Wage and salaried workers, female (% of females employed) - Gender Statistics



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Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of females employed) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Qatar (2004)99.9
2United Arab Emirates (2005)98.7
3American Samoa (1990)98.5
4Tuvalu (2002)97.5
5Brunei Darussalam (1991)96.1
6Norway (2008)95.5
7Estonia (2008)95.1
8Denmark (2008)95
9Cayman Islands (2007)94.7
10Macau (2007)94.6
11United States (2007)94.2
12Sweden (2008)94.1
13Hong Kong (2007)94
14Aruba (1994)93.9
15North America (2007)93.6
16Malta (2008)93.6
17Luxembourg (2008)93.6
18Cuba (2007)93.5
19Russia (2007)93.3
20San Marino (2007)92.9
21France (2008)92.7
22Latvia (2008)92.6
23Ireland (2008)92.5
24Isle of Man (2001)92.3
25Netherlands Antilles (2000)92
26Iceland (2007)91.9
27Israel (2007)91.8
28Slovakia (2008)91.8
29United Kingdom (2008)91.6
30Finland (2008)91.4
31Hungary (2008)91.4
32Germany (2008)91.3
33Lithuania (2008)91.2
34Australia (2007)91
35Puerto Rico (2007)90.8
36Bulgaria (2008)90.2
37Netherlands (2008)89.9
38Singapore (2007)89.9
39Barbados (2004)89.5
40Czech Republic (2008)89.4
41Belgium (2008)89.2
42New Caledonia (1996)89.1
43High income (2007)89.03
44High income: OECD (2007)89
45St. Kitts and Nevis (2001)88.7
46Slovenia (2008)88.7
47Canada (2007)88.6
48Austria (2008)88.5
49Euro area (2008)87.96
50Oman (2000)87.8
51Bahamas (2004)87.4
52European Union (2008)87.37
53New Zealand (2007)87.2
54Cyprus (2008)87.2
55Suriname (1998)86.8
56Spain (2008)86.7
57Japan (2007)86.4
58OECD members (2007)86.25
59Switzerland (2007)86
60Seychelles (1987)85.9
61Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2007)85.66
62Montenegro (2005)85.4
63French Polynesia (2002)83.6
64Mauritius (2007)83.2
65Trinidad and Tobago (2005)83
66Antigua and Barbuda (1991)82.5
67Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2007)82.26
68South Africa (2007)80.8
69Italy (2008)80.7
70Namibia (2008)80.3
71Argentina (2006)80.2
72Croatia (2007)79.8
73Poland (2008)79.6
74Ukraine (2007)79.5
75St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)79.4
76Djibouti (1991)78.7
77Portugal (2008)77.6
78Malaysia (2007)77.3
79Macedonia (2007)76.9
80Serbia (2007)76.8
81Costa Rica (2007)76.1
82Dominica (2001)75.6
83Grenada (1998)75.2
84Panama (2007)74.6
85Chile (2007)74.4
86Belize (2005)73.9
87Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)73.6
88Uruguay (2007)72.7
89Upper middle income (2007)72.14
90Botswana (2003)71.9
91St. Lucia (2000)70.6
92Moldova (2007)69.7
93Tunisia (1994)69.1
94Greece (2008)69
95Sao Tome and Principe (1991)68.9
96South Korea (2007)68.8
97North Korea (2007)68.8
98Marshall Islands (1999)67.7
99Romania (2008)67.6
100Swaziland (1997)67.4
101Dominican Republic (2007)67.3
102Jamaica (2006)66.1
103Brazil (2006)66
104Mexico (2007)65.1
105Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2006)64.7
106Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2006)64.54
107Venezuela (2007)60.6
108Kazakhstan (2004)60.2
109Western Samoa (2001)59.1
110Fiji (2005)56.6
111Colombia (2007)56.1
112Sri Lanka (2007)55.1
113West Bank and Gaza (2006)55
114Ecuador (2006)54.5
115Egypt (2006)53.7
116Guyana (1992)52.9
117Honduras (2005)52.6
118Kyrgyzstan (2006)51.7
119Nicaragua (2006)51.7
120Philippines (2007)51
121Algeria (2004)49.8
122Turkey (2008)49.7
123Peru (2007)48.8
124Paraguay (2007)46.8
125Syria (2001)46.6
126Ethiopia (2006)42.7
127El Salvador (2006)42.5
128Thailand (2007)42.4
129Iran (2007)42.2
130Mongolia (2003)41.8
131Tonga (1996)40.2
132Georgia (2005)34.5
133Morocco (2007)34.1
134Cape Verde (2000)33
135Azerbaijan (2007)32.7
136Indonesia (2007)30.7
137Lesotho (1999)29.9
138Gabon (1993)29.2
139Maldives (2000)28.8
140Bolivia (2002)26.5
141Guatemala (2002)25.6
142Pakistan (2007)24.6
143Zimbabwe (2002)23.1
144Haiti (1990)21.2
145Vietnam (2004)21.2
146Bhutan (2005)18
147Yemen (1999)13.8
148Cambodia (2001)13.6
149Nepal (2001)12.8
150Bangladesh (2005)11.7
151Mali (2004)11.4
152Madagascar (2005)10.8
153Zambia (2000)9
154Cameroon (2001)8.7
155Uganda (2003)7.5
156Senegal (1991)7.5
157Tanzania (2006)6.1
158Equatorial Guinea (1983)6
159Laos (1995)5.4
160Malawi (1987)3.9
161Sierra Leone (2004)3.7
162Rwanda (1996)3.3
163Burkina Faso (1994)1.4
164Chad (1993)0.8
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