Proportion of Women in Senior and Middle Management Positions by country

Data on the proportion of women in leadership positions.

Countries reporting
42
Highest
44.33
United States of America
Lowest
16.98
Luxembourg
Median
33.72
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
887

What the numbers show

Proportion of Women in Senior and Middle Management Positions is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 44.33 in United States of America; the lowest is 16.98 in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 33.72, and the mean is 33.28.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 66.0%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 13.9%).

Proportion of Women in Senior and Middle Management Positions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States of America 44.33 2024 up 14.3% rising
2 Sweden 43.8 2023 up 23.3% rising
3 Russian Federation 41.93 2023 up 9.0% rising
4 Poland 41.76 2023 up 17.9% rising
5 Latvia 41.57 2023 down 1.5% rising
6 Belarus 41.56 2023 down 9.6% falling
7 Finland 40.45 2023 up 29.4% rising
8 Bulgaria 40.39 2023 up 7.8% flat
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 39.46 2023 up 21.8% rising
10 France 38.72 2023 up 8.8% rising
11 Hungary 38.47 2023 up 0.5% flat
12 Portugal 38.1 2023 up 38.9% rising
13 Iceland 37.35 2023 down 1.4% rising
14 Ireland 37.08 2023 up 21.6% falling
15 Spain 36.67 2023 up 21.4% rising
16 Lithuania 35.38 2023 down 3.0% falling
17 Slovenia 35.33 2023 down 8.4% falling
18 Slovakia 34.5 2020 down 3.1% flat
19 Romania 33.99 2023 up 11.2% flat
20 Austria 33.79 2023 up 28.3% rising
21 Georgia 33.76 2020 up 13.3% rising
22 Belgium 33.69 2023 up 9.6% rising
23 Denmark 33.12 2023 up 22.8% rising
24 Norway 32.62 2023 up 1.2% rising
25 Serbia 32.6 2020 down 5.8% falling
26 Albania 32.38 2023 up 10.5% rising
27 Israel 32.17 2023 down 1.0% flat
28 Switzerland 31.9 2023 up 13.7% falling
29 Estonia 31.51 2023 down 4.0% falling
30 Greece 31.36 2023 up 22.2% rising
31 Cyprus 31.05 2023 up 66.0% rising
32 Netherlands 29.82 2023 up 35.6% rising
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.9 2023 up 30.3% flat
34 Czechia 27.4 2020 down 1.4% falling
35 Malta 26.8 2020 up 13.1% rising
36 Germany 26.76 2023 down 3.0% rising
37 Italy 24.82 2023 up 12.7% rising
38 North Macedonia 24.2 2020 down 10.4% falling
39 Montenegro 21.76 2022 down 6.6% falling
40 Croatia 21.26 2023 down 13.9% flat
41 Türkiye 19.3 2020 up 2.7% flat
42 Luxembourg 16.98 2023 up 15.4% rising

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Indicator
Proportion of Women in Senior and Middle Management Positions
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
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Coverage
42 places, 887 data points, 2000–2024
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Data on the proportion of women in leadership positions.