Definition, graph and map.

SOURCE
calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002

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).

Labor Statistics > Female decision makers (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

United States:

45%

= 2

Lithuania:

42%

= 2

Trinidad and Tobago:

42%

# 4

Barbados:

40%

= 5

Colombia:

38%

= 5

New Zealand:

38%

= 7

Belize:

37%

= 7

Latvia:

37%

= 7

Russia:

37%

= 10

Honduras:

36%

= 10

Uruguay:

36%

= 10

Estonia:

36%

= 10

Bolivia:

36%

= 10

Ukraine:

36%

= 15

Canada:

35%

= 15

Philippines:

35%

= 17

Hungary:

34%

= 17

Ireland:

34%

= 19

Panama:

33%

= 19

El Salvador:

33%

= 19

Poland:

33%

= 19

United Kingdom:

33%

= 19

Costa Rica:

33%

= 24

Portugal:

32%

= 24

Spain:

32%

= 26

Slovenia:

31%

= 26

Dominican Republic:

31%

= 26

Slovakia:

31%

= 26

Bahamas, The:

31%

# 30

Sweden:

29%

= 31

Ecuador:

28%

= 31

Austria:

28%

= 31

Suriname:

28%

= 31

Peru:

28%

= 35

Netherlands:

27%

= 35

Germany:

27%

= 35

Iceland:

27%

= 35

Thailand:

27%

= 35

Finland:

27%

= 40

Romania:

26%

= 40

Australia:

26%

= 40

Czech Republic:

26%

= 40

Chile:

26%

= 40

Israel:

26%

= 45

Croatia:

25%

= 45

Norway:

25%

= 45

Greece:

25%

= 48

Venezuela:

24%

= 48

Mexico:

24%

= 50

Denmark:

23%

= 50

Singapore:

23%

= 50

Paraguay:

23%

= 50

Mauritius:

23%

# 54

Switzerland:

22%

# 55

Malaysia:

20%

= 56

Italy:

19%

= 56

Belgium:

19%

# 58

Maldives:

15%

# 59

Cyprus:

14%

# 60

Egypt:

10%

= 61

Japan:

= 61

Pakistan:

= 61

Turkey:

# 64

United Arab Emirates:

= 65

Bangladesh:

= 65

Korea, South:

# 67

Sri Lanka:

Weighted average:

27.1%

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).

SOURCE: calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002

Labor Statistics > Female decision makers (most recent) by country

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