FACTOID # 1: Guatamalan women work 11.5 hours a day, while South African men work only 4.5.
 
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Labor Statistics > Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Ghana: 56.5 %   1990 Time series
# 2   Belarus: 56 %   2004 Time series
# 3   Ukraine: 55.1 %   2004 Time series
# 4   Moldova: 54.6 %   2004 Time series
# 5   Tajikistan: 53.3 %   2004 Time series
# 6   Latvia: 53.2 %   2004 Time series
# 7   Bulgaria: 53 %   2004 Time series
# 8   Iceland: 52.5 %   2004 Time series
= 9   Lithuania: 52.2 %   2004 Time series
= 9   Estonia: 52.2 %   2004 Time series
# 11   Slovakia: 52 %   2004 Time series
# 12   Cambodia: 51.3 %   2004 Time series
= 13   Russia: 50.9 %   2004 Time series
= 13   Sweden: 50.9 %   2004 Time series
# 15   Finland: 50.7 %   2004 Time series
# 16   Cayman Islands: 50.6 %   2004 Time series
# 17   New Zealand: 50.5 %   2004 Time series
= 18   Mongolia: 50.3 %   2004 Time series
= 18   Georgia: 50.3 %   2004 Time series
# 20   Israel: 49.6 %   2004 Time series
= 21   Bahamas, The: 49.5 %   2004 Time series
= 21   Macau: 49.5 %   2004 Time series
= 23   Canada: 49.4 %   2004 Time series
= 23   United Kingdom: 49.4 %   2004 Time series
= 23   Kazakhstan: 49.4 %   2004 Time series
# 26   Norway: 49.2 %   2004 Time series
# 27   Vietnam: 49.1 %   2004 Time series
= 28   Namibia: 48.8 %   2000 Time series
= 28   Denmark: 48.8 %   2004 Time series
= 28   Azerbaijan: 48.8 %   2004 Time series
= 28   Netherlands Antilles: 48.8 %   2004 Time series
= 32   Barbados: 48.7 %   2004 Time series
= 32   Bermuda: 48.7 %   2004 Time series
# 34   Australia: 48.6 %   2004 Time series
# 35   United States: 48.5 %   2004 Time series
# 36   Colombia: 48.3 %   2004 Time series
# 37   Cyprus: 48.2 %   2004 Time series
# 38   Saint Lucia: 48 %   2004 Time series
= 39   Slovenia: 47.6 %   2004 Time series
= 39   Ireland: 47.6 %   2004 Time series
# 41   Hong Kong: 47.3 %   2004 Time series
= 42   Poland: 47.2 %   2004 Time series
= 42   France: 47.2 %   2004 Time series
= 44   Czech Republic: 47.1 %   2004 Time series
= 44   Switzerland: 47.1 %   2004 Time series
= 46   Hungary: 47 %   2004 Time series
= 46   Singapore: 47 %   2004 Time series
= 46   Jamaica: 47 %   2004 Time series
= 49   Honduras: 46.8 %   2004 Time series
= 49   Uruguay: 46.8 %   2004 Time series
# 51   Brazil: 46.7 %   2004 Time series
= 52   Germany: 46.6 %   2004 Time series
= 52   Portugal: 46.6 %   2004 Time series
= 54   Armenia: 46.5 %   2004 Time series
= 54   Romania: 46.5 %   2004 Time series
# 56   Thailand: 46.4 %   2004 Time series
= 57   Austria: 46.2 %   2004 Time series
= 57   Croatia: 46.2 %   2004 Time series
# 59   Benin: 46 %   1990 Time series
# 60   South Africa: 45.9 %   2004 Time series
# 61   Dominica: 45.8 %   2004 Time series
# 62   Andorra: 45.7 %   2004 Time series
# 63   Argentina: 45.5 %   2004 Time series
= 64   Netherlands: 45.4 %   2004 Time series
= 64   Serbia and Montenegro: 45.4 %   2004 Time series
= 64   Tanzania: 45.4 %   2001 Time series
# 67   Belgium: 44.8 %   2004 Time series
# 68   Aruba: 44.4 %   2004 Time series
# 69   Guam: 44.2 %   2004 Time series
# 70   Lesotho: 44.1 %   1997 Time series
# 71   Paraguay: 43.9 %   2004 Time series
# 72   Kyrgyzstan: 43.8 %   2004 Time series
# 73   Panama: 43.5 %   2004 Time series
# 74   Sri Lanka: 43.2 %   2004 Time series
# 75   Botswana: 43 %   2004 Time series
= 76   Grenada: 42.7 %   2004 Time series
= 76   Ecuador: 42.7 %   2004 Time series
# 78   Macedonia, Republic of: 42.3 %   2004 Time series
# 79   San Marino: 42.2 %   2004 Time series
# 80   Laos: 42.1 %   1990 Time series
# 81   Spain: 42 %   2004 Time series
# 82   French Polynesia: 41.9 %   2004 Time series
# 83   Korea, South: 41.6 %   2004 Time series
# 84   Venezuela: 41.5 %   2004 Time series
= 85   Belize: 41.3 %   2004 Time series
= 85   American Samoa: 41.3 %   1990 Time series
= 85   Italy: 41.3 %   2004 Time series
# 88   Japan: 41.2 %   2004 Time series
= 89   Nicaragua: 41.1 %   1990 Time series
= 89   Trinidad and Tobago: 41.1 %   2004 Time series
# 91   Togo: 41 %   1990 Time series
# 92   China: 40.9 %   2004 Time series
= 93   Korea, North: 40.7 %   1990 Time series
= 93   Greece: 40.7 %   2004 Time series
# 95   Ethiopia: 40.6 %   2004 Time series
# 96   Philippines: 40.4 %   2004 Time series
# 97   Guyana: 39.9 %   2004 Time series
# 98   New Caledonia: 39.8 %   1996 Time series
= 99   Uzbekistan: 39.5 %   2004 Time series
= 99   Haiti: 39.5 %   1990 Time series
