Female headed households (% of households with a female head) - Health Nutrition and Population 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) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

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