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Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2

Name: Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, % of female employment, employers, female, employment, modeled, ilo, estimate, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

2.4% of female employment

Median: 2.0% of female employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Timor-Leste

15.6% of female employment

Lowest

Pakistan

0.1% of female employment

Top 5 Countries

1Timor-Leste15.6% of female employment

2Djibouti14.6% of female employment

3Azerbaijan13.1% of female employment

4Nigeria10.4% of female employment

5Sao Tome and Principe8.6% of female employment

By Region

Oceania4.3% of female employment(2 countries)

Africa3.6% of female employment(9 countries)

Other2.6% of female employment(106 countries)

Europe2.2% of female employment(32 countries)

South America2.1% of female employment(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1% of female employment)High (15.6% of female employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.4% of female employment)

Oceania (2)

Africa (9)

Other (106)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Asia (26)

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Timor-Leste	15.6% of female employment
2	Djibouti	14.6% of female employment
3	Azerbaijan	13.1% of female employment
4	Nigeria	10.4% of female employment
5	Sao Tome and Principe	8.6% of female employment
6	Tonga	8.4% of female employment
7	Uzbekistan	8.3% of female employment
8	Honduras	7.2% of female employment
9	Ghana	6.8% of female employment
10	Somalia	6.2% of female employment
11	Papua New Guinea	6.0% of female employment
12	Switzerland	5.3% of female employment
13	Namibia	5.2% of female employment
14	Lesotho	4.7% of female employment
15	Australia	4.6% of female employment
16	Greece	4.4% of female employment
17	Uganda	4.2% of female employment
18	Croatia	4.2% of female employment
19	Angola	4.1% of female employment
20	Italy	4.1% of female employment
21	New Zealand	4.1% of female employment
22	Guyana	4.0% of female employment
23	Suriname	4.0% of female employment
24	Libya	3.9% of female employment
25	Lebanon	3.6% of female employment
26	Sierra Leone	3.4% of female employment
27	Central African Republic	3.3% of female employment
28	Morocco	3.3% of female employment
29	South Africa	3.3% of female employment
30	El Salvador	3.2% of female employment
31	Guinea	3.2% of female employment
32	Tunisia	3.2% of female employment
33	Malaysia	3.2% of female employment
34	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.2% of female employment
35	Bulgaria	3.2% of female employment
36	South Korea	3.2% of female employment
37	Mexico	3.1% of female employment
38	Cuba	3.1% of female employment
39	Jamaica	3.1% of female employment
40	Trinidad and Tobago	3.1% of female employment
41	Latvia	3.0% of female employment
42	Spain	3.0% of female employment
43	Brazil	3.0% of female employment
44	France	3.0% of female employment
45	Portugal	3.0% of female employment
46	Eritrea	2.9% of female employment
47	Paraguay	2.8% of female employment
48	Nicaragua	2.8% of female employment
49	Equatorial Guinea	2.8% of female employment
50	Belize	2.8% of female employment
51	Cambodia	2.8% of female employment
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.8% of female employment
53	United Arab Emirates	2.7% of female employment
54	Brunei Darussalam	2.7% of female employment
55	People's Republic of China	2.7% of female employment
56	Saudi Arabia	2.7% of female employment
57	Luxembourg	2.7% of female employment
58	French Polynesia	2.6% of female employment
59	Bahrain	2.6% of female employment
60	Georgia	2.6% of female employment
61	Iceland	2.5% of female employment
62	Madagascar	2.5% of female employment
63	Cape Verde	2.5% of female employment
64	Mongolia	2.5% of female employment
65	Poland	2.5% of female employment
66	Albania	2.5% of female employment
67	Yemen	2.4% of female employment
68	Austria	2.4% of female employment
69	North Korea	2.4% of female employment
70	Saint Lucia	2.4% of female employment
71	Virgin Islands, U.S.	2.4% of female employment
72	Costa Rica	2.4% of female employment
73	The Republic of North Macedonia	2.3% of female employment
74	Tajikistan	2.3% of female employment
75	Serbia	2.3% of female employment
76	Argentina	2.3% of female employment
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.3% of female employment
