Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics
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Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector is the share of female workers in the nonagricultural sector (industry and services), expressed as a percentage of total employment in the nonagricultural sector. Industry includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, electricity, gas, and water, corresponding to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3). Services include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services-corresponding to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3).
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
1 | Belarus (2008) | 56 |
2 | Ukraine (2008) | 54.6 |
3 | Moldova (2008) | 54.1 |
4 | Lithuania (2007) | 53 |
5 | Latvia (2008) | 52.7 |
6 | United Kingdom (2008) | 52.3 |
7 | Estonia (2008) | 51.7 |
8 | Bulgaria (2007) | 51.3 |
9 | Barbados (2004) | 51.3 |
10 | Mongolia (2008) | 51.1 |
11 | Lesotho (1999) | 51 |
12 | Netherlands Antilles (2008) | 51 |
13 | Kyrgyzstan (2007) | 50.8 |
14 | Finland (2008) | 50.7 |
15 | Antigua and Barbuda (2008) | 50.6 |
16 | Russia (2008) | 50.6 |
17 | Cayman Islands (2008) | 50.5 |
18 | Laos (2005) | 50.2 |
19 | Kazakhstan (2008) | 50 |
20 | Sweden (2008) | 49.9 |
21 | Canada (2008) | 49.9 |
22 | Seychelles (1992) | 49.4 |
23 | Iceland (2008) | 49.4 |
24 | Greenland (2005) | 49.3 |
25 | Denmark (2008) | 49.3 |
26 | Israel (2008) | 49.3 |
27 | France (2008) | 49.2 |
28 | Ireland (2008) | 49.2 |
29 | Norway (2008) | 49.1 |
30 | Bahamas (2007) | 48.8 |
31 | Bermuda (2007) | 48.7 |
32 | Hong Kong (2008) | 48.7 |
33 | Aruba (2007) | 48.6 |
34 | Cyprus (2008) | 48.6 |
35 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1994) | 48.3 |
36 | Hungary (2008) | 48.3 |
37 | Jamaica (2008) | 48.2 |
38 | Macau (2007) | 48.1 |
39 | El Salvador (2007) | 48 |
40 | Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008) | 47.97 |
41 | North America (2008) | 47.94 |
42 | Switzerland (2008) | 47.9 |
43 | Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2008) | 47.76 |
44 | Netherlands (2008) | 47.7 |
45 | Slovakia (2008) | 47.7 |
46 | United States (2008) | 47.7 |
47 | Portugal (2008) | 47.6 |
48 | New Zealand (2008) | 47.6 |
49 | European Union (2008) | 47.51 |
50 | Colombia (2008) | 47.5 |
51 | St. Lucia (2004) | 47.5 |
52 | Ethiopia (2006) | 47.3 |
53 | Australia (2008) | 47.1 |
54 | Austria (2008) | 47 |
55 | Germany (2008) | 46.8 |
56 | Slovenia (2007) | 46.8 |
57 | Poland (2008) | 46.8 |
58 | Central African Republic (2003) | 46.8 |
59 | High income: OECD (2008) | 46.77 |
60 | Belgium (2008) | 46.6 |
61 | Andorra (2007) | 46.6 |
62 | Euro area (2008) | 46.56 |
63 | High income (2008) | 46.5 |
64 | Georgia (2008) | 46.1 |
65 | Czech Republic (2008) | 46 |
66 | Romania (2008) | 45.8 |
67 | Faroe Islands (2005) | 45.8 |
68 | Singapore (2008) | 45.8 |
69 | Croatia (2008) | 45.8 |
70 | OECD members (2008) | 45.52 |
71 | Uruguay (2007) | 45.5 |
72 | Thailand (2008) | 45.4 |
73 | Argentina (2006) | 45 |
74 | Spain (2008) | 44.9 |
75 | Armenia (2007) | 44.8 |
76 | Haiti (1990) | 44.2 |
77 | South Africa (2008) | 44 |
78 | Serbia (2008) | 44 |
79 | Northern Mariana Islands (1995) | 43.9 |
80 | Trinidad and Tobago (2005) | 43.9 |
81 | Dominica (2001) | 43.8 |
82 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 43.6 |
83 | Cambodia (2004) | 43.5 |
84 | Italy (2008) | 43.5 |
85 | Montenegro (2005) | 43.4 |
86 | Botswana (2007) | 43.4 |
87 | Cuba (2008) | 43.4 |
88 | Luxembourg (2008) | 43.3 |
89 | Guam (2008) | 43.3 |
90 | Guatemala (2006) | 43 |
91 | French Polynesia (2007) | 42.7 |
92 | Upper middle income (2007) | 42.68 |
93 | Grenada (1998) | 42.6 |
94 | San Marino (2008) | 42.2 |
95 | Panama (2008) | 42.2 |
96 | North Korea (2008) | 42.1 |
97 | South Korea (2008) | 42.1 |
98 | Turkmenistan (2002) | 42.1 |
99 | Greece (2008) | 41.9 |
100 | Macedonia (2008) | 41.9 |
101 | Japan (2008) | 41.8 |
102 | American Samoa (1990) | 41.7 |
103 | Philippines (2008) | 41.7 |
104 | Puerto Rico (2008) | 41.7 |
105 | Venezuela (2008) | 41.6 |
106 | Brazil (2007) | 41.6 |
107 | Costa Rica (2008) | 41.5 |
