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Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (2025)

Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025: highest in Qatar (98.76%), lowest in Chad (3.25%), median 68.77% across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Wage and salaried workers, 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 Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 1.Qatar98.76%
  2. 2.Kuwait98.62%
  3. 3.Bahrain96.82%
  4. 4.Jordan96.65%
  5. 5.Norway96.64%
  6. 6.United States96.19%
  7. 7.Macao95.78%
  8. 8.Channel Islands95.53%
  9. 9.Hong Kong95.31%
  10. 10.United Arab Emirates94.8%

Lowest Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 173.Tanzania9.42%
  2. 174.Burundi9.41%
  3. 175.Madagascar9.36%
  4. 176.Liberia9.3%
  5. 177.Nepal9.17%
  6. 178.Mozambique8.67%
  7. 179.Afghanistan6.49%
  8. 180.Sierra Leone5.23%
  9. 181.Niger4.58%
  10. 182.Chad3.25%

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

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

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

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Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) Data Coverage

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