Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators
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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) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Belarus (2007) | 56 |
| 2 | Ukraine (2007) | 54.7 |
| 3 | Moldova (2007) | 54.6 |
| 4 | Mongolia (2007) | 53.1 |
| 5 | Lithuania (2007) | 52.9 |
| 6 | Estonia (2007) | 52.3 |
| 7 | United Kingdom (2007) | 52.2 |
| 8 | Latvia (2007) | 52 |
| 9 | Bulgaria (2007) | 51.6 |
| 10 | Russia (2007) | 51 |
| 11 | Lesotho (1999) | 51 |
| 12 | Finland (2007) | 51 |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan (2007) | 50.8 |
| 14 | Antigua and Barbuda (2001) | 50.6 |
| 15 | Slovakia (2007) | 50.3 |
| 16 | Laos (2005) | 50.2 |
| 17 | Azerbaijan (2007) | 50.1 |
| 18 | Sweden (2007) | 50.1 |
| 19 | Iceland (2007) | 50 |
| 20 | Netherlands Antilles (2000) | 49.9 |
| 21 | Canada (2007) | 49.8 |
| 22 | Kazakhstan (2004) | 49.4 |
| 23 | Seychelles (1992) | 49.4 |
| 24 | Cayman Islands (2007) | 49.3 |
| 25 | Greenland (2005) | 49.3 |
| 26 | Norway (2007) | 49.2 |
| 27 | Cyprus (2007) | 49.1 |
| 28 | Denmark (2007) | 49 |
| 29 | Israel (2007) | 49 |
| 30 | Bahamas (2007) | 48.8 |
| 31 | Barbados (2005) | 48.7 |
| 32 | Georgia (2007) | 48.7 |
| 33 | El Salvador (2006) | 48.6 |
| 34 | Colombia (2007) | 48.5 |
| 35 | Bermuda (2006) | 48.5 |
| 36 | France (2007) | 48.5 |
| 37 | New Zealand (2007) | 48.5 |
| 38 | Europe & Central Asia (2007) | 48.34 |
| 39 | Hong Kong (2007) | 48.3 |
| 40 | Ireland (2007) | 48.2 |
| 41 | Macau (2007) | 48.1 |
| 42 | Hungary (2007) | 48 |
| 43 | Portugal (2007) | 47.6 |
| 44 | St. Lucia (2004) | 47.5 |
| 45 | United States (2007) | 47.4 |
| 46 | Ethiopia (2006) | 47.3 |
| 47 | Netherlands (2007) | 47.3 |
| 48 | Germany (2007) | 46.9 |
| 49 | Australia (2007) | 46.8 |
| 50 | Switzerland (2007) | 46.8 |
| 51 | Central African Republic (2003) | 46.8 |
| 52 | Slovenia (2007) | 46.8 |
| 53 | Poland (2007) | 46.7 |
| 54 | Andorra (2007) | 46.6 |
| 55 | High income: OECD (2007) | 46.48 |
| 56 | Austria (2007) | 46.3 |
| 57 | Croatia (2007) | 46.3 |
| 58 | Czech Republic (2007) | 46.3 |
| 59 | High income (2007) | 46.29 |
| 60 | Euro area (2007) | 46.21 |
| 61 | Belgium (2007) | 46.1 |
| 62 | Romania (2007) | 46.1 |
| 63 | Aruba (1997) | 45.9 |
| 64 | Faroe Islands (2005) | 45.8 |
| 65 | Jamaica (2006) | 45.8 |
| 66 | Armenia (2007) | 45.7 |
| 67 | Uruguay (2007) | 45.5 |
| 68 | Singapore (2007) | 45.2 |
| 69 | Argentina (2006) | 45 |
| 70 | Thailand (2007) | 45 |
| 71 | Upper middle income (2006) | 44.58 |
| 72 | Guam (2007) | 44.2 |
| 73 | Haiti (1990) | 44.2 |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago (2005) | 43.9 |
| 75 | South Africa (2007) | 43.9 |
| 76 | Northern Mariana Islands (1995) | 43.9 |
| 77 | Serbia (2007) | 43.9 |
| 78 | Dominica (2001) | 43.8 |
| 79 | Cuba (2007) | 43.7 |
| 80 | Spain (2007) | 43.7 |
| 81 | Cambodia (2004) | 43.5 |
| 82 | Uzbekistan (1995) | 43.5 |
| 83 | Luxembourg (2007) | 43.4 |
| 84 | Montenegro (2005) | 43.4 |
| 85 | Panama (2007) | 43.1 |
| 86 | Guatemala (2006) | 43 |
| 87 | Italy (2007) | 43 |
| 88 | Peru (2007) | 42.9 |
| 89 | French Polynesia (2007) | 42.7 |
| 90 | Grenada (1998) | 42.6 |
| 91 | Botswana (2006) | 42.4 |
| 92 | Macedonia (2007) | 42.4 |
| 93 | Philippines (2007) | 42.3 |
| 94 | Turkmenistan (2002) | 42.1 |
| 95 | South Korea (2007) | 42.1 |
| 96 | North Korea (2007) | 42.1 |
| 97 | Greece (2007) | 42 |
| 98 | American Samoa (1990) | 41.7 |
| 99 | Brazil (2004) | 41.6 |
| 100 | Japan (2007) | 41.6 |
| 101 | Puerto Rico (2007) | 41.5 |
| 102 | Namibia (2004) | 41.4 |
| 103 | Latin America & Caribbean (2004) | 41.29 |
| 104 | Costa Rica (2007) | 41.1 |
| 105 | Togo (1990) | 41 |
| 106 | Venezuela (2006) | 40.9 |
