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Firms with a female top manager
Compare firms with a female top manager across 61 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2025 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
19.2% of firms
Median: 18.4% of firms
Countries Covered
61
with available data
Highest
Kiribati
62.9% of firms
Lowest
Qatar
1.4% of firms
Top 5 Countries
1Kiribati62.9% of firms
2Thailand48.9% of firms
3Brunei Darussalam37.9% of firms
4Antigua and Barbuda37.1% of firms
5Poland32.3% of firms
By Region
Key Findings
- •61 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2025 observation.
- •Kiribati has the highest published value (62.89736938 % of firms).
- •Qatar has the lowest published value (1.428742766 % of firms).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (1.4% of firms)High (62.9% of firms)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 19.2% of firms)
About This Statistic
Percentage of firms with females as the top manager.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Percentage of firms with females as the top manager.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 62.9% of firms |
| 2 | Thailand | 48.9% of firms |
| 3 | Brunei Darussalam | 37.9% of firms |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 37.1% of firms |
| 5 | Poland | 32.3% of firms |
| 6 | Djibouti | 31.6% of firms |
| 7 | Bolivia | 31.1% of firms |
| 8 | Grenada | 28.9% of firms |
| 9 | Panama | 28.4% of firms |
| 10 | Belize | 27.5% of firms |
| 11 | Saint Lucia | 27.4% of firms |
| 12 | Mongolia | 27.0% of firms |
| 13 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25.1% of firms |
| 14 | Suriname | 24.3% of firms |
| 15 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.5% of firms |
| 16 | Brazil | 23.5% of firms |
| 17 | Lithuania | 22.9% of firms |
| 18 | Uganda | 22.6% of firms |
| 19 | Fiji | 22.5% of firms |
| 20 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.5% of firms |
| 21 | Guatemala | 21.5% of firms |
| 22 | Liberia | 21.5% of firms |
| 23 | Mozambique | 21.3% of firms |
| 24 | Solomon Islands | 20.8% of firms |
| 25 | Comoros | 20.6% of firms |
| 26 | Australia | 20.5% of firms |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 20.4% of firms |
| 28 | Gabon | 19.2% of firms |
| 29 | Albania | 19.1% of firms |
| 30 | Austria | 18.9% of firms |
| 31 | Zambia | 18.4% of firms |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 17.8% of firms |
| 33 | Kenya | 17.7% of firms |
| 34 | Norway | 17.6% of firms |
| 35 | France | 17.1% of firms |
| 36 | Chile | 16.9% of firms |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 16.4% of firms |
| 38 | Switzerland | 16.4% of firms |
| 39 | Finland | 15.8% of firms |
| 40 | Belgium | 14.8% of firms |
| 41 | Niger | 14.6% of firms |
| 42 | Czech Republic | 14.4% of firms |
| 43 | Nigeria | 14.3% of firms |
| 44 | Malawi | 13.5% of firms |
| 45 | Germany | 13.3% of firms |
| 46 | Mauritania | 12.1% of firms |
| 47 | Netherlands | 11.8% of firms |
| 48 | Maldives | 11.3% of firms |
| 49 | Burundi | 11.0% of firms |
| 50 | Japan | 9.6% of firms |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 9.6% of firms |
| 52 | Denmark | 9.5% of firms |
| 53 | Somalia | 9.2% of firms |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 8.7% of firms |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.5% of firms |
| 56 | Egypt | 6.3% of firms |
| 57 | Guinea | 5.4% of firms |
| 58 | India | 3.8% of firms |
| 59 | Kuwait | 2.8% of firms |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 1.8% of firms |
| 61 | Qatar | 1.4% of firms |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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