Employees, services, female (% of female employment) - Gender Statistics
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Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Services correspond to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3) and 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.
| Employees, services, female (% of female employment) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Saudi Arabia (2009) | 98.4 |
| 2 | Kuwait (1988) | 98 |
| 3 | Qatar (2006) | 95.9 |
| 4 | Kiribati (2000) | 95.8 |
| 5 | Isle of Man (2006) | 95.4 |
| 6 | Aruba (1997) | 95.1 |
| 7 | Bahamas (2007) | 94.2 |
| 8 | Hong Kong (2007) | 94 |
| 9 | Netherlands Antilles (2000) | 93.9 |
| 10 | Cayman Islands (2007) | 93 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates (2005) | 92.3 |
| 12 | Northern Mariana Islands (1995) | 90.6 |
| 13 | Norway (2008) | 90.3 |
| 14 | United States (2007) | 89.9 |
| 15 | United Kingdom (2008) | 89.8 |
| 16 | Sweden (2007) | 89.8 |
| 17 | North America (2007) | 89.7 |
| 18 | Puerto Rico (2007) | 89.4 |
| 19 | Iceland (2007) | 88.6 |
| 20 | Argentina (2006) | 88.5 |
| 21 | Australia (2007) | 88.5 |
| 22 | Brunei Darussalam (2001) | 88.4 |
| 23 | Malta (2008) | 88.4 |
| 24 | Canada (2007) | 88 |
| 25 | Israel (2007) | 88 |
| 26 | Belgium (2008) | 87.7 |
| 27 | Ireland (2008) | 87.7 |
| 28 | Cyprus (2008) | 87.5 |
| 29 | Luxembourg (2008) | 87.2 |
| 30 | Panama (2007) | 86.9 |
| 31 | Jamaica (2006) | 86.8 |
| 32 | French Polynesia (2002) | 86.5 |
| 33 | Denmark (2008) | 86.4 |
| 34 | Antigua and Barbuda (2001) | 86.2 |
| 35 | Montenegro (2009) | 86 |
| 36 | Spain (2008) | 86 |
| 37 | Venezuela (2007) | 86 |
| 38 | France (2008) | 86 |
| 39 | Finland (2008) | 85.8 |
| 40 | Bermuda (2000) | 85.7 |
| 41 | New Caledonia (1996) | 85.7 |
| 42 | Switzerland (2007) | 85.6 |
| 43 | Belize (2005) | 85.5 |
| 44 | Macau (2007) | 85.5 |
| 45 | Bahrain (2001) | 85.2 |
| 46 | Netherlands (2008) | 85.2 |
| 47 | New Zealand (2007) | 84.6 |
| 48 | High income (2007) | 84.39 |
| 49 | High income: OECD (2007) | 84.31 |
| 50 | Dominican Republic (2007) | 84.2 |
| 51 | Jordan (2003) | 84 |
| 52 | Chile (2007) | 83.5 |
| 53 | Faroe Islands (2005) | 83.3 |
| 54 | Euro area (2008) | 83.09 |
| 55 | Ecuador (2006) | 83 |
| 56 | OECD members (2007) | 82.63 |
| 57 | Uruguay (2007) | 82.5 |
| 58 | Germany (2008) | 82.5 |
| 59 | Suriname (2004) | 82.2 |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago (2005) | 82 |
| 61 | Singapore (2007) | 81.9 |
| 62 | European Union (2008) | 81.82 |
| 63 | Austria (2008) | 81.8 |
| 64 | Costa Rica (2007) | 81.6 |
| 65 | Dominica (2001) | 81.5 |
| 66 | Italy (2008) | 80.9 |
| 67 | Oman (2000) | 80.2 |
| 68 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2001) | 80.1 |
| 69 | South Africa (2009) | 79.1 |
| 70 | Cuba (2007) | 79.1 |
| 71 | Greece (2008) | 78.8 |
| 72 | Barbados (2004) | 78.2 |
| 73 | Colombia (2007) | 78.1 |
| 74 | San Marino (2007) | 77.7 |
| 75 | Guyana (2002) | 77.4 |
| 76 | Latvia (2008) | 77.3 |
| 77 | Japan (2007) | 77.1 |
| 78 | Mexico (2007) | 76.9 |
| 79 | Hungary (2008) | 76.6 |
| 80 | Grenada (1998) | 76.6 |
| 81 | El Salvador (2006) | 76.2 |