# 101   Puerto Rico: 39.3 %   2004 Time series
# 102   Cape Verde: 39.1 %   1990 Time series
# 103   Guatemala: 38.8 %   2004 Time series
= 104   Kenya: 38.7 %   2004 Time series
= 104   Luxembourg: 38.7 %   2004 Time series
# 106   Costa Rica: 38.5 %   2004 Time series
# 107   Dominican Republic: 38.2 %   2004 Time series
# 108   Chile: 38.1 %   2004 Time series
= 109   Cuba: 37.7 %   2004 Time series
= 109   Gabon: 37.7 %   1990 Time series
# 111   Mauritius: 37.5 %   2004 Time series
# 112   Mexico: 37.4 %   2004 Time series
# 113   Mauritania: 37 %   1990 Time series
# 114   Malaysia: 36.9 %   2004 Time series
# 115   Bolivia: 36.5 %   2004 Time series
# 116   Burma: 36.4 %   1990 Time series
# 117   Fiji: 35.9 %   2004 Time series
# 118   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 35.8 %   1990 Time series
= 119   Uganda: 35.6 %   1990 Time series
= 119   Maldives: 35.6 %   2004 Time series
# 121   Papua New Guinea: 35.4 %   2004 Time series
# 122   El Salvador: 34.8 %   2004 Time series
# 123   Peru: 34.6 %   2004 Time series
# 124   Nigeria: 34 %   1990 Time series
# 125   Suriname: 33.1 %   2004 Time series
# 126   Malta: 32.9 %   2004 Time series
# 127   Mali: 32.7 %   1997 Time series
# 128   Eritrea: 32.3 %   1996 Time series
# 129   Albania: 31.7 %   2004 Time series
# 130   Brunei: 31.5 %   2004 Time series
# 131   Indonesia: 31.1 %   2004 Time series
# 132   Marshall Islands: 30.9 %   1999 Time series
# 133   Solomon Islands: 30.8 %   1997 Time series
# 134   Central African Republic: 30.4 %   1990 Time series
# 135   Guinea: 30.3 %   1990 Time series
# 136   Swaziland: 29.9 %   2004 Time series
# 137   Zambia: 29.4 %   1990 Time series
# 138   Congo, Republic of the: 26.1 %   1990 Time series
= 139   Côte d'Ivoire: 25.9 %   1990 Time series
= 139   Lebanon: 25.9 %   1990 Time series
= 141   Oman: 25.7 %   2004 Time series
= 141   Senegal: 25.7 %   1990 Time series
# 143   Kuwait: 25.2 %   2004 Time series
= 144   Jordan: 25 %   2004 Time series
= 144   Tunisia: 25 %   2004 Time series
# 146   Madagascar: 24.2 %   1990 Time series
# 147   Liberia: 23.6 %   1990 Time series
# 148   Angola: 23.5 %   1996 Time series
# 149   Bangladesh: 23.1 %   2004 Time series
# 150   Somalia: 21.9 %   1990 Time series
= 151   Zimbabwe: 21.8 %   2004 Time series
= 151   Morocco: 21.8 %   2004 Time series
# 153   Cameroon: 21.6 %   2004 Time series
# 154   Sierra Leone: 21.2 %   1990 Time series
# 155   Gambia, The: 20.9 %   1990 Time series
# 156   Egypt: 20.6 %   2004 Time series
# 157   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 20.1 %   2004 Time series
# 158   Turkey: 19.9 %   2004 Time series
# 159   East Timor: 19 %   1990 Time series
# 160   Syria: 18.2 %   2004 Time series
# 161   Afghanistan: 17.8 %   1990 Time series
# 162   Nepal: 17.4 %   2001 Time series
# 163   India: 17.3 %   2004 Time series
= 164   Algeria: 17 %   2004 Time series
= 164   Comoros: 17 %   1990 Time series
# 166   Sudan: 16.8 %   2004 Time series
= 167   Libya: 15 %   1990 Time series
= 167   Qatar: 15 %   2004 Time series
= 169   Rwanda: 14.6 %   1990 Time series
= 169   Burkina Faso: 14.6 %   2004 Time series
# 171   United Arab Emirates: 14.5 %   2004 Time series
# 172   Iran: 13.7 %   2004 Time series
# 173   Saudi Arabia: 13.5 %   2004 Time series
# 174   Burundi: 13.3 %   1990 Time series
# 175   Chad: 12.8 %   2004 Time series
# 176   Malawi: 12.4 %   2004 Time series
# 177   Bhutan: 12 %   1990 Time series
# 178   Iraq: 11.9 %   1990 Time series
# 179   Bahrain: 11.5 %   2004 Time series
# 180   Mozambique: 11.4 %   1990 Time series
# 181   Guinea-Bissau: 10.8 %   1990 Time series
# 182   Equatorial Guinea: 10.5 %   1990 Time series
# 183   Pakistan: 8.6 %   2004 Time series
# 184   Niger: 7.8 %   2004 Time series
# 185   Yemen: 6.5 %   1999 Time series
Weighted average: 36.8 %   



DEFINITION: Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector is the share of female workers in the nonagricultural sector (industry and services), expressed as a percentage of total employment in the nonagricultural sector. Industry includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, electricity, gas, and water, corresponding to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3). Services include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services-corresponding to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3).

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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