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Women in Management, Global Comparison

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Published: March 2010

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Women in Asian Management
Country
% Women legislators, senior officials and managers
Philippines
53.3%
Russian Federation (2007)
38.7%
Thailand
23.77%
Viet Nam (2004)
22.2%
China (2005)
16.8%
Japan*
9.2%

  

Women in European (Eastern) Management
Country
% Women legislators, senior officials and managers
Hungary
36.7%
Poland (2007)
36.2%
Czech Republic
28.3%
Croatia
26.3%

  

Women in Management in Central & South American and the Caribbean
Country
% Women legislators, senior officials and managers
Chile 50.1%
Panama
48.7%
Barbados (2004)
43.4%
Brazil (2007)
36.4%
Costa Rica
30.9%
Peru (2007)
27.6%
Argentina (2006)
23.2%

 

Women in European (Western) Management
Country
% Women legislators, senior officials and managers
France
38.5%
Germany
37.8%
United Kingdom (2007)
34.0%
Spain
32.4%
Sweden
32.3%
Norway
31.3%
Switzerland
30.2%

 

Women in Management in Middle East and Africa
Country
% Women legislators, senior officials and managers
Israel
30.1%
Ethiopia (2006)
15.7%
West Bank & Gaza Strip
9.9%
Egypt (2007)
10.8%
United Arab Emirates 9.9%

 

Women in North American Management
Country
% Women legislators, senior officials and managers
United States
42.8%
Canada
36.0%
Mexico
30.7%

   

Women in Management in the Pacific
Country
% Women legislators, senior officials and managers
New Zealand
40.0%
Australia
36.8%

 
 
 
Years Reported

Data is from the most recent year for which it is available. Unless otherwise indicated, all data is from 2008.

Classification

The countries in the tables measure their workforce using the International Standard Classification of Occupations version ISCO-88, and the relevant category counts legislators, senior officials, and managers.

*This information for Japan is relevant to administrative and managerial workers, and is thus, not strictly comparable to the other percentages of women (for legislators, senior officials and managers), although the number is accurate. Japan measures its workforce using the International Standard Classification of Occupations version ISCO-1968, and the relevant category counts administrative and managerial workers.

SOURCE

International Labour Office, LABOURSTA, "Yearly data: total employment, by occupation." 

UPDATED March 16, 2010

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