78	Estonia	2.3% of female employment
79	New Caledonia	2.3% of female employment
80	Guatemala	2.2% of female employment
81	Peru	2.2% of female employment
82	Venezuela	2.2% of female employment
83	Niger	2.2% of female employment
84	Guam	2.2% of female employment
85	Singapore	2.1% of female employment
86	Algeria	2.1% of female employment
87	Uruguay	2.1% of female employment
88	Eswatini	2.1% of female employment
89	Belgium	2.1% of female employment
90	Dominican Republic	2.1% of female employment
91	Bolivia	2.1% of female employment
92	South Sudan	2.1% of female employment
93	State of Palestine	2.0% of female employment
94	Ireland	2.0% of female employment
95	Germany	2.0% of female employment
96	Hungary	2.0% of female employment
97	Turkmenistan	2.0% of female employment
98	Colombia	1.9% of female employment
99	Macao	1.9% of female employment
100	Indonesia	1.9% of female employment
101	Canada	1.9% of female employment
102	Philippines	1.9% of female employment
103	Netherlands	1.8% of female employment
104	Slovenia	1.8% of female employment
105	Chile	1.8% of female employment
106	Türkiye	1.7% of female employment
107	Fiji	1.7% of female employment
108	Puerto Rico	1.7% of female employment
109	Zimbabwe	1.7% of female employment
110	Panama	1.6% of female employment
111	Thailand	1.6% of female employment
112	Montenegro	1.6% of female employment
113	Republic of The Gambia	1.6% of female employment
114	Gabon	1.6% of female employment
115	Sweden	1.6% of female employment
116	Vanuatu	1.6% of female employment
117	Ecuador	1.5% of female employment
118	Malta	1.5% of female employment
119	Samoa	1.5% of female employment
120	Finland	1.5% of female employment
121	Islamic Republic of Iran	1.4% of female employment
122	Botswana	1.4% of female employment
123	Haiti	1.4% of female employment
124	Israel	1.4% of female employment
125	Myanmar	1.3% of female employment
126	Sudan	1.3% of female employment
127	Czech Republic	1.3% of female employment
128	Bahamas	1.3% of female employment
129	Denmark	1.3% of female employment
130	Iraq	1.2% of female employment
131	Jordan	1.2% of female employment
132	Burkina Faso	1.2% of female employment
133	Slovakia	1.2% of female employment
134	United States of America	1.2% of female employment
135	United Republic of Tanzania	1.1% of female employment
136	Vietnam	1.1% of female employment
137	Comoros	1.1% of female employment
138	Egypt	1.0% of female employment
139	Malawi	1.0% of female employment
140	Zambia	1.0% of female employment
141	Liberia	1.0% of female employment
142	Maldives	1.0% of female employment
143	Mauritius	1.0% of female employment
144	Sri Lanka	1.0% of female employment
145	Rwanda	1.0% of female employment
146	Ukraine	0.9% of female employment
147	Cameroon	0.9% of female employment
148	Togo	0.9% of female employment
149	Cyprus	0.9% of female employment
150	Kazakhstan	0.9% of female employment
151	Hong Kong	0.9% of female employment
152	United Kingdom	0.9% of female employment
153	Oman	0.9% of female employment
154	Kenya	0.9% of female employment
155	Russian Federation	0.8% of female employment
156	Cote d'Ivoire	0.8% of female employment
157	Mauritania	0.8% of female employment
158	Syrian Arab Republic	0.7% of female employment
159	Kuwait	0.7% of female employment
160	Romania	0.7% of female employment
161	Benin	0.7% of female employment
162	Lithuania	0.7% of female employment
163	Bangladesh	0.7% of female employment
164	Mozambique	0.6% of female employment
165	Japan	0.6% of female employment
166	India	0.6% of female employment
167	Burundi	0.6% of female employment
168	Afghanistan	0.6% of female employment
169	Senegal	0.6% of female employment
170	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.6% of female employment
171	Chad	0.6% of female employment
172	Nepal	0.5% of female employment
173	Qatar	0.5% of female employment
174	Barbados	0.5% of female employment
175	Solomon Islands	0.5% of female employment
176	Republic of the Congo	0.5% of female employment
177	Norway	0.4% of female employment
178	Armenia	0.4% of female employment
179	Bhutan	0.3% of female employment
180	Belarus	0.3% of female employment
181	Guinea-Bissau	0.3% of female employment
182	Mali	0.2% of female employment
183	Kyrgyzstan	0.2% of female employment
184	Ethiopia	0.1% of female employment
185	Moldova, Republic of	0.1% of female employment
186	Pakistan	0.1% of female employment

Showing 186 of 186 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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