Data for 2020
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2020
2020, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2020 covers 90 countries. Costa Rica is highest, at 62.090; Afghanistan is lowest, at 5.889. The middle country reads 35.009. Against 2019, 82 values changed (54 up, 28 down), 8 countries joined, 13 left.
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management · Data for 2020
HighestCosta Rica
62.090LowestAfghanistan
5.889Shaded 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, 2020, 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 90 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRICentral America | 62.090 |
| 2 | JORWestern Asia | 60.247 |
| 3 | BWASouthern Africa | 56.677 |
| 4 | LVANorthern Europe | 52.203 |
| 5 | GUYSouth America | 52.014 |
| 6 | SLVCentral America | 48.820 |
| 7 | BLREastern Europe | 47.754 |
| 8 | DOMCaribbean | 47.621 |
| 9 | MNGEastern Asia | 46.618 |
| 10 | PLWMicronesia | 45.455 |
| 11 | RUSEastern Europe | 43.157 |
| 12 | UKREastern Europe | 43.099 |
| 13 | SWENorthern Europe | 43.094 |
| 14 | KGZCentral Asia | 42.524 |
| 15 | USANorthern America | 42.288 |
| 16 | BGREastern Europe | 42.005 |
| 17 | TTOCaribbean | 41.572 |
| 18 | POLEastern Europe | 41.404 |
| 19 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 40.969 |
| 20 | KIRMicronesia | 40.905 |
| 21 | FINNorthern Europe | 40.816 |
| 22 | SVNSouthern Europe | 40.616 |
| 23 | SYCEastern Africa | 40.002 |
| 24 | URYSouth America | 39.883 |
| 25 | MEXCentral America | 39.716 |
| 26 | HNDCentral America | 39.664 |
| 27 | ZMBEastern Africa | 39.622 |
| 28 | ECUSouth America | 39.445 |
| 29 | ISLNorthern Europe | 38.621 |
| 30 | ESPSouthern Europe | 37.495 |
| 31 | CHLSouth America | 37.468 |
| 32 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 37.430 |
| 33 | LTUNorthern Europe | 37.335 |
| 34 | ALBSouthern Europe | 37.117 |
| 35 | ARGSouth America | 36.984 |
| 36 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 36.823 |
| 37 | HUNEastern Europe | 36.798 |
| 38 | BELWestern Europe | 36.515 |
| 39 | GBRNorthern Europe | 36.209 |
| 40 | VUTMelanesia | 36.208 |
| 41 | ESTNorthern Europe | 35.872 |
| 42 | BRASouth America | 35.469 |
| 43 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 35.429 |
| 44 | ROUEastern Europe | 35.134 |
| 45 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 35.072 |
| =46 | FRAWestern Europe | 34.946 |
| =46 | PRTSouthern Europe | 34.946 |
| 48 | SVKEastern Europe | 34.532 |
| 49 | GRDCaribbean | 34.233 |
| 50 | RWAEastern Africa | 34.185 |
| 51 | GEOWestern Asia | 33.763 |
| 52 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 33.212 |
| 53 | SRBSouthern Europe | 32.599 |
| 54 | NORNorthern Europe | 32.434 |
| 55 | IRLNorthern Europe | 32.252 |
| 56 | CHEWestern Europe | 31.792 |
| 57 | AUTWestern Europe | 31.467 |
| 58 | BOLSouth America | 30.929 |
| 59 | COLSouth America | 30.290 |
| 60 | HRVSouthern Europe | 29.812 |
| 61 | CODMiddle Africa | 29.581 |
| 62 | LUXWestern Europe | 29.126 |
| 63 | ISRWestern Asia | 28.780 |
| 64 | GRCSouthern Europe | 28.441 |
| 65 | DNKNorthern Europe | 27.930 |
| 66 | TZAEastern Africa | 27.912 |
| 67 | DEUWestern Europe | 27.108 |
| 68 | CZEEastern Europe | 26.987 |
| 69 | LKASouthern Asia | 26.074 |
| 70 | BDIEastern Africa | 25.668 |
| 71 | MNESouthern Europe | 25.250 |
| 72 | CYPWestern Asia | 25.216 |
| 73 | BIHSouthern Europe | 24.890 |
| 74 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 24.532 |
| 75 | MKDSouthern Europe | 24.170 |
| 76 | ITASouthern Europe | 23.255 |
| 77 | NLDWestern Europe | 23.210 |
| 78 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 22.725 |
| 79 | PSEWestern Asia | 22.565 |
| 80 | EGYNorthern Africa | 20.706 |
| 81 | TURWestern Asia | 19.279 |
| 82 | BTNSouthern Asia | 18.955 |
| 83 | IRNSouthern Asia | 18.678 |
| 84 | AREWestern Asia | 17.730 |
| 85 | XKXSouthern Europe | 17.396 |
| 86 | INDSouthern Asia | 17.328 |
| 87 | JPNEastern Asia | 13.061 |
| 88 | AGOMiddle Africa | 7.546 |
| 89 | PAKSouthern Asia | 6.695 |
| 90 | AFGSouthern Asia | 5.889 |
02In 2020
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Costa Rica62.090
- 2
Jordan60.247
- 3
Botswana56.677
- 4
Latvia52.203
- 5
Guyana52.014
Lowest
- 90
Afghanistan5.889
- 89
Pakistan6.695
- 88
Angola7.546
- 87
Japan13.061
- 86
India17.328
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 35.009. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032019 → 2020
Since 2019
What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +8 / −13countries joined / left
- 82values changed, of 82 in both
- 54 · 28rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Costa Rica42.767 → 62.090+19.323
Vanuatu22.550 → 36.208+13.658
Egypt7.090 → 20.706+13.616
Latvia41.739 → 52.203+10.464
Zambia29.950 → 39.622+9.672
Fell most
Honduras47.470 → 39.664−7.806
Seychelles47.348 → 40.002−7.346
Iceland44.006 → 38.621−5.385
Netherlands28.405 → 23.210−5.195
Cambodia29.234 → 24.532−4.702
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 2020.
89 distinct values among 90
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 34.946. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 90 countries has every column.
05The files
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Cite this edition
International Labour Organization (ILO) (2020). Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-managers/2020
0610 held
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07Questions
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2020: questions and answers
Which country has the highest women in management in Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2020?
Costa Rica, at 62.090, of the 90 countries in the file.
What year does Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2020 describe?
2020.
How many countries does Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2020 cover?
90.
Where can I download Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2020?
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, 2020 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2024.