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Female headed households (% of households with a female head) - Gender Statistics
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Female headed households shows the percentage of households with a female head.
Female headed households (% of households with a female head) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)
Rank
Country
Value
1
Belarus (2005)
53.9
2
Ukraine (2007)
49.4
3
Swaziland (2007)
47.9
4
Eritrea (2002)
46.7
5
Cuba (2006)
46.4
6
Namibia (2007)
44
7
Haiti (2006)
43.7
8
South Africa (1998)
41.9
9
Zimbabwe (2006)
37.7
10
Lesotho (2004)
37.3
11
Armenia (2005)
35.9
12
Dominican Republic (2007)
35.2
13
Maldives (2009)
35
14
Rwanda (2005)
33.9
15
Argentina (2008)
33.8
16
Ghana (2008)
33.7
17
Moldova (2005)
33.7
18
Kazakhstan (1999)
33.4
19
Comoros (1996)
32.2
20
Kenya (2003)
31.7
21
Nicaragua (2001)
30.9
22
Thailand (2006)
30
23
Liberia (2009)
30
24
Uganda (2007)
29.9
25
Mauritania (2001)
29.1
26
Serbia (2007)
28.7
27
Mongolia (2008)
28.5
28
Bhutan (2005)
28.2
29
Vietnam (2002)
26.8
30
Turkmenistan (2000)
26.5
31
Mozambique (2003)
26.4
32
Kyrgyzstan (1997)
26.4
33
Gabon (2000)
26
34
Honduras (2006)
26
35
Angola (2007)
24.8
36
Azerbaijan (2006)
24.7
37
Malawi (2004)
24.7
38
Tanzania (2005)
24.5
39
Croatia (2008)
24.4
40
Togo (1998)
24.3
41
Zambia (2007)
24.3
42
Cameroon (2004)
24
43
Cambodia (2005)
23.5
44
Nepal (2006)
23.4
45
Republic of the Congo (2005)
23.3
46
Ethiopia (2005)
22.8
47
Benin (2006)
22.5
48
Peru (2006)
22.2
49
Uzbekistan (1996)
22.2
50
Madagascar (2004)
21.7
51
Central African Republic (1995)
21
52
Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)
20.8
53
Bolivia (2003)
20.2
54
Brazil (1996)
20
55
Senegal (2009)
20
56
Chad (2004)
19.6
57
Guatemala (1999)
19.5
58
Colombia (2007)
19
59
Philippines (2006)
18.7
60
Niger (2006)
18.5
61
Sudan (2006)
18.5
62
Morocco (2004)
17.1
63
Paraguay (1990)
17
64
Guinea (2005)
16.7
65
Nigeria (2003)
16.6
66
Ivory Coast (1999)
14.4
67
India (2006)
14.4
68
Indonesia (2007)
12.9
69
Bangladesh (2007)
12.8
70
Mali (2006)
12.3
71
Egypt (2005)
12.3
72
Jordan (2009)
11.4
73
Iraq (2006)
10.8
74
Turkey (1998)
10.4
75
Pakistan (2007)
10.4
76
Yemen (1997)
9.5
77
Burkina Faso (2003)
9.4
78
Macedonia (2006)
7.6
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