Data for 2018
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2018
2018, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2018 covers 84 countries. Jordan is highest, at 58.19; Pakistan is lowest, at 6.58. The middle country reads 33.12. Against 2017, 73 values changed (40 up, 33 down), 11 countries joined, 15 left.
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management · Data for 2018
HighestJordan
58.19LowestPakistan
6.58Shaded 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, 2018, 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 84 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JORWestern Asia | 58.19 |
| 2 | GRDCaribbean | 51.06 |
| 3 | NAMSouthern Africa | 48.24 |
| 4 | HNDCentral America | 47.11 |
| 5 | DOMCaribbean | 45.55 |
| 6 | BLREastern Europe | 44.73 |
| 7 | LVANorthern Europe | 43.63 |
| 8 | ISLNorthern Europe | 43.05 |
| 9 | UKREastern Europe | 40.78 |
| 10 | USANorthern America | 40.47 |
| 11 | TONPolynesia | 40.34 |
| 12 | ZMBEastern Africa | 40.21 |
| 13 | RUSEastern Europe | 39.83 |
| 14 | BGREastern Europe | 39.62 |
| 15 | POLEastern Europe | 39.52 |
| 16 | SWENorthern Europe | 39.03 |
| 17 | GUYSouth America | 38.47 |
| 18 | SVNSouthern Europe | 38.22 |
| 19 | LTUNorthern Europe | 38.16 |
| 20 | BRASouth America | 37.86 |
| 21 | GTMCentral America | 37.79 |
| 22 | KGZCentral Asia | 37.78 |
| 23 | CRICentral America | 37.52 |
| 24 | URYSouth America | 37.27 |
| 25 | HUNEastern Europe | 36.69 |
| 26 | MEXCentral America | 36.27 |
| 27 | MNGEastern Asia | 35.91 |
| 28 | SLVCentral America | 35.74 |
| 29 | GEOWestern Asia | 35.68 |
| 30 | ECUSouth America | 35.54 |
| 31 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 34.96 |
| 32 | GNBWestern Africa | 34.75 |
| 33 | ESPSouthern Europe | 34.64 |
| 34 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 34.55 |
| 35 | FRAWestern Europe | 34.38 |
| 36 | GBRNorthern Europe | 34.28 |
| 37 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 33.94 |
| 38 | IRLNorthern Europe | 33.53 |
| 39 | ESTNorthern Europe | 33.50 |
| 40 | ISRWestern Asia | 33.45 |
| 41 | RWAEastern Africa | 33.22 |
| 42 | ARGSouth America | 33.18 |
| 43 | NORNorthern Europe | 33.06 |
| 44 | BELWestern Europe | 32.87 |
| 45 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 32.06 |
| 46 | PRTSouthern Europe | 31.89 |
| 47 | ALBSouthern Europe | 31.60 |
| 48 | CHEWestern Europe | 31.04 |
| 49 | MUSEastern Africa | 31.03 |
| 50 | FINNorthern Europe | 30.96 |
| 51 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 30.87 |
| 52 | BOLSouth America | 30.44 |
| 53 | GRCSouthern Europe | 30.40 |
| 54 | SVKEastern Europe | 30.37 |
| 55 | ROUEastern Europe | 30.06 |
| 56 | SRBSouthern Europe | 29.79 |
| 57 | COLSouth America | 29.47 |
| 58 | AUTWestern Europe | 28.86 |
| 59 | DEUWestern Europe | 28.34 |
| 60 | MKDSouthern Europe | 28.12 |
| 61 | HRVSouthern Europe | 26.84 |
| 62 | DNKNorthern Europe | 26.33 |
| 63 | CZEEastern Europe | 26.20 |
| 64 | BIHSouthern Europe | 26.12 |
| 65 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 25.51 |
| 66 | NLDWestern Europe | 24.11 |
| 67 | BFAWestern Africa | 23.95 |
| 68 | MNESouthern Europe | 23.83 |
| 69 | LUXWestern Europe | 23.68 |
| 70 | ITASouthern Europe | 23.02 |
| 71 | SLEWestern Africa | 22.57 |
| 72 | LKASouthern Asia | 22.52 |
| 73 | IRNSouthern Asia | 21.73 |
| 74 | BTNSouthern Asia | 20.24 |
| 75 | CYPWestern Asia | 19.70 |
| 76 | PSEWestern Asia | 17.83 |
| 77 | XKXSouthern Europe | 17.45 |
| 78 | TURWestern Asia | 16.34 |
| 79 | AREWestern Asia | 15.75 |
| 80 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 14.83 |
| 81 | JPNEastern Asia | 14.38 |
| 82 | INDSouthern Asia | 14.36 |
| 83 | EGYNorthern Africa | 7.35 |
| 84 | PAKSouthern Asia | 6.58 |
02In 2018
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
032017 → 2018
Since 2017
What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +11 / −15countries joined / left
- 73values changed, of 73 in both
- 40 · 33rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Zambia29.59 → 40.21+10.61
Luxembourg13.54 → 23.68+10.13
Iceland32.96 → 43.05+10.09
Albania22.65 → 31.60+8.95
Spain26.36 → 34.64+8.28
Fell most
Dominican Republic51.34 → 45.55−5.79
Jordan63.30 → 58.19−5.11
Mongolia40.01 → 35.91−4.10
Costa Rica41.43 → 37.52−3.91
Slovenia41.89 → 38.22−3.67
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 2018.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 84 countries has every column.
05The files
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ILO’s own file, on its own site.
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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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Cite this edition
International Labour Organization (ILO) (2018). Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-managers/2018
0610 held
Other years
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Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 201788 countries
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Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 201995 countries
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Female Share of Senior and Middle Management: every year10 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2018: questions and answers
Which country has the highest women in management in Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2018?
Jordan, at 58.19, of the 84 countries in the file.
What year does Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2018 describe?
2018.
How many countries does Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2018 cover?
84.
Where can I download Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2018?
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, 2018 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2024.