World Development Indicators

Women and Development
Life expectancy at birth		Women who were first married by age 18	Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, male (% of population ages 15+)	Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, female (% of population ages 15+)	Wage and salary workers	Wage and salaried workers	Firms with female participation in ownership	Female share of employment in senior and middle management	Women in parliaments	Women Business and the Law Index Score
Male	Female				Male	Female
years	years	% of women ages 20-24			% of male employment	% of females employment	% of firms	%	% of total seats	0-100
2021	2021	2014-2021	2021	2021	2022	2022	2014-2021	2016-2022	2022	2023

Afghanistan	58.9	65.3	28.3	14.8	4.7	18.8	8.9	2.2	5.9	27	31.9
Albania	74.1	79.2	11.8	42.6	45.7	45.3	49.6	20.7	41.3	36	91.3
Algeria	74.9	78.0	3.8	56.8	31.2	67.9	74.0	..	..	8	57.5
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	46	..
Angola	59.0	64.3	30.3	..	..	43.4	26.8	..	11.0	34	79.4
Antigua and Barbuda	75.8	80.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11	68.8
Argentina	72.2	78.6	15.4	69.6	73.8	70.5	74.9	57.8	37.9	45	79.4
Armenia	66.6	77.4	5.3	59.4	52.2	42.8	33.0	27.4	..	36	90.6
Aruba	71.8	77.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	81.3	85.4	..	98.6	100.0	80.5	88.2	..	38.2	38	96.9
Austria	78.8	83.8	..	99.9	100.0	85.0	89.8	36.9	31.5	41	96.9
Azerbaijan	65.6	73.3	..	..	..	36.8	28.9	15.3	..	18	85.0
Bahamas, The	68.1	75.1	..	..	..	76.9	90.3	..	..	18	81.3
Bahrain	77.8	80.0	..	..	..	97.6	96.1	..	..	20	68.1
Bangladesh	70.6	74.3	51.4	62.9	43.5	45.9	33.2	..	11.5	21	49.4
Barbados	75.6	79.4	..	..	..	73.1	86.0	..	47.7	27	80.0
Belarus	67.3	77.7	4.7	..	..	93.6	96.9	45.5	42.4	40	75.6
Belgium	79.5	84.4	0.0	99.4	98.7	81.4	88.9	44.2	35.3	43	100.0
Belize	67.1	74.3	33.5	..	..	67.1	67.8	..	41.7	13	82.5
Benin	58.2	61.4	30.6	58.2	39.8	25.3	16.8	36.7	..	7	83.8
Bermuda	75.8	82.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	70.1	73.8	..	..	..	37.4	17.1	43.3	16.6	17	75.0
Bolivia	60.9	66.8	19.7	74.0	63.3	35.0	25.9	68.6	30.0	46	88.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	73.1	77.5	..	88.7	70.4	75.8	74.3	24.9	24.1	17	85.0
Botswana	58.7	63.6	..	..	..	68.5	69.7	..	59.2	11	63.8
Brazil	69.6	76.0	..	87.1	80.9	64.0	73.1	..	38.3	18	85.0
British Virgin Islands	71.7	77.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Brunei Darussalam	72.6	76.9	..	..	..	92.8	91.1	..	32.5	9	53.1
Bulgaria	68.1	75.1	..	83.6	84.3	86.5	91.6	41.7	40.4	24	90.6
Burkina Faso	57.5	61.0	..	42.4	30.7	16.3	12.0	..	24.0	17	82.5
Burundi	59.7	63.6	19.0	..	..	21.0	9.5	44.0	25.7	38	76.3
Cabo Verde	69.6	78.5	8.4	..	..	66.9	53.4	..	..	39	86.3
Cambodia	66.8	72.3	18.5	34.4	32.5	55.0	39.4	46.2	24.6	21	81.3
Cameroon	58.7	62.0	29.8	54.2	49.3	32.0	17.1	39.7	..	34	60.0
Canada	80.6	84.7	..	99.8	99.5	83.8	89.3	..	..	30	100.0
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	51.6	56.3	61.0	..	..	9.7	3.0	..	..	13	77.5
Chad	50.8	54.3	60.6	..	..	12.4	4.2	13.1	..	26	66.3
Channel Islands	79.1	83.4	..	..	..	81.6	89.0	..	..	..	..
Chile	76.5	81.4	..	87.6	86.6	74.5	76.6	..	31.6	35	80.0
China	75.5	81.2	..	89.9	87.3	54.0	54.5	..	..	25	78.1
Hong Kong SAR, China	83.2	87.9	..	97.3	98.2	88.2	94.9	..	..	..	91.9
Macao SAR, China	82.8	87.9	..	..	..	90.5	96.3	..	..	..	..