| 107 | New Caledonia (1996) | 40.9 |
| 108 | Burma (1990) | 40.6 |
| 109 | Vietnam (2004) | 40.4 |
| 110 | Paraguay (2007) | 40.2 |
| 111 | Palau (2000) | 39.6 |
| 112 | Mexico (2007) | 39.4 |
| 113 | Liechtenstein (2005) | 39.4 |
| 114 | Monaco (2000) | 39.2 |
| 115 | China (1999) | 39.1 |
| 116 | Malaysia (2007) | 39 |
| 117 | Uganda (2003) | 39 |
| 118 | Cape Verde (2000) | 38.9 |
| 119 | East Asia & Pacific (1999) | 38.84 |
| 120 | Dominican Republic (2007) | 38.8 |
| 121 | Nicaragua (2005) | 38.6 |
| 122 | Tonga (2003) | 38.6 |
| 123 | Bolivia (2000) | 38.6 |
| 124 | Guyana (1997) | 38.5 |
| 125 | Kiribati (2005) | 38.5 |
| 126 | San Marino (2007) | 38.1 |
| 127 | Suriname (2004) | 38.1 |
| 128 | Vanuatu (2007) | 37.8 |
| 129 | Madagascar (2005) | 37.7 |
| 130 | Belize (2005) | 37.6 |
| 131 | Chile (2007) | 37.4 |
| 132 | Mauritius (2007) | 37.2 |
| 133 | Tajikistan (2006) | 37.1 |
| 134 | Ecuador (2006) | 36.6 |
| 135 | Mauritania (2000) | 35.8 |
| 136 | Malta (2007) | 35.5 |
| 137 | Low & middle income (1999) | 35.36 |
| 138 | Timor-Leste (2001) | 35 |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007) | 34.7 |
| 140 | Mali (2004) | 34.6 |
| 141 | Guinea (1996) | 34 |
| 142 | Zambia (2000) | 33.7 |
| 143 | Lower middle income (1999) | 33.42 |
| 144 | Honduras (2005) | 33.4 |
| 145 | Rwanda (2000) | 33 |
| 146 | Swaziland (1996) | 33 |
| 147 | Albania (2003) | 33 |
| 148 | Middle income (2003) | 32.81 |
| 149 | Eritrea (1996) | 32.3 |
| 150 | Kenya (1997) | 32.2 |
| 151 | Papua New Guinea (2000) | 32.1 |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe (1990) | 32.1 |
| 153 | Ghana (2000) | 31.7 |
| 154 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 31 |
| 155 | Solomon Islands (1999) | 30.8 |
| 156 | Fiji (2005) | 30.6 |
| 157 | Indonesia (2007) | 30.6 |
| 158 | Tanzania (2006) | 30.5 |
| 159 | Brunei Darussalam (2003) | 30.3 |
| 160 | Samoa (2000) | 30.2 |
| 161 | Maldives (2006) | 30 |
| 162 | Marshall Islands (2000) | 29.3 |
| 163 | Gabon (1993) | 29.3 |
| 164 | Morocco (2007) | 28.4 |
| 165 | Djibouti (2002) | 26.7 |
| 166 | Republic of the Congo (1990) | 26.1 |
| 167 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1990) | 25.9 |
| 168 | Jordan (2005) | 25.9 |
| 169 | Oman (2001) | 25.3 |
| 170 | Tunisia (2003) | 25 |
| 171 | Benin (2002) | 24.3 |
| 172 | Angola (1996) | 23.5 |
| 173 | Kuwait (1998) | 23.2 |
| 174 | Sierra Leone (2004) | 23.2 |
| 175 | Cameroon (2001) | 22.2 |
| 176 | Zimbabwe (2002) | 21.9 |
| 177 | Somalia (1990) | 21.7 |
| 178 | Iraq (2003) | 21.3 |
| 179 | Turkey (2007) | 21.3 |
| 180 | Nigeria (2005) | 21.1 |
| 181 | Gambia (1990) | 20.9 |
| 182 | Ivory Coast (1998) | 20.6 |
| 183 | Sudan (1992) | 20.1 |
| 184 | Bangladesh (2006) | 20.1 |
| 185 | Egypt (2006) | 18.1 |
| 186 | India (2005) | 18.1 |
| 187 | South Asia (2005) | 18.07 |
| 188 | Comoros (1996) | 18 |
| 189 | Afghanistan (1990) | 17.8 |
| 190 | Middle East & North Africa (2004) | 17.32 |
| 191 | West Bank and Gaza (2007) | 17 |
| 192 | Bhutan (2005) | 16.6 |
| 193 | Syria (2003) | 16.1 |
| 194 | Iran (2005) | 16.1 |
| 195 | Libya (2001) | 15.8 |
| 196 | Qatar (2004) | 15.5 |
| 197 | Nepal (1999) | 15.1 |
| 198 | Saudi Arabia (2007) | 14.8 |
| 199 | Algeria (2004) | 14.5 |
| 200 | Burundi (1990) | 14.3 |
| 201 | Lebanon (1995) | 14.2 |
| 202 | United Arab Emirates (2005) | 13.9 |
| 203 | Pakistan (2007) | 13.2 |
| 204 | Burkina Faso (1992) | 12.5 |
| 205 | Liberia (2002) | 11.4 |
| 206 | Mozambique (1990) | 11.4 |
| 207 | Malawi (1995) | 11.3 |
| 208 | Guinea-Bissau (1990) | 10.8 |
| 209 | Senegal (2001) | 10.6 |
| 210 | Equatorial Guinea (1990) | 10.5 |
| 211 | Bahrain (2007) | 9.8 |
| 212 | Niger (1991) | 8.6 |
| 213 | Yemen (2000) | 7 |
| 214 | Chad (1991) | 5.5 |
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