108 | Namibia (2004) | 41.4 |
109 | Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2007) | 41.07 |
110 | Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2007) | 41.05 |
111 | Gibraltar (2007) | 41 |
112 | Togo (1990) | 41 |
113 | New Caledonia (1996) | 40.9 |
114 | Burma (1990) | 40.6 |
115 | Vietnam (2004) | 40.4 |
116 | Palau (2000) | 39.6 |
117 | Paraguay (2008) | 39.5 |
118 | Mexico (2008) | 39.4 |
119 | Liechtenstein (2005) | 39.4 |
120 | Uzbekistan (2007) | 39.4 |
121 | Monaco (2000) | 39.2 |
122 | Malaysia (2008) | 39.2 |
123 | China (1999) | 39.1 |
124 | Uganda (2003) | 39 |
125 | Cape Verde (2000) | 38.9 |
126 | East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (1999) | 38.9 |
127 | Vanuatu (2008) | 38.9 |
128 | Dominican Republic (2007) | 38.8 |
129 | East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (1999) | 38.72 |
130 | Ecuador (2006) | 38.7 |
131 | Kiribati (2005) | 38.5 |
132 | Nicaragua (2007) | 38.1 |
133 | Suriname (2004) | 38.1 |
134 | Turks and Caicos Islands (2007) | 38.1 |
135 | Bolivia (2007) | 38.1 |
136 | Belize (2007) | 37.7 |
137 | Madagascar (2005) | 37.7 |
138 | Peru (2008) | 37.5 |
139 | Tajikistan (2006) | 37.1 |
140 | Mauritius (2008) | 37.1 |
141 | Western Samoa (2001) | 36.7 |
142 | Chile (2008) | 36.2 |
143 | Niger (2008) | 36.1 |
144 | Mauritania (2000) | 35.8 |
145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008) | 35.7 |
146 | Tonga (1996) | 35.6 |
147 | Low & middle income (1999) | 35.19 |
148 | Malta (2008) | 35.1 |
149 | Timor-Leste (2001) | 35 |
150 | Guyana (2002) | 34.7 |
151 | Mali (2004) | 34.6 |
152 | Guinea (1996) | 34 |
153 | Tuvalu (2004) | 33.9 |
154 | Lower middle income (1999) | 33.88 |
155 | Honduras (2007) | 33.7 |
156 | Albania (2003) | 33 |
157 | Rwanda (2000) | 33 |
158 | Middle income (2004) | 32.66 |
159 | Indonesia (2008) | 32.4 |
160 | Swaziland (1997) | 32.4 |
161 | Kenya (1997) | 32.2 |
162 | Papua New Guinea (2000) | 32.1 |
163 | Sao Tome and Principe (1991) | 32.1 |
164 | Ghana (2000) | 31.7 |
165 | Eritrea (1996) | 31.1 |
166 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 31 |
167 | Solomon Islands (1999) | 30.8 |
168 | Tanzania (2006) | 30.5 |
169 | Brunei Darussalam (2003) | 30.3 |
170 | Maldives (2006) | 30 |
171 | Fiji (2005) | 29.6 |
172 | Marshall Islands (1999) | 29.3 |
173 | Gabon (1993) | 29.3 |
174 | Djibouti (2002) | 26.7 |
175 | Republic of the Congo (1990) | 26.1 |
176 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1990) | 25.9 |
177 | Tunisia (2003) | 25 |
178 | Benin (2002) | 24.3 |
179 | Angola (1996) | 23.5 |
180 | Kuwait (1998) | 23.2 |
181 | Sierra Leone (2004) | 23.2 |
182 | Turkey (2008) | 22.4 |
183 | Cameroon (2001) | 22.2 |
184 | Zambia (2000) | 22 |
185 | Zimbabwe (2002) | 21.9 |
186 | Oman (2008) | 21.9 |
187 | Somalia (1990) | 21.7 |
188 | Nigeria (2005) | 21.1 |
189 | Gambia (1990) | 20.9 |
190 | Morocco (2008) | 20.8 |
191 | Ivory Coast (1998) | 20.6 |
192 | Sudan (1992) | 20.1 |
193 | Bangladesh (2005) | 20.1 |
194 | United Arab Emirates (2008) | 20.1 |
195 | Egypt (2007) | 19 |
196 | South Asia (2005) | 18.46 |
197 | India (2005) | 18.1 |
198 | Comoros (1996) | 18 |
199 | West Bank and Gaza (2008) | 17.9 |
200 | Afghanistan (1990) | 17.8 |
201 | Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2004) | 17.72 |
202 | Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2005) | 16.68 |
203 | Bhutan (2005) | 16.6 |
204 | Arab World (2006) | 16.31 |
205 | Syria (2007) | 16.3 |
206 | Iran (2005) | 16.1 |
207 | Libya (2001) | 15.8 |
208 | Jordan (2008) | 15.7 |
209 | Saudi Arabia (2008) | 14.6 |
210 | Burundi (1990) | 14.3 |
211 | Lebanon (1995) | 14.2 |
212 | Nepal (2001) | 14 |
213 | Pakistan (2007) | 13.2 |
214 | Algeria (2007) | 13.1 |
215 | Qatar (2007) | 12.5 |
216 | Burkina Faso (1992) | 12.5 |
217 | Iraq (2008) | 12.1 |
218 | Liberia (2002) | 11.4 |
219 | Mozambique (1990) | 11.4 |
220 | Malawi (1995) | 11.3 |
221 | Guinea-Bissau (1990) | 10.8 |
222 | Senegal (2001) | 10.6 |
223 | Equatorial Guinea (1990) | 10.5 |
224 | Bahrain (2008) | 9.6 |
225 | Yemen (2007) | 6.2 |
226 | Chad (1991) | 5.5 |
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