Colombia	69.4	76.4	23.4	63.5	56.2	50.6	56.4	66.9	41.7	29	84.4
Comoros	61.2	65.8	..	..	..	47.8	34.8	..	..	17	65.0
Congo, Dem. Rep.	57.0	61.5	29.1	..	..	18.2	8.8	..	29.6	13	78.8
Congo, Rep.	62.1	64.9	27.3	50.6	43.8	36.1	11.8	..	..	15	58.1
Costa Rica	74.4	79.8	17.1	76.3	61.1	70.2	76.5	..	45.9	47	91.9
Cote d'Ivoire	57.4	59.9	27.0	64.0	37.4	32.7	17.1	24.4	22.2	14	95.0
Croatia	73.4	79.6	..	93.9	90.0	83.1	90.6	31.7	23.4	32	93.8
Cuba	71.2	76.4	29.4	..	..	71.0	79.2	..	..	53	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	79.2	83.2	..	93.6	92.7	87.6	90.9	45.1	25.5	14	96.9
Czechia	74.3	80.6	..	96.5	93.4	80.6	88.3	29.9	25.8	26	93.8
Denmark	79.6	83.3	0.7	100.0	100.0	88.6	94.5	31.8	31.2	44	100.0
Djibouti	59.7	65.0	..	..	..	51.0	35.6	..	..	26	71.3
Dominica	69.7	76.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	34	62.5
Dominican Republic	69.3	76.3	31.5	53.7	49.0	48.7	68.5	32.2	58.7	28	86.3
Ecuador	70.3	77.5	22.2	70.6	58.0	53.4	37.2	70.4	39.9	39	89.4
Egypt, Arab Rep.	67.9	72.6	17.4	30.6	24.2	72.9	71.0	5.2	20.5	28	50.6
El Salvador	66.1	75.1	25.5	44.8	29.2	68.4	56.3	38.4	42.7	27	88.8
Equatorial Guinea	58.8	62.7	..	..	..	16.5	9.0	..	..	31	58.1
Eritrea	64.4	68.7	..	..	..	34.9	19.8	..	..	..	69.4
Estonia	72.4	81.3	..	99.1	99.6	85.7	93.3	35.5	38.3	26	97.5
Eswatini	53.4	61.2	5.3	..	..	69.3	58.2	36.0	41.7	14	46.3
Ethiopia	61.9	68.3	40.3	..	..	15.1	14.5	36.2	27.0	41	80.0
Faroe Islands	81.4	85.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	65.4	68.9	4.0	..	..	67.2	71.2	..	38.6	20	82.5
Finland	79.3	84.7	0.1	100.0	99.1	82.2	90.2	44.0	36.9	46	97.5
France	79.3	85.5	..	98.4	100.0	84.0	90.0	51.2	39.4	37	100.0
French Polynesia	77.0	82.6	..	..	..	77.5	85.2	..	..	..	..
Gabon	63.5	68.5	..	71.5	61.3	69.0	61.3	..	..	15	95.0
Gambia, The	60.7	63.5	23.1	..	..	31.1	18.4	16.8	..	9	69.4
Georgia	66.8	76.7	13.9	70.3	70.7	48.0	54.5	22.4	33.8	19	88.1
Germany	78.5	83.4	..	100.0	100.0	89.3	93.5	33.5	26.5	35	100.0
Ghana	61.6	66.0	19.3	74.2	62.6	31.1	18.1	..	26.6	15	75.0
Gibraltar	77.1	81.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greece	77.5	83.0	..	96.3	93.4	58.3	69.0	45.9	33.7	21	100.0
Greenland	69.7	72.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	72.2	77.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	36.3	31	80.6
Guam	73.0	80.7	..	..	..	84.2	91.8	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	66.0	72.7	29.5	..	..	58.4	51.6	31.5	37.6	19	73.8
Guinea	57.6	60.1	46.5	36.9	24.0	23.2	10.9	9.0	..	30	73.8
Guinea-Bissau	57.4	61.8	25.7	..	..	37.3	22.4	..	..	14	51.9
Guyana	62.5	69.1	30.2	..	..	64.8	66.8	..	45.9	35	86.9
Haiti	60.4	66.1	14.9	..	..	30.4	19.4	..	..	..	61.3
Honduras	67.9	72.5	34.0	48.6	28.9	59.5	45.3	54.7	27.9	27	75.0
Hungary	71.1	78.0	..	89.7	86.9	85.0	90.0	51.9	37.1	14	93.8
Iceland	81.8	84.5	..	100.0	100.0	82.7	90.5	..	39.4	48	100.0
India	65.8	68.9	22.3	77.5	77.6	23.8	21.4	10.7	16.2	15	74.4
Indonesia	65.5	69.7	16.3	51.2	52.3	51.5	39.0	22.1	..	22	70.6
Iran, Islamic Rep.	71.2	76.8	..	94.8	85.1	57.0	60.8	..	19.2	6	31.3
Iraq	68.2	72.4	27.9	22.2	14.9	67.8	77.6	..	17.5	29	48.1
Ireland	80.2	84.1	..	99.8	99.5	80.8	92.1	54.9	35.1	23	100.0
Isle of Man	78.6	82.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	80.5	84.6	..	94.0	91.9	86.0	91.4	..	33.4	23	80.6
Italy	80.6	85.1	..	97.5	97.1	74.5	83.9	24.0	23.4	32	97.5
Jamaica	68.5	72.5	..	75.1	71.6	57.3	67.5	..	..	29	74.4
Japan	81.5	87.6	..	98.1	98.8	89.1	91.9	..	13.1	10	78.8
Jordan	72.1	76.8	9.7	58.6	34.1	86.9	96.4	22.6	57.2	12	59.4
Kazakhstan	66.3	74.0	7.0	78.3	83.6	72.8	76.0	30.5	..	27	75.6
Kenya	58.9	64.1	22.9	83.2	75.4	46.8	30.0	47.5	49.6	23	83.8
Kiribati	65.5	69.1	18.4	..	..	..	..	..	40.9	7	76.3
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	70.8	75.7	0.1	..	..	20.9	12.7	..	..	18	..
