Data for 2016
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2016
2016, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2016 covers 82 countries. Barbados is highest, at 55.028; Pakistan is lowest, at 7.058. The middle country reads 32.093. Against 2014, 69 values changed (54 up, 15 down), 13 countries joined, 15 left.
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management · Data for 2016
HighestBarbados
55.028LowestPakistan
7.058Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2016, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 82 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRBCaribbean | 55.028 |
| 2 | SWZSouthern Africa | 54.640 |
| 3 | NAMSouthern Africa | 48.617 |
| 4 | DOMCaribbean | 47.617 |
| 5 | LVANorthern Europe | 46.299 |
| 6 | BLREastern Europe | 45.990 |
| 7 | GEOWestern Asia | 44.175 |
| 8 | SYCEastern Africa | 43.794 |
| 9 | SURSouth America | 42.169 |
| 10 | SVNSouthern Europe | 41.771 |
| 11 | BLZCentral America | 41.706 |
| 12 | HNDCentral America | 41.081 |
| 13 | RUSEastern Europe | 40.568 |
| 14 | TONPolynesia | 40.176 |
| 15 | USANorthern America | 39.731 |
| 16 | SWENorthern Europe | 39.514 |
| 17 | GTMCentral America | 39.173 |
| 18 | LTUNorthern Europe | 38.823 |
| 19 | FJIMelanesia | 38.583 |
| 20 | BGREastern Europe | 38.576 |
| 21 | POLEastern Europe | 38.126 |
| 22 | HUNEastern Europe | 37.725 |
| 23 | BRASouth America | 37.561 |
| 24 | TUVPolynesia | 36.715 |
| 25 | MNGEastern Asia | 36.712 |
| 26 | MEXCentral America | 36.452 |
| 27 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 36.232 |
| 28 | KGZCentral Asia | 35.863 |
| 29 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 35.734 |
| 30 | ISLNorthern Europe | 34.761 |
| 31 | ISRWestern Asia | 34.330 |
| 32 | SVKEastern Europe | 34.316 |
| 33 | SLVCentral America | 34.077 |
| 34 | GBRNorthern Europe | 34.032 |
| 35 | ECUSouth America | 34.018 |
| 36 | NORNorthern Europe | 34.013 |
| 37 | URYSouth America | 33.673 |
| 38 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 33.142 |
| 39 | ROUEastern Europe | 32.417 |
| 40 | IRLNorthern Europe | 32.369 |
| 41 | PRTSouthern Europe | 32.202 |
| 42 | BELWestern Europe | 31.983 |
| 43 | ESTNorthern Europe | 31.779 |
| 44 | CHEWestern Europe | 31.179 |
| 45 | FRAWestern Europe | 31.073 |
| 46 | SRBSouthern Europe | 30.889 |
| 47 | FINNorthern Europe | 30.679 |
| 48 | ESPSouthern Europe | 30.665 |
| 49 | HRVSouthern Europe | 30.027 |
| 50 | BOLSouth America | 29.992 |
| 51 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 29.533 |
| 52 | AUTWestern Europe | 29.517 |
| 53 | MUSEastern Africa | 29.502 |
| 54 | COLSouth America | 28.986 |
| 55 | DEUWestern Europe | 28.429 |
| 56 | DNKNorthern Europe | 28.007 |
| 57 | MKDSouthern Europe | 27.275 |
| 58 | CYPWestern Asia | 26.990 |
| 59 | SENWestern Africa | 26.196 |
| 60 | LKASouthern Asia | 25.635 |
| 61 | LUXWestern Europe | 25.398 |
| 62 | MNESouthern Europe | 24.894 |
| 63 | NLDWestern Europe | 24.843 |
| 64 | GRCSouthern Europe | 24.698 |
| 65 | TJKCentral Asia | 24.544 |
| 66 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 24.515 |
| 67 | ALBSouthern Europe | 24.018 |
| 68 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 23.854 |
| 69 | CZEEastern Europe | 23.020 |
| 70 | CIVWestern Africa | 22.156 |
| 71 | ITASouthern Europe | 22.046 |
| 72 | PSEWestern Asia | 20.588 |
| 73 | MDVSouthern Asia | 19.517 |
| 74 | BIHSouthern Europe | 18.782 |
| 75 | TURWestern Asia | 16.732 |
| 76 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 15.306 |
| 77 | CODMiddle Africa | 14.508 |
| 78 | XKXSouthern Europe | 14.022 |
| 79 | JPNEastern Asia | 13.327 |
| 80 | IRNSouthern Asia | 11.723 |
| 81 | EGYNorthern Africa | 7.106 |
| 82 | PAKSouthern Asia | 7.058 |
02In 2016
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
032014 → 2016
Since 2014
What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +13 / −15countries joined / left
- 69values changed, of 69 in both
- 54 · 15rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Cambodia15.887 → 33.142+17.255
Georgia33.755 → 44.175+10.420
Fiji29.459 → 38.583+9.124
Cyprus18.136 → 26.990+8.854
Luxembourg17.731 → 25.398+7.667
Fell most
Philippines41.759 → 23.854−17.905
Bolivia35.462 → 29.992−5.470
Bosnia and Herzegovina24.157 → 18.782−5.375
Iceland38.244 → 34.761−3.483
Czechia26.307 → 23.020−3.287
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2016.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 82 countries has every column.
05The files
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2016). Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-managers/2016
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07Questions
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2016: questions and answers
Which country has the highest women in management in Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2016?
Barbados, at 55.028, of the 82 countries in the file.
What year does Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2016 describe?
2016.
How many countries does Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2016 cover?
82.
Where can I download Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2016?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2016 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2024.