Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%) by Country
As of 2025, Qatar leads globally in female wage & salaried workers (%) at 98.8%, followed by Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan. At the lower end, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone rank among the lowest. The global median is 69.0% (Mexico). This indicator falls under the "Gender" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 187 countries.
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| # | Country | Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Qatar | 98.8% | 2025 |
| 2 |  Kuwait | 98.6% | 2025 |
| 3 |  Bahrain | 96.8% | 2025 |
| 4 |  Jordan | 96.7% | 2025 |
| 5 |  Norway | 96.6% | 2025 |
| 6 |  United States | 96.2% | 2025 |
| 7 |  Macao | 95.8% | 2025 |
| 8 | Channel Islands | 95.5% | 2025 |
| 9 |  Hong Kong | 95.3% | 2025 |
| 10 |  United Arab Emirates | 94.8% | 2025 |
| 11 |  Russia | 94.4% | 2025 |
| 12 |  Denmark | 94.3% | 2025 |
| 13 |  Germany | 94.1% | 2025 |
| 14 |  Sweden | 93.7% | 2025 |
| 15 |  Oman | 93.6% | 2025 |
| 16 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 93.5% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Belarus | 93.3% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Saudi Arabia | 93.2% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Japan | 92.5% | 2025 |
| 20 |  Estonia | 92.4% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Ireland | 92.2% | 2025 |
| 22 |  Slovakia | 92.1% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Puerto Rico | 92.0% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Finland | 91.8% | 2025 |
| 25 |  Cyprus | 91.7% | 2025 |
| 26 |  Singapore | 91.7% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Israel | 91.7% | 2025 |
| 28 |  Croatia | 91.5% | 2025 |
| 29 |  Lithuania | 91.5% | 2025 |
| 30 |  Iceland | 91.3% | 2025 |
| 31 |  Brunei | 91.2% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Hungary | 91.2% | 2025 |
| 33 |  Bulgaria | 91.1% | 2025 |
| 34 |  Austria | 90.4% | 2025 |
| 35 |  Malta | 90.3% | 2025 |
| 36 |  Luxembourg | 90.2% | 2025 |
| 37 |  Slovenia | 90.1% | 2025 |
| 38 |  United Kingdom | 90.1% | 2025 |
| 39 |  Canada | 89.8% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Mauritius | 89.4% | 2025 |
| 41 |  France | 89.2% | 2025 |
| 42 |  Romania | 89.0% | 2025 |
| 43 |  Belgium | 88.9% | 2025 |
| 44 |  Bahamas | 88.9% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Spain | 88.9% | 2025 |
| 46 |  Portugal | 88.7% | 2025 |
| 47 |  Czechia | 88.6% | 2025 |
| 48 |  Latvia | 88.5% | 2025 |
| 49 |  Montenegro | 88.4% | 2025 |
| 50 |  North Macedonia | 88.4% | 2025 |
| 51 |  New Caledonia | 88.3% | 2025 |
| 52 |  Australia | 87.7% | 2025 |
| 53 |  Netherlands | 87.3% | 2025 |
| 54 |  Barbados | 86.8% | 2025 |
| 55 |  Guam | 86.8% | 2025 |
| 56 |  Poland | 86.4% | 2025 |
| 57 |  South Africa | 85.3% | 2025 |
| 58 |  Lebanon | 85.1% | 2023 |
| 59 |  New Zealand | 85.0% | 2025 |
| 60 |  Switzerland | 84.9% | 2025 |
| 61 |  French Polynesia | 84.9% | 2025 |
| 62 |  Tunisia | 84.8% | 2025 |
| 63 |  Italy | 84.1% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 83.0% | 2025 |
| 65 |  Malaysia | 81.8% | 2025 |
| 66 |  St. Lucia | 81.5% | 2025 |
| 67 |  Cuba | 81.1% | 2025 |
| 68 |  Ukraine | 80.8% | 2021 |
| 69 |  South Korea | 80.6% | 2025 |
| 70 |  Suriname | 79.3% | 2025 |
| 71 |  Chile | 77.2% | 2025 |
| 72 |  Argentina | 77.2% | 2025 |
| 73 |  West Bank and Gaza | 77.1% | 2022 |
| 74 |  Libya | 76.9% | 2025 |
| 75 |  Costa Rica | 76.7% | 2025 |
| 76 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.7% | 2025 |
| 77 |  Algeria | 76.6% | 2025 |
| 78 |  Syria | 76.6% | 2025 |
| 79 |  Serbia | 76.0% | 2025 |
| 80 |  Brazil | 75.3% | 2025 |
| 81 |  Greece | 75.3% | 2025 |
| 82 |  Kazakhstan | 74.6% | 2025 |
| 83 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.5% | 2025 |
| 84 |  Kyrgyzstan | 74.5% | 2025 |
| 85 |  Uruguay | 74.4% | 2025 |
| 86 |  Morocco | 74.1% | 2025 |
| 87 |  Türkiye | 72.7% | 2025 |
| 88 |  Botswana | 71.9% | 2025 |
| 89 |  Guyana | 70.8% | 2025 |
| 90 |  Turkmenistan | 70.5% | 2025 |
| 91 |  Egypt | 69.7% | 2025 |
| 92 |  Uzbekistan | 69.6% | 2025 |
| 93 |  Jamaica | 69.5% | 2025 |
| 94 |  Mexico | 69.0% | 2025 |
