economic2025

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Name: Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, % of female employment, employment, services, female, modeled, ilo, estimate

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

67.0% of female employment

Median: 74.1% of female employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Djibouti

98.2% of female employment

Lowest

Afghanistan

3.7% of female employment

Top 5 Countries

1Djibouti98.2% of female employment

2Luxembourg97.2% of female employment

3Qatar96.1% of female employment

4Macao96.0% of female employment

5Bahamas95.7% of female employment

By Region

Oceania88.4% of female employment(2 countries)

Europe84.8% of female employment(32 countries)

North America81.4% of female employment(4 countries)

South America79.6% of female employment(7 countries)

Asia67.2% of female employment(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (3.7% of female employment)High (98.2% of female employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 67.0% of female employment)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

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	Djibouti	98.2% of female employment
2	Luxembourg	97.2% of female employment
3	Qatar	96.1% of female employment
4	Macao	96.0% of female employment
5	Bahamas	95.7% of female employment
6	Hong Kong	95.6% of female employment
7	French Polynesia	94.5% of female employment
8	Cyprus	93.5% of female employment
9	Netherlands	93.4% of female employment
10	Jordan	93.3% of female employment
11	Kuwait	93.1% of female employment
12	Israel	92.8% of female employment
13	Lebanon	92.4% of female employment
14	Virgin Islands, U.S.	92.3% of female employment
15	United Kingdom	92.3% of female employment
16	Barbados	92.3% of female employment
17	Sweden	92.2% of female employment
18	Puerto Rico	91.9% of female employment
19	Norway	91.8% of female employment
20	Malta	91.8% of female employment
21	Saint Lucia	91.7% of female employment
22	Bahrain	91.5% of female employment
23	Belgium	91.3% of female employment
24	United Arab Emirates	91.3% of female employment
25	Guam	91.1% of female employment
26	New Caledonia	91.0% of female employment
27	Iceland	90.9% of female employment
28	United States of America	90.8% of female employment
29	Dominican Republic	90.8% of female employment
30	Canada	90.7% of female employment
31	Australia	90.4% of female employment
32	Denmark	90.1% of female employment
33	Singapore	90.0% of female employment
34	Ireland	89.6% of female employment
35	Finland	89.5% of female employment
36	Saudi Arabia	89.5% of female employment
37	France	89.0% of female employment
38	Spain	88.9% of female employment
39	Libya	88.9% of female employment
40	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	88.9% of female employment
41	Switzerland	88.7% of female employment
42	Montenegro	88.3% of female employment
43	Brunei Darussalam	88.0% of female employment
44	Uruguay	87.7% of female employment
45	Argentina	86.7% of female employment
46	Venezuela	86.6% of female employment
47	Germany	86.4% of female employment
48	New Zealand	86.4% of female employment
49	Chile	86.3% of female employment
50	Brazil	86.3% of female employment
51	Jamaica	86.3% of female employment
52	Austria	85.8% of female employment
53	Mauritius	85.5% of female employment
54	Belize	85.5% of female employment
55	Syrian Arab Republic	85.2% of female employment
56	Estonia	84.9% of female employment
57	South Africa	84.6% of female employment
58	Latvia	84.5% of female employment
59	Italy	84.5% of female employment
60	Japan	84.3% of female employment
61	Trinidad and Tobago	83.9% of female employment
62	Cape Verde	83.8% of female employment
63	Suriname	83.8% of female employment
64	Oman	83.7% of female employment
65	Botswana	83.7% of female employment
66	South Korea	83.5% of female employment
67	Portugal	83.1% of female employment
68	State of Palestine	82.9% of female employment
69	Cuba	82.7% of female employment
70	Greece	82.6% of female employment
71	Croatia	82.6% of female employment
72	Russian Federation	82.4% of female employment
73	Costa Rica	82.1% of female employment
74	Lithuania	81.8% of female employment
75	Colombia	80.8% of female employment
76	Paraguay	80.7% of female employment
77	Panama	79.9% of female employment
78	El Salvador	79.7% of female employment
79	Kazakhstan	79.4% of female employment
80	Slovakia	79.3% of female employment
81	Hungary	79.1% of female employment
82	Mexico	78.5% of female employment
