SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) by country
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. The female share of employment in managerial positions conveys the number of women in management as a percentage of employment in management. Employment in management is...
What the numbers show
SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 67.41 in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 6.12 in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.1, and the mean is 35.17.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 173.6%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 53.3%).
SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 67.41 | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 62.88 | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 3 | Jamaica | 62.1 | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 4 | Bahamas | 57.51 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 5 | Belize | 56.69 | 2019 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 6 | Barbados | 50.37 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 7 | Jordan | 49.2 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 8 | Panama | 48.84 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 9 | Ghana | 48.49 | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 10 | Kiribati | 47.83 | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 11 | Botswana | 47.34 | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 46.81 | 2020 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 13 | Cape Verde | 46.04 | 2019 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 14 | Guyana | 45.87 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 45.7 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 16 | Honduras | 45.42 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 17 | Belarus | 45.19 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 18 | Mongolia | 45.13 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 19 | Grenada | 45.11 | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 20 | Bhutan | 45.05 | 2024 | up 173.6% | rising |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 44.64 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 44.53 | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 23 | Sweden | 44.46 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 44.13 | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 25 | Seychelles | 44.01 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43.93 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 27 | Republic of Moldova | 43.8 | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 28 | Latvia | 43.72 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 29 | El Salvador | 43.57 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 30 | Namibia | 43.57 | 2018 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 43.41 | 2025 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 43.16 | 2025 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 33 | Estonia | 43.05 | 2025 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 34 | United States of America | 42.65 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 35 | Poland | 42.56 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 36 | Cayman Islands | 42.45 | 2015 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 41.55 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 38 | Georgia | 41.46 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 41.45 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 40 | Samoa | 41.42 | 2022 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 41 | Australia | 41.05 | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 42 | Ukraine | 41 | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 43 | Iceland | 40.74 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 44 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 40.73 | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 45 | Malta | 40.48 | 2025 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 46 | Uruguay | 40.15 | 2025 | up 22.6% | flat |
| 47 | New Zealand | 39.95 | 2008 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | 39.81 | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 49 | Brazil | 39.77 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 50 | Paraguay | 39.7 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 51 | Singapore | 39.64 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 52 | Mexico | 39.32 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 53 | Guatemala | 39.23 | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 54 | Ireland | 39.07 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 55 | France | 38.98 | 2025 | up 23.1% | flat |
| 56 | Portugal | 38.88 | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 57 | Lithuania | 38.59 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 58 | Hong Kong, China | 38.49 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 38.32 | 2013 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 38.26 | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 61 | Thailand | 37.59 | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 37.39 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 63 | Tonga | 37.34 | 2023 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 64 | Belgium | 37.23 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 65 | Austria | 37.2 | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 66 | Slovakia | 36.9 | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 67 | Brunei Darussalam | 36.38 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 68 | Slovenia | 36.22 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 69 | Spain | 36.1 | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 70 | Tuvalu | 35.93 | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 71 | Vanuatu | 35.87 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 72 | Finland | 35.63 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 73 | Fiji | 35.6 | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 74 | Canada | 35.59 | 2021 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 75 | South Africa | 35.53 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 35.21 | 2014 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 34.54 | 2014 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 78 | Norway | 34.34 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 79 | Mauritius | 34.31 | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 80 | Netherlands Antilles | 34.23 | 2007 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 81 | Switzerland | 34.01 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 82 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 33.78 | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 83 | Indonesia | 33.09 | 2023 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 84 | Greece | 32.78 | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 85 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 32.76 | 2017 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 32.73 | 2025 | up 36.5% | flat |
| 87 | Uganda | 32.71 | 2021 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 88 | Croatia | 32.58 | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 89 | Romania | 32.34 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 90 | Luxembourg | 32.3 | 2024 | up 47.1% | falling |
| 91 | Denmark | 32.26 | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 92 | Peru | 32.08 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 93 | Montenegro | 32.07 | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 94 | Argentina | 31.73 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 95 | Israel | 31.7 | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 96 | Serbia | 31.65 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 97 | Rwanda | 31.23 | 2025 | up 121.7% | rising |
| 98 | Chile | 31.14 | 2025 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 99 | Taiwan, China | 30.48 | 2020 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 100 | Czechia | 30.32 | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 101 | Germany | 30.28 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 102 | Netherlands | 30 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 103 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 29.67 | 2024 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 104 | Zambia | 29.46 | 2024 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 105 | Armenia | 28.71 | 2017 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 106 | Viet Nam | 28.63 | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 107 | Italy | 28.57 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 108 | Madagascar | 28.1 | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 109 | Myanmar | 27.81 | 2020 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 110 | Albania | 26.74 | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 26.48 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25.95 | 2017 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 113 | Cyprus | 25.87 | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 114 | Kosovo | 25.09 | 2024 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.23 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 116 | Senegal | 23.48 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 117 | Mali | 22.96 | 2024 | up 55.1% | falling |
| 118 | Timor-Leste | 22.75 | 2022 | down 30.7% | flat |
| 119 | Malaysia | 22.25 | 2014 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 120 | Palestine, State of | 22 | 2025 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 121 | Cambodia | 21.36 | 2025 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 122 | Tunisia | 20.8 | 2021 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 123 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 20.35 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 124 | Türkiye | 19.68 | 2025 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 18.69 | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 126 | Maldives | 18.66 | 2019 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 127 | Republic of Korea | 18.09 | 2025 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 128 | Angola | 17.99 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 129 | Morocco | 16.16 | 2014 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 15.56 | 2025 | up 126.4% | rising |
| 131 | Japan | 14.4 | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 132 | Qatar | 13.14 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 133 | Egypt | 12.58 | 2024 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 134 | India | 11.56 | 2025 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 135 | Algeria | 9.89 | 2014 | up 103.0% | rising |
| 136 | Bangladesh | 6.16 | 2024 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 137 | Pakistan | 6.12 | 2025 | up 113.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- CARICOM 54.09
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 50.09
- Central Africa 49.05
- Caribbean 46.4
- Eastern Africa 45.43
- Sub-Saharan Africa 44.63
- Africa: Lower-middle income 43.72
- Western Africa 42.34
- Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income 42.1
- Eastern Europe 41.66
- Eastern Europe: High income 41.51
- Pacific Islands 41.33
- Northern America 41.16
- Northern America: High income 41.16
- Americas: High income 41.02
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: High income 40.79
- Americas 40.47
- Africa 40.3
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 40.22
- Northern Europe 40.1
- Americas: Upper-middle income 39.23
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 39.23
- Latin America and the Caribbean 39.05
- G7 38.88
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 38.56
- South America 38.56
- Central America 38.33
- Americas: Lower-middle income 38
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Lower-middle income 38
- World: High income 37.89
- Europe and Central Asia: High income 37.76
- Africa: Low income 37.43
- Latin America and the Caribbean: High income 37.3
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific 36.96
- Southern Africa 36.91
- World excluding BRICS 36.81
- European Union 28 36.75
- Europe and Central Asia 36.55
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Upper-middle income 36.5
- Northern, Southern and Western Europe: High income 36.42
About this data
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. The female share of employment in managerial positions conveys the number of women in management as a percentage of employment in management. Employment in management is defined based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations. This series refers to total management (category 1 of ISCO-08 or ISCO-88). There is another series referring to senior and middle management only, thus excluding junior management (category 1 in both ISCO-08 and ISCO-88 minus category 14 in ISCO-08 and minus category 13 in ISCO-88). This indicator is calculated based on data on employment by sex and occupation. For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.