| 95 |  Dominican Republic | 68.6% | 2025 |
| 96 |  Equatorial Guinea | 68.5% | 2025 |
| 97 |  Maldives | 68.5% | 2025 |
| 98 |  Fiji | 67.6% | 2025 |
| 99 |  Lesotho | 66.4% | 2025 |
| 100 |  Armenia | 65.6% | 2025 |
| 101 |  Eswatini | 64.8% | 2025 |
| 102 |  China | 64.6% | 2025 |
| 103 |  Tajikistan | 64.3% | 2025 |
| 104 |  Belize | 63.0% | 2025 |
| 105 |  Iran | 63.0% | 2025 |
| 106 |  Panama | 62.8% | 2025 |
| 107 |  Iraq | 62.7% | 2025 |
| 108 |  Samoa | 62.7% | 2025 |
| 109 |  Venezuela | 62.2% | 2025 |
| 110 |  Gabon | 61.4% | 2025 |
| 111 |  Mongolia | 61.0% | 2025 |
| 112 |  Sri Lanka | 59.6% | 2025 |
| 113 |  Paraguay | 59.0% | 2025 |
| 114 |  Philippines | 58.9% | 2025 |
| 115 |  Namibia | 58.3% | 2025 |
| 116 |  El Salvador | 57.7% | 2025 |
| 117 |  Colombia | 57.3% | 2025 |
| 118 |  Tonga | 57.2% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Georgia | 57.0% | 2025 |
| 120 |  Rwanda | 55.9% | 2025 |
| 121 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 55.6% | 2025 |
| 122 |  Cabo Verde | 52.8% | 2025 |
| 123 |  Albania | 51.5% | 2025 |
| 124 |  Nicaragua | 50.9% | 2025 |
| 125 |  Thailand | 50.2% | 2025 |
| 126 |  Guatemala | 46.4% | 2025 |
| 127 |  Honduras | 45.7% | 2025 |
| 128 |  Peru | 45.3% | 2025 |
| 129 |  Sudan | 43.2% | 2022 |
| 130 |  Vietnam | 41.8% | 2025 |
| 131 |  Eritrea | 41.0% | 2025 |
| 132 |  Moldova | 40.5% | 2025 |
| 133 |  Indonesia | 39.6% | 2025 |
| 134 |  Ecuador | 39.3% | 2025 |
| 135 |  Cambodia | 39.2% | 2025 |
| 136 |  Djibouti | 37.3% | 2025 |
| 137 |  Vanuatu | 36.4% | 2025 |
| 138 |  North Korea | 36.2% | 2025 |
| 139 |  Myanmar | 34.8% | 2025 |
| 140 |  Yemen | 34.8% | 2025 |
| 141 |  Bangladesh | 34.7% | 2025 |
| 142 |  Somalia | 33.6% | 2025 |
| 143 |  Malawi | 32.6% | 2025 |
| 144 |  Comoros | 30.5% | 2025 |
| 145 |  Bolivia | 30.3% | 2025 |
| 146 |  Azerbaijan | 28.4% | 2025 |
| 147 |  Mauritania | 28.1% | 2025 |
| 148 |  Pakistan | 26.7% | 2025 |
| 149 |  Ghana | 26.3% | 2025 |
| 150 |  Kenya | 26.0% | 2025 |
| 151 |  Senegal | 23.8% | 2025 |
| 152 |  Cameroon | 21.9% | 2025 |
| 153 |  Zimbabwe | 21.6% | 2025 |
| 154 |  India | 21.2% | 2025 |
| 155 |  Solomon Islands | 20.4% | 2025 |
| 156 |  Timor-Leste | 20.2% | 2025 |
| 157 |  Zambia | 19.9% | 2025 |
| 158 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 19.1% | 2025 |
| 159 |  Mali | 18.4% | 2025 |
| 160 |  Laos | 18.2% | 2025 |
| 161 |  The Gambia | 17.7% | 2025 |
| 162 |  Bhutan | 17.7% | 2025 |
| 163 |  Benin | 15.8% | 2025 |
| 164 |  South Sudan | 15.1% | 2023 |
| 165 |  Haiti | 15.0% | 2025 |
| 166 |  Togo | 14.9% | 2025 |
| 167 |  Guinea-Bissau | 14.5% | 2025 |
| 168 |  Papua New Guinea | 14.5% | 2025 |
| 169 |  Angola | 14.4% | 2025 |
| 170 |  Ethiopia | 13.3% | 2025 |
| 171 |  Uganda | 12.1% | 2025 |
| 172 |  Central African Republic | 11.7% | 2025 |
| 173 |  Burkina Faso | 11.1% | 2025 |
| 174 |  Nigeria | 10.5% | 2025 |
| 175 |  Guinea | 10.1% | 2025 |
| 176 |  Republic of the Congo | 9.9% | 2025 |
| 177 |  DR Congo | 9.5% | 2025 |
| 178 |  Tanzania | 9.4% | 2025 |
| 179 |  Burundi | 9.4% | 2025 |
| 180 |  Madagascar | 9.4% | 2025 |
| 181 |  Liberia | 9.3% | 2025 |
| 182 |  Nepal | 9.2% | 2025 |
| 183 |  Mozambique | 8.7% | 2025 |
| 184 |  Afghanistan | 6.5% | 2025 |
| 185 |  Sierra Leone | 5.2% | 2025 |
| 186 |  Niger | 4.6% | 2025 |
| 187 |  Chad | 3.2% | 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest female wage & salaried workers (%) in 2025?
Qatar ranks #1 with female wage & salaried workers (%) of 98.8% as of 2025, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest female wage & salaried workers (%)?
Chad ranks last (#187) with 3.2% as of 2025.
What is the global median for female wage & salaried workers (%)?
The median value is 69.0% (Mexico, ranked #94 out of 187 countries).
How many countries report data for female wage & salaried workers (%)?
187 countries have available data for female wage & salaried workers (%). Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does female wage & salaried workers (%) belong to?
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%) is classified under the "Gender" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.
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