Data for 2021
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2021
2021, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2021 covers 94 countries. Botswana is highest, at 58.39; Pakistan is lowest, at 7.83. The middle country reads 34.38. Against 2020, 79 values changed (42 up, 37 down), 15 countries joined, 11 left.
Female Share of Senior and Middle Management · Data for 2021
HighestBotswana
58.39LowestPakistan
7.83Shaded 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, 2021, 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 94 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BWASouthern Africa | 58.39 |
| 2 | NRUMicronesia | 57.63 |
| 3 | JORWestern Asia | 57.24 |
| 4 | DOMCaribbean | 56.11 |
| 5 | GTMCentral America | 48.03 |
| 6 | BRBCaribbean | 45.37 |
| 7 | SWENorthern Europe | 44.14 |
| 8 | UKREastern Europe | 44.10 |
| 9 | BLREastern Europe | 43.98 |
| 10 | RUSEastern Europe | 43.71 |
| 11 | KENEastern Africa | 43.57 |
| 12 | USANorthern America | 43.20 |
| 13 | LVANorthern Europe | 42.82 |
| 14 | MNGEastern Asia | 42.24 |
| 15 | GUYSouth America | 42.14 |
| 16 | SWZSouthern Africa | 41.67 |
| 17 | TTOCaribbean | 41.65 |
| 18 | CRICentral America | 41.63 |
| 19 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 41.14 |
| 20 | SLVCentral America | 40.46 |
| 21 | MUSEastern Africa | 40.04 |
| 22 | ESTNorthern Europe | 39.83 |
| 23 | URYSouth America | 39.82 |
| 24 | POLEastern Europe | 39.61 |
| 25 | ZMBEastern Africa | 39.51 |
| 26 | MEXCentral America | 38.88 |
| 27 | GBRNorthern Europe | 38.81 |
| 28 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 38.55 |
| 29 | BGREastern Europe | 38.30 |
| 30 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 37.97 |
| 31 | ECUSouth America | 37.62 |
| 32 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 37.47 |
| 33 | ARGSouth America | 37.36 |
| 34 | ISLNorthern Europe | 37.34 |
| 35 | BRASouth America | 37.16 |
| 36 | FRAWestern Europe | 36.78 |
| 37 | SRBSouthern Europe | 36.66 |
| 38 | LTUNorthern Europe | 36.18 |
| 39 | HUNEastern Europe | 35.99 |
| 40 | KGZCentral Asia | 35.82 |
| 41 | ROUEastern Europe | 35.79 |
| 42 | FINNorthern Europe | 35.62 |
| 43 | RWAEastern Africa | 35.43 |
| 44 | SVKEastern Europe | 35.24 |
| 45 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 35.19 |
| 46 | PRTSouthern Europe | 34.59 |
| 47 | BELWestern Europe | 34.45 |
| 48 | AUTWestern Europe | 34.31 |
| 49 | IRLNorthern Europe | 33.96 |
| 50 | GEOWestern Asia | 33.90 |
| 51 | SVNSouthern Europe | 33.52 |
| 52 | ESPSouthern Europe | 33.06 |
| 53 | MHLMicronesia | 32.71 |
| 54 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 32.04 |
| 55 | TONPolynesia | 31.97 |
| 56 | ALBSouthern Europe | 30.68 |
| 57 | NORNorthern Europe | 30.66 |
| 58 | CHEWestern Europe | 30.43 |
| 59 | COLSouth America | 30.33 |
| 60 | ISRWestern Asia | 30.06 |
| 61 | GRDCaribbean | 29.90 |
| 62 | GRCSouthern Europe | 29.44 |
| 63 | HRVSouthern Europe | 29.38 |
| 64 | DNKNorthern Europe | 29.32 |
| 65 | BOLSouth America | 28.56 |
| 66 | MNESouthern Europe | 28.27 |
| 67 | ZWEEastern Africa | 28.15 |
| 68 | CZEEastern Europe | 27.57 |
| 69 | DEUWestern Europe | 27.53 |
| 70 | ETHEastern Africa | 27.00 |
| 71 | NLDWestern Europe | 26.33 |
| 72 | UGAEastern Africa | 25.57 |
| 73 | MKDSouthern Europe | 24.99 |
| 74 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 24.62 |
| 75 | ITASouthern Europe | 24.05 |
| 76 | AREWestern Asia | 23.57 |
| 77 | XKXSouthern Europe | 23.03 |
| 78 | CYPWestern Asia | 22.43 |
| 79 | PSEWestern Asia | 22.06 |
| 80 | LKASouthern Asia | 21.42 |
| 81 | TUNNorthern Africa | 20.81 |
| 82 | TURWestern Asia | 20.65 |
| 83 | EGYNorthern Africa | 20.47 |
| 84 | BTNSouthern Asia | 20.43 |
| 85 | LUXWestern Europe | 20.20 |
| 86 | BIHSouthern Europe | 20.18 |
| 87 | IRNSouthern Asia | 19.89 |
| 88 | IRQWestern Asia | 17.53 |
| 89 | INDSouthern Asia | 16.96 |
| 90 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 15.51 |
| 91 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 13.27 |
| 92 | JPNEastern Asia | 13.12 |
| 93 | AGOMiddle Africa | 11.79 |
| 94 | PAKSouthern Asia | 7.83 |
02In 2021
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Botswana58.39
- 2
Nauru57.63
- 3
Jordan57.24
- 4
Dominican Republic56.11
- 5
Guatemala48.03
Lowest
- 94
Pakistan7.83
- 93
Angola11.79
- 92
Japan13.12
- 91
Timor-Leste13.27
- 90
Vietnam15.51
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 34.38. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032020 → 2021
Since 2020
What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +15 / −11countries joined / left
- 79values changed, of 79 in both
- 42 · 37rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Dominican Republic47.62 → 56.11+8.49
United Arab Emirates17.73 → 23.57+5.84
Kosovo17.40 → 23.03+5.63
Angola7.55 → 11.79+4.24
Serbia32.60 → 36.66+4.06
Fell most
Costa Rica62.09 → 41.63−20.46
Guyana52.01 → 42.14−9.88
Latvia52.20 → 42.82−9.38
Luxembourg29.13 → 20.20−8.92
El Salvador48.82 → 40.46−8.36
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 2021.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 94 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) (2021). Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-managers/2021
0610 held
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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, 2021: questions and answers
Which country has the highest women in management in Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2021?
Botswana, at 58.39, of the 94 countries in the file.
What year does Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2021 describe?
2021.
How many countries does Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2021 cover?
94.
Where can I download Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2021?
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, 2021 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, 2024.