Share of the population that is female by country
Countries reporting
211
Highest
55.0%
Hong Kong
Lowest
28.9%
Qatar
Median
50.4%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
14,190
What the numbers show
Share of the population that is female is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 55.0% in Hong Kong; the lowest is 28.9% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 50.4%, and the mean is 50.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 16.9%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 6.5%).
Share of the population that is female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 55.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 2 | Moldova | 54.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Macao | 54.0% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Martin (French part) | 53.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 5 | Russia | 53.6% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 6 | Latvia | 53.6% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 7 | Armenia | 53.6% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 8 | Ukraine | 53.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Belarus | 53.4% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Georgia | 53.4% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 53.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Lithuania | 52.8% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 13 | Tonga | 52.8% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 14 | Aruba | 52.8% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | British Virgin Islands | 52.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 16 | Serbia | 52.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 17 | United States Virgin Islands | 52.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 18 | El Salvador | 52.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Estonia | 52.4% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 52.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.4% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 22 | Portugal | 52.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Curacao | 52.4% | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 24 | Nepal | 52.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 25 | Bahamas | 52.3% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 52.3% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 27 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52.2% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 28 | Barbados | 52.1% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 29 | Hungary | 51.9% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 51.9% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 31 | Montenegro | 51.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Croatia | 51.7% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 51.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 51.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | Poland | 51.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Romania | 51.6% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 37 | Greece | 51.5% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | France | 51.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 39 | Mexico | 51.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 40 | Uruguay | 51.5% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Mozambique | 51.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 42 | Kiribati | 51.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 43 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 51.4% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 44 | Thailand | 51.4% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 45 | Lebanon | 51.3% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 46 | South Africa | 51.3% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 51.3% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Guyana | 51.3% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 51.3% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 50 | Lesotho | 51.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 51 | Japan | 51.2% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Malawi | 51.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Slovakia | 51.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 54 | Rwanda | 51.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 55 | Namibia | 51.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 56 | Bermuda | 51.1% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 57 | Monaco | 51.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 58 | Italy | 51.1% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 59 | Togo | 51.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 60 | Vietnam | 51.0% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 61 | Cambodia | 51.0% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 51.0% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 63 | Mauritania | 50.9% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 64 | Spain | 50.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 65 | Turkmenistan | 50.9% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 66 | Eswatini | 50.9% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 50.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 50.8% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 69 | San Marino | 50.8% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 70 | South Sudan | 50.8% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 71 | Brazil | 50.8% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 50.8% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 73 | Austria | 50.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 74 | United Kingdom | 50.7% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 75 | Cuba | 50.7% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 76 | Czechia | 50.7% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 50.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 78 | Belgium | 50.7% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 79 | New Caledonia | 50.7% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 80 | Colombia | 50.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 81 | Germany | 50.6% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 82 | Eritrea | 50.6% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 83 | Venezuela | 50.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 50.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 86 | Tunisia | 50.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 87 | Albania | 50.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 50.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 89 | Jamaica | 50.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 90 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.6% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 91 | Finland | 50.6% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 92 | Haiti | 50.5% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 93 | Isle of Man | 50.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 94 | Angola | 50.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 96 | Zambia | 50.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 97 | North Korea | 50.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 98 | Guinea | 50.5% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 99 | Djibouti | 50.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 100 | Sudan | 50.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 101 | Tanzania | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 102 | Guatemala | 50.4% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 103 | Uganda | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 104 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 105 | Palestine | 50.4% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 106 | Australia | 50.4% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 107 | Fiji | 50.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 108 | Argentina | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 109 | Canada | 50.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 110 | Micronesia (country) | 50.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 111 | Burundi | 50.3% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 50.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 113 | Netherlands | 50.3% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 114 | Switzerland | 50.3% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 116 | Chile | 50.3% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 50.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 118 | New Zealand | 50.3% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 119 | Kenya | 50.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 120 | Denmark | 50.3% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 121 | Peru | 50.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 122 | Myanmar | 50.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 123 | Gibraltar | 50.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 124 | Gambia | 50.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 125 | Israel | 50.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 126 | Burkina Faso | 50.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 127 | Botswana | 50.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 128 | Mongolia | 50.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 129 | Cameroon | 50.2% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 130 | Ecuador | 50.2% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 131 | Mauritius | 50.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 50.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 133 | Philippines | 50.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 134 | South Korea | 50.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 135 | Turkey | 50.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 136 | Liberia | 50.1% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 137 | Ghana | 50.1% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 138 | Suriname | 50.1% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 139 | Dominica | 50.1% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 140 | Congo | 50.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 141 | Panama | 50.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 142 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 50.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 143 | Syria | 49.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 144 | Somalia | 49.9% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 145 | Bolivia | 49.9% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 146 | Grenada | 49.9% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 147 | Ethiopia | 49.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 148 | Paraguay | 49.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 149 | Chad | 49.8% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 150 | Benin | 49.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 151 | Madagascar | 49.8% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 152 | Cayman Islands | 49.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 153 | Iraq | 49.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 154 | Indonesia | 49.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 155 | Laos | 49.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 156 | United States | 49.8% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 157 | Comoros | 49.7% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 158 | Slovenia | 49.7% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 159 | Honduras | 49.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 161 | Cyprus | 49.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 162 | Samoa | 49.6% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 163 | Sweden | 49.6% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 164 | Norway | 49.6% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 165 | Morocco | 49.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 166 | American Samoa | 49.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 167 | East Timor | 49.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 168 | Belize | 49.6% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 169 | Mali | 49.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 170 | Uzbekistan | 49.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 49.5% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 172 | Egypt | 49.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 49.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 49.5% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 175 | Nigeria | 49.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 176 | Guam | 49.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 177 | Yemen | 49.3% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 178 | Pakistan | 49.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 179 | Gabon | 49.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 180 | Niger | 49.2% | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 181 | Senegal | 49.2% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 182 | Iran | 49.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 183 | Cote d'Ivoire | 49.2% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 184 | Libya | 49.2% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 185 | Cape Verde | 49.1% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.1% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 187 | Nauru | 49.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 188 | China | 49.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 189 | Algeria | 49.0% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 190 | Andorra | 48.9% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 48.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 192 | Marshall Islands | 48.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 48.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 194 | Iceland | 48.8% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 195 | Papua New Guinea | 48.6% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 196 | Jordan | 48.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 197 | India | 48.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 198 | Faroe Islands | 48.4% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 199 | Singapore | 48.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 201 | Malaysia | 47.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 202 | Greenland | 47.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 203 | Equatorial Guinea | 47.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 204 | Northern Mariana Islands | 47.1% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 205 | Brunei | 46.9% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 206 | Bhutan | 46.6% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 207 | Palau | 46.2% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 208 | Seychelles | 44.9% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 209 | Saudi Arabia | 39.6% | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 210 | Kuwait | 38.9% | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 211 | Maldives | 38.3% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 212 | Bahrain | 38.0% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 213 | Oman | 37.6% | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 214 | United Arab Emirates | 36.2% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 215 | Qatar | 28.9% | 2025 | up 16.9% | falling |