demographic2025

Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2

Name: Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, % of female employment, wage, and, salaried, workers, 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

60.5% of female employment

Median: 68.8% of female employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Qatar

98.8% of female employment

Lowest

Chad

3.2% of female employment

Top 5 Countries

1Qatar98.8% of female employment

2Kuwait98.6% of female employment

3Bahrain96.8% of female employment

4Jordan96.7% of female employment

5Norway96.6% of female employment

By Region

Europe89.2% of female employment(32 countries)

Oceania86.3% of female employment(2 countries)

North America75.3% of female employment(4 countries)

Asia66.9% of female employment(26 countries)

South America63.7% 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 (3.2% of female employment)High (98.8% of female employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 60.5% of female employment)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Asia (26)

South America (7)

Other (106)

Africa (9)

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	Qatar	98.8% of female employment
2	Kuwait	98.6% of female employment
3	Bahrain	96.8% of female employment
4	Jordan	96.7% of female employment
5	Norway	96.6% of female employment
6	United States of America	96.2% of female employment
7	Macao	95.8% of female employment
8	Hong Kong	95.3% of female employment
9	United Arab Emirates	94.8% of female employment
10	Russian Federation	94.4% of female employment
11	Denmark	94.3% of female employment
12	Germany	94.1% of female employment
13	Sweden	93.7% of female employment
14	Oman	93.6% of female employment
15	Virgin Islands, U.S.	93.5% of female employment
16	Belarus	93.3% of female employment
17	Saudi Arabia	93.2% of female employment
18	Japan	92.5% of female employment
19	Estonia	92.4% of female employment
20	Ireland	92.2% of female employment
21	Slovakia	92.1% of female employment
22	Puerto Rico	92.0% of female employment
23	Finland	91.8% of female employment
24	Cyprus	91.7% of female employment
25	Singapore	91.7% of female employment
26	Israel	91.7% of female employment
27	Croatia	91.5% of female employment
28	Lithuania	91.5% of female employment
29	Iceland	91.3% of female employment
30	Brunei Darussalam	91.2% of female employment
31	Hungary	91.2% of female employment
32	Bulgaria	91.1% of female employment
33	Austria	90.4% of female employment
34	Malta	90.3% of female employment
35	Luxembourg	90.2% of female employment
36	Slovenia	90.1% of female employment
37	United Kingdom	90.1% of female employment
38	Canada	89.8% of female employment
39	Mauritius	89.4% of female employment
40	France	89.2% of female employment
41	Romania	89.0% of female employment
42	Belgium	88.9% of female employment
43	Bahamas	88.9% of female employment
44	Spain	88.9% of female employment
45	Portugal	88.7% of female employment
46	Czech Republic	88.6% of female employment
47	Latvia	88.5% of female employment
48	Montenegro	88.4% of female employment
49	The Republic of North Macedonia	88.4% of female employment
50	New Caledonia	88.3% of female employment
51	Australia	87.7% of female employment
52	Netherlands	87.3% of female employment
53	Barbados	86.8% of female employment
54	Guam	86.8% of female employment
55	Poland	86.4% of female employment
56	South Africa	85.3% of female employment
57	Lebanon	85.1% of female employment
58	New Zealand	85.0% of female employment
59	Switzerland	84.9% of female employment
60	French Polynesia	84.9% of female employment
61	Tunisia	84.8% of female employment
62	Italy	84.1% of female employment
63	Trinidad and Tobago	83.0% of female employment
64	Malaysia	81.8% of female employment
65	Saint Lucia	81.5% of female employment
66	Cuba	81.1% of female employment
67	Ukraine	80.8% of female employment
68	South Korea	80.6% of female employment
69	Suriname	79.3% of female employment
70	Chile	77.2% of female employment
71	Argentina	77.2% of female employment
72	State of Palestine	77.1% of female employment
73	Libya	76.9% of female employment
74	Costa Rica	76.7% of female employment
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	76.7% of female employment
76	Algeria	76.6% of female employment
77	Syrian Arab Republic	76.6% of female employment
78	Serbia	76.0% of female employment
79	Brazil	75.3% of female employment
80	Greece	75.3% of female employment
81	Kazakhstan	74.6% of female employment
