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Countries by Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (2025)

Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025: highest in Timor-Leste (15.59%), lowest in Pakistan (0.1%), median 2.02% across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (measured in %) across 231 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %231 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2025

Highest Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 1.Timor-Leste15.59%
  2. 2.Djibouti14.57%
  3. 3.Azerbaijan13.14%
  4. 4.Nigeria10.44%
  5. 5.Sao Tome and Principe8.62%
  6. 6.Tonga8.36%
  7. 7.Uzbekistan8.27%
  8. 8.Honduras7.24%
  9. 9.Ghana6.84%
  10. 10.Somalia6.18%

Lowest Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 173.Norway0.39%
  2. 174.Armenia0.37%
  3. 175.Bhutan0.33%
  4. 176.Belarus0.3%
  5. 177.Guinea-Bissau0.3%
  6. 178.Mali0.21%
  7. 179.Kyrgyz Republic0.2%
  8. 180.Ethiopia0.14%
  9. 181.Moldova0.13%
  10. 182.Pakistan0.1%

All 182 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

Timor-LesteRank 1 of 182DjiboutiRank 2 of 182AzerbaijanRank 3 of 182NigeriaRank 4 of 182Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 5 of 182TongaRank 6 of 182UzbekistanRank 7 of 182HondurasRank 8 of 182GhanaRank 9 of 182SomaliaRank 10 of 182Papua New GuineaRank 11 of 182SwitzerlandRank 12 of 182NamibiaRank 13 of 182LesothoRank 14 of 182AustraliaRank 15 of 182GreeceRank 16 of 182UgandaRank 17 of 182CroatiaRank 18 of 182AngolaRank 19 of 182ItalyRank 20 of 182New ZealandRank 21 of 182GuyanaRank 22 of 182SurinameRank 23 of 182LibyaRank 24 of 182Sierra LeoneRank 25 of 182Central African RepublicRank 26 of 182MoroccoRank 27 of 182South AfricaRank 28 of 182El SalvadorRank 29 of 182GuineaRank 30 of 182TunisiaRank 31 of 182MalaysiaRank 32 of 182DR CongoRank 33 of 182BulgariaRank 34 of 182South KoreaRank 35 of 182MexicoRank 36 of 182CubaRank 37 of 182JamaicaRank 38 of 182Trinidad and TobagoRank 39 of 182LatviaRank 40 of 182SpainRank 41 of 182BrazilRank 42 of 182FranceRank 43 of 182PortugalRank 44 of 182EritreaRank 45 of 182ParaguayRank 46 of 182NicaraguaRank 47 of 182Equatorial GuineaRank 48 of 182BelizeRank 49 of 182CambodiaRank 50 of 182St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 51 of 182United Arab EmiratesRank 52 of 182Brunei DarussalamRank 53 of 182ChinaRank 54 of 182Saudi ArabiaRank 55 of 182LuxembourgRank 56 of 182French PolynesiaRank 57 of 182BahrainRank 58 of 182GeorgiaRank 59 of 182IcelandRank 60 of 182MadagascarRank 61 of 182Cabo VerdeRank 62 of 182MongoliaRank 63 of 182PolandRank 64 of 182AlbaniaRank 65 of 182YemenRank 66 of 182AustriaRank 67 of 182North KoreaRank 68 of 182St. LuciaRank 69 of 182US Virgin IslandsRank 70 of 182Costa RicaRank 71 of 182North MacedoniaRank 72 of 182TajikistanRank 73 of 182SerbiaRank 74 of 182ArgentinaRank 75 of 182Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 76 of 182EstoniaRank 77 of 182New CaledoniaRank 78 of 182GuatemalaRank 79 of 182PeruRank 80 of 182VenezuelaRank 81 of 182NigerRank 82 of 182GuamRank 83 of 182SingaporeRank 84 of 182AlgeriaRank 85 of 182UruguayRank 86 of 182EswatiniRank 87 of 182BelgiumRank 88 of 182Dominican RepublicRank 89 of 182BoliviaRank 90 of 182IrelandRank 91 of 182Channel IslandsRank 92 of 182GermanyRank 93 of 182HungaryRank 94 of 182TurkmenistanRank 95 of 182ColombiaRank 96 of 182MacaoRank 97 of 182IndonesiaRank 98 of 182CanadaRank 99 of 182PhilippinesRank 100 of 182NetherlandsRank 101 of 182SloveniaRank 102 of 182ChileRank 103 of 182TurkeyRank 104 of 182FijiRank 105 of 182Puerto RicoRank 106 of 182ZimbabweRank 107 of 182PanamaRank 108 of 182ThailandRank 109 of 182MontenegroRank 110 of 182The GambiaRank 111 of 182GabonRank 112 of 182SwedenRank 113 of 182VanuatuRank 114 of 182EcuadorRank 115 of 182MaltaRank 116 of 182SamoaRank 117 of 182FinlandRank 118 of 182IranRank 119 of 182BotswanaRank 120 of 182HaitiRank 121 of 182IsraelRank 122 of 182MyanmarRank 123 of 182Czech RepublicRank 124 of 182The BahamasRank 125 of 182DenmarkRank 126 of 182IraqRank 127 of 182JordanRank 128 of 182Burkina FasoRank 129 of 182SlovakiaRank 130 of 182United StatesRank 131 of 182TanzaniaRank 132 of 182VietnamRank 133 of 182ComorosRank 134 of 182EgyptRank 135 of 182MalawiRank 136 of 182ZambiaRank 137 of 182LiberiaRank 138 of 182MaldivesRank 139 of 182MauritiusRank 140 of 182Sri LankaRank 141 of 182RwandaRank 142 of 182CameroonRank 143 of 182TogoRank 144 of 182CyprusRank 145 of 182KazakhstanRank 146 of 182Hong KongRank 147 of 182United KingdomRank 148 of 182OmanRank 149 of 182KenyaRank 150 of 182RussiaRank 151 of 182Cote d'IvoireRank 152 of 182MauritaniaRank 153 of 182Syrian Arab RepublicRank 154 of 182KuwaitRank 155 of 182RomaniaRank 156 of 182BeninRank 157 of 182LithuaniaRank 158 of 182BangladeshRank 159 of 182MozambiqueRank 160 of 182JapanRank 161 of 182IndiaRank 162 of 182BurundiRank 163 of 182AfghanistanRank 164 of 182SenegalRank 165 of 182Lao PDRRank 166 of 182ChadRank 167 of 182NepalRank 168 of 182QatarRank 169 of 182BarbadosRank 170 of 182Solomon IslandsRank 171 of 182Republic of the CongoRank 172 of 182NorwayRank 173 of 182ArmeniaRank 174 of 182BhutanRank 175 of 182BelarusRank 176 of 182Guinea-BissauRank 177 of 182MaliRank 178 of 182Kyrgyz RepublicRank 179 of 182EthiopiaRank 180 of 182MoldovaRank 181 of 182PakistanRank 182 of 182

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Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) Data Coverage

This page lists 231 countries with available Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.