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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