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.5% of female employment
83	Kyrgyzstan	74.5% of female employment
84	Uruguay	74.4% of female employment
85	Morocco	74.1% of female employment
86	Türkiye	72.7% of female employment
87	Botswana	71.9% of female employment
88	Guyana	70.8% of female employment
89	Turkmenistan	70.5% of female employment
90	Egypt	69.7% of female employment
91	Uzbekistan	69.6% of female employment
92	Jamaica	69.5% of female employment
93	Mexico	69.0% of female employment
94	Dominican Republic	68.6% of female employment
95	Equatorial Guinea	68.5% of female employment
96	Maldives	68.5% of female employment
97	Fiji	67.6% of female employment
98	Lesotho	66.4% of female employment
99	Armenia	65.6% of female employment
100	Eswatini	64.8% of female employment
101	People's Republic of China	64.6% of female employment
102	Tajikistan	64.3% of female employment
103	Belize	63.0% of female employment
104	Islamic Republic of Iran	63.0% of female employment
105	Panama	62.8% of female employment
106	Iraq	62.7% of female employment
107	Samoa	62.7% of female employment
108	Venezuela	62.2% of female employment
109	Gabon	61.4% of female employment
110	Mongolia	61.0% of female employment
111	Sri Lanka	59.6% of female employment
112	Paraguay	59.0% of female employment
113	Philippines	58.9% of female employment
114	Namibia	58.3% of female employment
115	El Salvador	57.7% of female employment
116	Colombia	57.3% of female employment
117	Tonga	57.2% of female employment
118	Georgia	57.0% of female employment
119	Rwanda	55.9% of female employment
120	Sao Tome and Principe	55.6% of female employment
121	Cape Verde	52.8% of female employment
122	Albania	51.5% of female employment
123	Nicaragua	50.9% of female employment
124	Thailand	50.2% of female employment
125	Guatemala	46.4% of female employment
126	Honduras	45.7% of female employment
127	Peru	45.3% of female employment
128	Sudan	43.2% of female employment
129	Vietnam	41.8% of female employment
130	Eritrea	41.0% of female employment
131	Moldova, Republic of	40.5% of female employment
132	Indonesia	39.6% of female employment
133	Ecuador	39.3% of female employment
134	Cambodia	39.2% of female employment
135	Djibouti	37.3% of female employment
136	Vanuatu	36.4% of female employment
137	North Korea	36.2% of female employment
138	Myanmar	34.8% of female employment
139	Yemen	34.8% of female employment
140	Bangladesh	34.7% of female employment
141	Somalia	33.6% of female employment
142	Malawi	32.6% of female employment
143	Comoros	30.5% of female employment
144	Bolivia	30.3% of female employment
145	Azerbaijan	28.4% of female employment
146	Mauritania	28.1% of female employment
147	Pakistan	26.7% of female employment
148	Ghana	26.3% of female employment
149	Kenya	26.0% of female employment
150	Senegal	23.8% of female employment
151	Cameroon	21.9% of female employment
152	Zimbabwe	21.6% of female employment
153	India	21.2% of female employment
154	Solomon Islands	20.4% of female employment
155	Timor-Leste	20.2% of female employment
156	Zambia	19.9% of female employment
157	Cote d'Ivoire	19.1% of female employment
158	Mali	18.4% of female employment
159	Lao People's Democratic Republic	18.2% of female employment
160	Republic of The Gambia	17.7% of female employment
161	Bhutan	17.7% of female employment
162	Benin	15.8% of female employment
163	South Sudan	15.1% of female employment
164	Haiti	15.0% of female employment
165	Togo	14.9% of female employment
166	Guinea-Bissau	14.5% of female employment
167	Papua New Guinea	14.5% of female employment
168	Angola	14.4% of female employment
169	Ethiopia	13.3% of female employment
170	Uganda	12.1% of female employment
171	Central African Republic	11.7% of female employment
172	Burkina Faso	11.1% of female employment
173	Nigeria	10.5% of female employment
174	Guinea	10.1% of female employment
175	Republic of the Congo	9.9% of female employment
176	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9.5% of female employment
177	United Republic of Tanzania	9.4% of female employment
178	Burundi	9.4% of female employment
179	Madagascar	9.4% of female employment
180	Liberia	9.3% of female employment
181	Nepal	9.2% of female employment
182	Mozambique	8.7% of female employment
183	Afghanistan	6.5% of female employment
184	Sierra Leone	5.2% of female employment
185	Niger	4.6% of female employment
186	Chad	3.2% 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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