social2020

Female

Name: Female
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, %, female

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•111 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

30.1%

Median: 30.3%

Countries Covered

111

with available data

Highest

Estonia

60.8%

Lowest

Morocco

5.5%

Top 5 Countries

1Estonia60.8%

2Hong Kong59.0%

3Namibia55.1%

4Taiwan, Province of China54.2%

5France53.5%

By Region

Europe34.4%(30 countries)

Other30.4%(40 countries)

North America29.7%(3 countries)

Oceania27.7%(2 countries)

South America27.5%(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (5.5%)High (60.8%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 30.1%)

Europe (30)

Other (40)

North America (3)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

Asia (21)

Africa (8)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Estonia	60.8%
2	Hong Kong	59.0%
3	Namibia	55.1%
4	Taiwan, Province of China	54.2%
5	France	53.5%
6	Greece	51.3%
7	Belgium	50.7%
8	Türkiye	49.3%
9	Latvia	49.1%
10	Benin	48.9%
11	Japan	47.3%
12	Finland	47.3%
13	Ghana	45.2%
14	Venezuela	45.0%
15	South Korea	44.1%
16	Guinea	43.7%
17	Malta	43.6%
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.0%
19	Hungary	42.0%
20	Cyprus	41.7%
21	Vietnam	41.0%
22	Malaysia	41.0%
23	Senegal	40.9%
24	Serbia	40.6%
25	Moldova, Republic of	40.4%
26	Montenegro	39.8%
27	Lithuania	39.4%
28	The Republic of North Macedonia	39.3%
29	Slovenia	38.8%
30	Nigeria	38.4%
31	People's Republic of China	37.8%
32	Zambia	37.4%
33	Republic of the Congo	36.6%
34	Russian Federation	36.6%
35	Cameroon	36.4%
36	Cote d'Ivoire	36.4%
37	Ireland	35.6%
38	Ukraine	34.7%
39	Spain	34.5%
40	Kenya	33.9%
41	South Africa	33.7%
42	Poland	33.4%
43	Mexico	33.2%
44	Romania	33.0%
45	Uruguay	32.7%
46	Norway	32.6%
47	Czech Republic	31.9%
48	Nicaragua	31.8%
49	Indonesia	31.6%
50	Dominican Republic	31.6%
51	Paraguay	31.2%
52	Portugal	30.9%
53	Chile	30.7%
54	Denmark	30.4%
55	Croatia	30.4%
56	United States of America	30.3%
57	Mongolia	30.2%
58	Burkina Faso	30.2%
59	Georgia	30.1%
60	Costa Rica	30.0%
61	Colombia	29.7%
62	Bulgaria	29.3%
63	Israel	29.0%
64	El Salvador	29.0%
65	Albania	28.3%
66	Philippines	28.1%
67	New Zealand	28.0%
68	Cambodia	27.9%
69	Mauritius	27.5%
70	Australia	27.4%
71	Brazil	27.1%
72	Ecuador	26.5%
73	Uganda	26.5%
74	Italy	26.0%
75	Canada	25.6%
76	Bolivia	25.3%
77	Gabon	24.9%
78	Netherlands	24.5%
79	United Kingdom	24.4%
80	Peru	23.0%
81	Slovakia	22.9%
82	Argentina	22.7%
83	Kazakhstan	20.6%
84	Myanmar	20.2%
85	Sweden	20.1%
86	Thailand	20.0%
87	Mali	19.6%
88	Ethiopia	18.1%
89	United Republic of Tanzania	17.8%
90	Lebanon	17.6%
91	United Arab Emirates	17.5%
92	Switzerland	16.9%
93	India	15.5%
94	Sri Lanka	15.2%
95	Austria	15.1%
96	Nepal	14.3%
97	Kyrgyzstan	13.9%
98	Islamic Republic of Iran	13.4%
99	Zimbabwe	13.0%
100	Uzbekistan	12.0%
101	Bangladesh	11.3%
102	Bahrain	10.9%
103	Lao People's Democratic Republic	10.6%
104	Algeria	9.1%
105	Germany	8.9%
106	Iraq	8.5%
107	Saudi Arabia	8.3%
108	Egypt	8.0%
109	Tunisia	7.3%
110	Jordan	6.4%
111	Morocco	5.5%

Showing 111 of 111 countries

Topics

#social #%#female

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).

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