India vs Japan: Share of senior and middle management positions filled by women

India
11.9%
in 2024
Japan
13.3%
in 2022
India rank
94th
Japan rank
93rd

Share of senior and middle management positions filled by women over time

  • India
  • Japan
051015200020122024

How they compare

Japan currently reports 13.3% against 11.9% in India, a difference of 1.4%.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2010 it was India ahead.

India ranks 94th and Japan ranks 93rd of 96 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Japan Difference Ahead
2010s 14.5% 13.2% 1.3% India
2020s 16.8% 13.1% 3.7% India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of senior and middle management positions filled by women, India or Japan?
Japan, at 13.3% against 11.9% in India as of 2022.
What is the difference in share of senior and middle management positions filled by women between India and Japan?
1.4%, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
6 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2022.
How do India and Japan rank globally for share of senior and middle management positions filled by women?
India ranks 94th and Japan ranks 93rd of 96 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of senior and middle management positions filled by women. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

India vs Japan: Share of senior and middle management positions filled by women. Statizoid, drawing on International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/proportion-of-women-in-senior-and-middle-management-positions/india/japan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/proportion-of-women-in-senior-and-middle-management-positions/india/japan/">India vs Japan: Share of senior and middle management positions filled by women</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of senior and middle management positions filled by women
Unit
%
Source
International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
96 places, 1,626 data points, 2000–2025
Last refreshed

Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th ICLS (%).