| 82 | South Korea (2007) | 76.1 |
| 83 | North Korea (2007) | 76.1 |
| 84 | Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2007) | 76 |
| 85 | Estonia (2008) | 74.8 |
| 86 | Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2006) | 74.65 |
| 87 | Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2006) | 74.55 |
| 88 | Lithuania (2008) | 74.5 |
| 89 | Slovakia (2008) | 73.7 |
| 90 | Nicaragua (2006) | 73.2 |
| 91 | Russia (2007) | 72.9 |
| 92 | St. Lucia (2004) | 72.8 |
| 93 | Brazil (2006) | 71.9 |
| 94 | Portugal (2008) | 71 |
| 95 | Sao Tome and Principe (2000) | 70.7 |
| 96 | Czech Republic (2008) | 70.7 |
| 97 | Croatia (2009) | 69.43 |
| 98 | Upper middle income (2007) | 68.21 |
| 99 | Poland (2007) | 67.9 |
| 100 | Marshall Islands (1999) | 67.7 |
| 101 | Paraguay (2007) | 67.6 |
| 102 | Philippines (2009) | 67.56 |
| 103 | Malaysia (2007) | 67.2 |
| 104 | Mauritius (2007) | 66.1 |
| 105 | St. Kitts and Nevis (1984) | 65.8 |
| 106 | Bulgaria (2007) | 65.4 |
| 107 | Slovenia (2007) | 65.4 |
| 108 | Botswana (2005) | 64.8 |
| 109 | Belarus (2008) | 64.15 |
| 110 | Ethiopia (2009) | 63.9 |
| 111 | Honduras (2005) | 63.4 |
| 112 | Guatemala (2006) | 63.1 |
| 113 | Namibia (2008) | 63.1 |
| 114 | Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2006) | 62.94 |
| 115 | Serbia (2007) | 60.8 |
| 116 | Iraq (2004) | 60 |
| 117 | Kazakhstan (2004) | 57.6 |
| 118 | Moldova (2007) | 57.5 |
| 119 | Nigeria (1986) | 56.8 |
| 120 | Haiti (1999) | 56.7 |
| 121 | Maldives (2006) | 55.9 |
| 122 | Mali (2004) | 55.3 |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan (2006) | 53.8 |
| 124 | Macedonia (2007) | 53.6 |
| 125 | Azerbaijan (2007) | 53.1 |
| 126 | West Bank and Gaza (2007) | 52.5 |
| 127 | Bolivia (2002) | 52.4 |
| 128 | Peru (2007) | 51.2 |
| 129 | Egypt (2006) | 50.6 |
| 130 | Mongolia (2007) | 49.9 |
| 131 | Algeria (2004) | 49.4 |
| 132 | Romania (2008) | 45.8 |
| 133 | Armenia (2006) | 44.5 |
| 134 | Indonesia (2007) | 43.5 |
| 135 | Turkey (2009) | 42.99 |
| 136 | Syria (2003) | 42.7 |
| 137 | Senegal (2006) | 42 |
| 138 | Thailand (2007) | 40.7 |
| 139 | Tonga (2003) | 39.7 |
| 140 | Georgia (2007) | 39.4 |
| 141 | Iran (2007) | 37.8 |
| 142 | Gabon (1993) | 35.7 |
| 143 | Ghana (1999) | 35.6 |
| 144 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 34.4 |
| 145 | Tunisia (1989) | 32.1 |
| 146 | Bhutan (2005) | 31.6 |
| 147 | Sierra Leone (2004) | 26.3 |
| 148 | Vietnam (2004) | 26.3 |
| 149 | Lesotho (1999) | 25.3 |
| 150 | American Samoa (1990) | 25 |
| 151 | Morocco (2008) | 24.5 |
| 152 | Cameroon (2001) | 22.5 |
| 153 | Zimbabwe (1999) | 20.4 |
| 154 | Gambia (1993) | 20.1 |
| 155 | Tajikistan (2004) | 19.7 |
| 156 | Bangladesh (2005) | 19.4 |
| 157 | Tanzania (2006) | 19.2 |
| 158 | Uganda (2003) | 19.2 |
| 159 | Zambia (2000) | 18.4 |
| 160 | Guinea (1994) | 18.2 |
| 161 | Cambodia (2001) | 18 |
| 162 | Madagascar (2005) | 15.9 |
| 163 | Pakistan (2007) | 15 |
| 164 | Nepal (2001) | 13.2 |
| 165 | Chad (1993) | 13.1 |
| 166 | Yemen (1999) | 9.2 |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea (1983) | 8.4 |
| 168 | Laos (1995) | 7.9 |
| 169 | Rwanda (1989) | 3.2 |
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