83	Honduras	78.5% of female employment
84	Poland	78.5% of female employment
85	Slovenia	78.4% of female employment
86	Guyana	78.2% of female employment
87	Nicaragua	78.1% of female employment
88	Bulgaria	77.7% of female employment
89	Malaysia	77.6% of female employment
90	Czech Republic	77.5% of female employment
91	Philippines	77.4% of female employment
92	Iraq	74.5% of female employment
93	Ukraine	74.1% of female employment
94	Belarus	74.0% of female employment
95	Samoa	74.0% of female employment
96	Egypt	73.7% of female employment
97	Algeria	71.6% of female employment
98	Namibia	70.9% of female employment
99	Romania	69.5% of female employment
100	Maldives	69.5% of female employment
101	Peru	69.1% of female employment
102	The Republic of North Macedonia	68.0% of female employment
103	Kyrgyzstan	67.7% of female employment
104	Sao Tome and Principe	67.6% of female employment
105	Eswatini	66.3% of female employment
106	Guatemala	65.5% of female employment
107	Gabon	65.3% of female employment
108	Türkiye	64.5% of female employment
109	Serbia	63.7% of female employment
110	Bolivia	63.3% of female employment
111	Haiti	62.9% of female employment
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62.8% of female employment
113	Islamic Republic of Iran	62.0% of female employment
114	Mongolia	61.5% of female employment
115	Mauritania	60.5% of female employment
116	Tonga	60.4% of female employment
117	Ecuador	60.2% of female employment
118	Nigeria	59.9% of female employment
119	Tunisia	59.9% of female employment
120	Armenia	58.9% of female employment
121	Papua New Guinea	58.7% of female employment
122	Indonesia	58.7% of female employment
123	Senegal	58.7% of female employment
124	Turkmenistan	58.4% of female employment
125	Uzbekistan	57.7% of female employment
126	Fiji	57.4% of female employment
127	People's Republic of China	56.5% of female employment
128	Thailand	56.3% of female employment
129	Republic of The Gambia	56.2% of female employment
130	Ghana	56.0% of female employment
131	Georgia	55.6% of female employment
132	Comoros	55.5% of female employment
133	Azerbaijan	54.1% of female employment
134	Solomon Islands	53.1% of female employment
135	Liberia	51.9% of female employment
136	Timor-Leste	51.9% of female employment
137	Somalia	50.9% of female employment
138	Sierra Leone	50.0% of female employment
139	Sri Lanka	49.9% of female employment
140	Vanuatu	49.4% of female employment
141	Albania	48.0% of female employment
142	Benin	47.2% of female employment
143	Sudan	47.0% of female employment
144	Rwanda	46.6% of female employment
145	Nepal	46.5% of female employment
146	Cote d'Ivoire	46.4% of female employment
147	Morocco	46.1% of female employment
148	Togo	45.5% of female employment
149	Ethiopia	45.1% of female employment
150	Republic of the Congo	45.1% of female employment
151	Yemen	45.0% of female employment
152	Vietnam	44.7% of female employment
153	Lesotho	44.5% of female employment
154	Myanmar	44.4% of female employment
155	Cameroon	43.1% of female employment
156	Angola	42.4% of female employment
157	Kenya	42.1% of female employment
158	Guinea	41.3% of female employment
159	Moldova, Republic of	41.1% of female employment
160	Equatorial Guinea	39.2% of female employment
161	Cambodia	38.6% of female employment
162	Zambia	38.4% of female employment
163	Bhutan	38.0% of female employment
164	Zimbabwe	35.4% of female employment
165	Eritrea	34.6% of female employment
166	South Sudan	33.3% of female employment
167	Burkina Faso	31.7% of female employment
168	Tajikistan	31.7% of female employment
169	Mali	31.5% of female employment
170	United Republic of Tanzania	29.0% of female employment
171	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28.2% of female employment
172	Guinea-Bissau	27.2% of female employment
173	Lao People's Democratic Republic	25.9% of female employment
174	Uganda	25.6% of female employment
175	Malawi	24.2% of female employment
176	India	24.0% of female employment
177	Madagascar	22.4% of female employment
178	North Korea	21.8% of female employment
179	Central African Republic	19.4% of female employment
180	Chad	19.4% of female employment
181	Pakistan	18.8% of female employment
182	Mozambique	17.0% of female employment
183	Bangladesh	16.3% of female employment
184	Niger	10.3% of female employment
185	Burundi	6.3% of female employment
186	Afghanistan	3.7% of female employment

Showing 186 of 186 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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