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Share of women in managerial positions (ISCO-08 group 1)

Name: Share of women in managerial positions (ISCO-08 group 1)
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO) – ILOSTAT
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, gender equality, labor market, leadership, management, SDG 5, employment, women

Women’s representation in management (% of managerial jobs) across countries, based on ILO modeled estimates, highlighting gender gaps in leadership.

Source: International Labour Organization (ILO) – ILOSTAT•167 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

27.7%

Median: 30.5%

Countries Covered

167

with available data

Highest

Andorra

44.8%

Lowest

Saudi Arabia

2.8%

Top 5 Countries

1Andorra44.8%

2Serbia44.6%

3Latvia44.2%

4Montenegro44.0%

5Lithuania43.8%

By Region

Oceania39.3%(2 countries)

North America37.4%(4 countries)

South America37.1%(7 countries)

Europe35.3%(32 countries)

Other26.4%(89 countries)

Key Findings

•Women’s representation among managers varies widely across countries, indicating very different leadership pipelines.
•High overall female labor force participation does not always translate into high shares of women in management.
•In many countries, women’s share of management remains well below parity, highlighting persistent barriers to advancement.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (5.0%)High (55.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 27.7%)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Europe (32)

Other (89)

Asia (25)

Africa (8)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the percentage of managerial jobs held by women, based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) group 1 (“Managers”). It captures women’s representation in formal leadership roles across the economy and is widely used to track progress on workplace gender equality and SDG 5 (Gender Equality).

The ILO publishes harmonized and modeled estimates to improve comparability across countries and years, drawing on labor force surveys and other official household/establishment sources. While definitions are standardized, country differences in labor-market structure, informality, and survey coverage can still affect comparability—so this indicator is best read as a high-level benchmark rather than a precise measure of corporate leadership (e.g., CEOs or board seats).

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Andorra	44.8%
2	Serbia	44.6%
3	Latvia	44.2%
4	Montenegro	44.0%
5	Lithuania	43.8%
6	The Republic of North Macedonia	43.7%
7	Philippines	43.0%
8	Cayman Islands	42.9%
9	Georgia	42.6%
10	Brunei Darussalam	42.4%
11	Bahamas	42.1%
12	Belarus	42.0%
13	Cuba	41.9%
14	Slovakia	41.7%
15	Uruguay	41.6%
16	Colombia	41.5%
17	Slovenia	41.3%
18	United States of America	41.3%
19	Costa Rica	41.1%
20	Russian Federation	41.0%
21	Iceland	40.9%
22	Belize	40.7%
23	Hungary	40.4%
24	New Zealand	40.2%
25	Estonia	40.1%
26	Brazil	39.9%
27	Croatia	39.8%
28	Poland	39.7%
29	Czech Republic	39.6%
30	Venezuela	39.5%
31	Kyrgyzstan	39.4%
32	Canada	39.2%
33	Ukraine	39.1%
34	Ecuador	39.0%
35	Portugal	38.8%
36	Mongolia	38.7%
37	Bolivia	38.6%
38	Australia	38.4%
39	Romania	38.3%
40	Afghanistan	38.1%
41	Moldova, Republic of	38.0%
42	Rwanda	37.6%
43	Mexico	36.9%
44	Suriname	36.8%
45	Chile	36.7%
46	Thailand	36.6%
47	Panama	36.5%
48	Benin	36.3%
49	Jamaica	36.2%
50	Finland	36.0%
51	Dominican Republic	35.9%
52	Mauritius	35.8%
53	Peru	35.7%
54	Trinidad and Tobago	35.7%
55	Kazakhstan	35.6%
56	Belgium	35.5%
57	South Africa	35.4%
58	Singapore	35.3%
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.2%
60	France	35.1%
61	Namibia	35.0%
62	United Kingdom	35.0%
63	Greece	34.8%
64	Ireland	34.3%
65	Spain	34.0%
66	Madagascar	33.9%
67	Sri Lanka	33.8%
68	Italy	33.7%
69	Nicaragua	33.6%
70	Fiji	33.5%
71	Eswatini	33.4%
72	Uganda	33.3%
73	Malta	33.2%
74	Faroe Islands	33.1%
75	Austria	33.0%
76	Denmark	32.6%
77	Guatemala	32.2%
78	Sweden	32.1%
79	Paraguay	32.0%
80	Indonesia	31.9%
81	Cambodia	31.6%
82	Switzerland	30.9%
83	Norway	30.6%
84	El Salvador	30.5%
85	Netherlands	30.2%
86	Timor-Leste	30.1%
87	Honduras	29.9%
88	Albania	29.4%
89	United Republic of Tanzania	29.3%
90	Germany	29.1%
91	Lao People's Democratic Republic	29.0%
92	Solomon Islands	28.7%
93	Mozambique	28.1%
94	Bhutan	27.9%
95	Vietnam	27.5%
96	Kenya	27.3%
97	Uzbekistan	27.0%
98	Nigeria	26.8%
99	Armenia	26.7%
100	Israel	26.5%
101	Cape Verde	26.4%
102	Haiti	26.0%
103	Cyprus	25.9%
104	Myanmar	25.8%
105	Argentina	25.5%
106	Malaysia	25.4%
107	Tajikistan	25.1%
108	Tunisia	24.6%
109	Nepal	22.6%
110	Sierra Leone	22.1%
111	Gabon	21.8%
112	Luxembourg	21.5%
113	Republic of the Congo	21.4%
114	Türkiye	20.8%
115	Malawi	20.7%
116	Zimbabwe	20.0%
117	Zambia	19.2%
118	Republic of The Gambia	18.9%
119	Papua New Guinea	18.6%
120	Ghana	18.1%
121	People's Republic of China	17.6%
122	Liberia	17.5%
123	Cameroon	17.1%
124	North Korea	17.0%
125	Cote d'Ivoire	16.9%
126	Barbados	16.7%
127	Angola	16.2%
128	Libya	16.0%
129	Japan	15.3%
130	South Korea	14.8%
131	Islamic Republic of Iran	14.5%
132	Guinea	14.2%
133	Lebanon	14.1%
134	Western Sahara	13.6%
135	Djibouti	13.4%
136	Democratic Republic of the Congo	13.3%
137	Jordan	12.9%
138	Bangladesh	12.8%
139	Morocco	12.6%
140	Burundi	12.5%
141	Togo	12.3%
142	Burkina Faso	12.2%
143	Comoros	12.1%
144	Sudan	12.0%
145	Mauritania	11.9%
146	Guinea-Bissau	11.8%
147	Bulgaria	11.7%
148	Central African Republic	11.5%
149	Senegal	11.4%
150	Chad	11.2%
151	India	11.0%
152	Mali	10.9%
153	United Arab Emirates	10.8%
154	Algeria	10.6%
155	Kuwait	10.4%
156	Botswana	10.2%
157	Iraq	9.8%
158	Niger	9.7%
159	Oman	9.5%
160	Somalia	9.3%
161	Qatar	9.0%
162	Maldives	6.8%
163	Egypt	6.7%
164	Bahrain	5.9%
165	Pakistan	4.9%
166	Yemen	4.0%
167	Saudi Arabia	2.8%

Showing 167 of 167 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #gender equality #labor market #leadership #management #SDG 5 #employment #women

Data Source

This data comes from International Labour Organization (ILO) – ILOSTAT (2023).

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