Data for 2017
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2017
2017, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2017 covers 88 countries. São Tomé and Príncipe is highest, at 70.97; Afghanistan is lowest, at 4.26. The middle country reads 30.67. Against 2016, 68 values changed (30 up, 38 down), 20 countries joined, 14 left.
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management · Data for 2017
HighestSão Tomé and Príncipe
70.97LowestAfghanistan
4.26Shaded 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, 2017, 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 88 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | STPMiddle Africa | 70.97 |
| 2 | JORWestern Asia | 63.30 |
| 3 | DOMCaribbean | 51.34 |
| 4 | BLREastern Europe | 47.60 |
| 5 | LVANorthern Europe | 45.00 |
| 6 | CHLSouth America | 43.07 |
| 7 | WSMPolynesia | 42.99 |
| 8 | SVNSouthern Europe | 41.89 |
| 9 | BGREastern Europe | 41.78 |
| 10 | CRICentral America | 41.43 |
| 11 | HNDCentral America | 41.04 |
| 12 | USANorthern America | 40.53 |
| 13 | MNGEastern Asia | 40.01 |
| 14 | SWENorthern Europe | 39.45 |
| 15 | RUSEastern Europe | 39.38 |
| 16 | POLEastern Europe | 38.19 |
| 17 | LTUNorthern Europe | 37.92 |
| 18 | BRASouth America | 37.66 |
| 19 | HUNEastern Europe | 37.64 |
| 20 | MEXCentral America | 37.28 |
| 21 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 36.97 |
| 22 | TUVPolynesia | 36.70 |
| 23 | RWAEastern Africa | 36.30 |
| 24 | NORNorthern Europe | 35.86 |
| 25 | ECUSouth America | 35.31 |
| 26 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 35.23 |
| 27 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 35.11 |
| 28 | URYSouth America | 35.05 |
| 29 | ISRWestern Asia | 34.84 |
| 30 | ESTNorthern Europe | 34.73 |
| 31 | GTMCentral America | 34.50 |
| 32 | GBRNorthern Europe | 34.42 |
| 33 | KGZCentral Asia | 34.19 |
| 34 | FINNorthern Europe | 33.06 |
| 35 | ISLNorthern Europe | 32.96 |
| 36 | BELWestern Europe | 32.94 |
| 37 | SLVCentral America | 32.65 |
| 38 | FRAWestern Europe | 32.64 |
| 39 | ARGSouth America | 32.63 |
| 40 | GEOWestern Asia | 31.99 |
| 41 | IRLNorthern Europe | 31.90 |
| 42 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 31.48 |
| 43 | MUSEastern Africa | 30.82 |
| 44 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 30.76 |
| 45 | SVKEastern Europe | 30.59 |
| 46 | SRBSouthern Europe | 30.26 |
| 47 | PRTSouthern Europe | 30.23 |
| 48 | ROUEastern Europe | 30.09 |
| 49 | GRCSouthern Europe | 29.88 |
| 50 | ZMBEastern Africa | 29.59 |
| 51 | TGOWestern Africa | 29.53 |
| 52 | AUTWestern Europe | 29.19 |
| 53 | CHEWestern Europe | 29.12 |
| 54 | COLSouth America | 28.97 |
| 55 | DEUWestern Europe | 28.11 |
| 56 | HRVSouthern Europe | 28.09 |
| 57 | UGAEastern Africa | 27.50 |
| 58 | DNKNorthern Europe | 27.00 |
| 59 | BOLSouth America | 26.75 |
| 60 | GHAWestern Africa | 26.56 |
| 61 | ESPSouthern Europe | 26.36 |
| 62 | LBRWestern Africa | 26.06 |
| 63 | NLDWestern Europe | 25.49 |
| 64 | MNESouthern Europe | 25.42 |
| 65 | CZEEastern Europe | 23.96 |
| 66 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 23.41 |
| 67 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 23.25 |
| 68 | LKASouthern Asia | 23.17 |
| 69 | ALBSouthern Europe | 22.65 |
| 70 | MKDSouthern Europe | 22.54 |
| 71 | ITASouthern Europe | 22.36 |
| 72 | CYPWestern Asia | 22.35 |
| 73 | CIVWestern Africa | 22.17 |
| 74 | NERWestern Africa | 21.62 |
| 75 | IRNSouthern Asia | 20.46 |
| 76 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 20.15 |
| 77 | BIHSouthern Europe | 18.83 |
| 78 | TURWestern Asia | 17.27 |
| 79 | PSEWestern Asia | 16.73 |
| 80 | XKXSouthern Europe | 14.93 |
| 81 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 14.55 |
| 82 | NPLSouthern Asia | 13.90 |
| 83 | LUXWestern Europe | 13.54 |
| 84 | JPNEastern Asia | 12.78 |
| 85 | AREWestern Asia | 12.17 |
| 86 | BGDSouthern Asia | 11.48 |
| 87 | EGYNorthern Africa | 6.37 |
| 88 | AFGSouthern Asia | 4.26 |
02In 2017
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
São Tomé and Príncipe70.97
- 2
Jordan63.30
- 3
Dominican Republic51.34
- 4
Belarus47.60
- 5
Latvia45.00
Lowest
- 88
Afghanistan4.26
- 87
Egypt6.37
- 86
Bangladesh11.48
- 85
United Arab Emirates12.17
- 84
Japan12.78
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 30.67. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032016 → 2017
Since 2016
What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +20 / −14countries joined / left
- 68values changed, of 68 in both
- 30 · 38rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Iran11.72 → 20.46+8.74
Greece24.70 → 29.88+5.19
Dominican Republic47.62 → 51.34+3.73
Mongolia36.71 → 40.01+3.29
Bulgaria38.58 → 41.78+3.20
Fell most
Cambodia33.14 → 20.15−12.99
Georgia44.18 → 31.99−12.18
Luxembourg25.40 → 13.54−11.85
North Macedonia27.28 → 22.54−4.74
Guatemala39.17 → 34.50−4.68
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 2017.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 88 countries has every column.
05The files
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2017). Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-managers/2017
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07Questions
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2017: questions and answers
Which country has the highest women in management in Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2017?
São Tomé and Príncipe, at 70.97, of the 88 countries in the file.
What year does Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2017 describe?
2017.
How many countries does Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2017 cover?
88.
Where can I download Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2017?
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, 2017 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2024.