Korea, Rep.	80.6	86.6	..	98.7	98.7	74.2	79.7	..	..	19	88.1
Kosovo	74.2	79.6	..	68.9	47.4	..	..	7.3	28.3	..	91.9
Kuwait	77.2	81.5	..	..	..	97.5	99.2	..	..	6	38.1
Kyrgyz Republic	67.9	76.1	12.9	46.5	43.8	64.0	70.9	45.0	35.8	20	76.9
Lao PDR	66.2	70.1	32.7	36.8	37.9	27.0	14.6	36.5	25.7	22	85.6
Latvia	68.6	78.2	..	95.5	97.6	84.1	89.1	46.6	44.5	30	100.0
Lebanon	72.8	77.3	6.0	24.7	16.6	64.6	82.9	9.9	28.9	6	58.8
Lesotho	50.4	55.9	16.4	..	..	57.0	66.3	39.1	31.7	26	80.6
Liberia	59.4	62.1	24.9	59.3	44.2	31.3	10.7	37.4	26.1	11	81.3
Libya	69.6	74.4	..	..	..	82.8	90.0	..	..	16	50.0
Liechtenstein	82.5	86.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	28	..
Lithuania	69.9	79.0	0.4	97.0	90.4	85.8	89.8	43.1	37.0	28	93.8
Luxembourg	80.7	84.9	..	..	..	89.1	89.6	40.5	26.5	33	100.0
North Macedonia	72.4	76.8	7.5	90.6	79.9	80.5	87.7	29.3	29.8	42	85.0
Madagascar	62.2	66.9	38.8	..	..	12.8	9.6	..	..	19	69.4
Malawi	59.5	66.5	42.1	47.8	38.1	41.5	35.4	28.1	..	23	80.0
Malaysia	72.7	77.4	..	89.2	87.5	75.9	74.2	40.9	..	14	60.6
Maldives	79.1	81.0	2.2	..	..	81.7	67.5	..	22.6	5	73.8
Mali	57.6	60.3	53.7	45.9	41.2	19.1	7.3	15.3	..	29	63.8
Malta	81.3	84.5	..	97.6	95.3	80.6	91.0	46.0	..	28	91.3
Marshall Islands	63.7	67.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	32.7	6	65.6
Mauritania	62.7	66.1	36.6	..	..	30.9	18.5	15.0	..	20	48.1
Mauritius	70.3	77.2	..	91.7	89.4	78.2	88.7	..	27.0	20	89.4
Mexico	66.1	74.9	20.7	..	..	68.4	67.8	..	39.1	50	88.8
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	67.1	74.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	61.3
Moldova	64.4	73.5	..	65.7	62.9	41.1	40.7	39.9	..	41	90.6
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	33	..
Mongolia	66.5	75.7	12.0	97.9	99.0	54.4	61.7	43.7	38.9	17	90.6
Montenegro	70.8	77.0	5.8	..	..	74.1	84.7	24.0	28.3	27	85.0
Morocco	71.9	76.4	13.7	56.0	32.7	53.7	45.3	16.1	..	24	75.6
Mozambique	56.2	62.4	52.9	61.0	38.7	23.4	7.3	28.3	..	42	82.5
Myanmar	62.5	69.0	16.0	49.5	46.2	35.5	35.5	35.1	41.0	15	58.8
Namibia	55.7	63.0	..	73.7	69.3	65.9	56.1	41.0	48.2	44	80.0
Nauru	60.3	67.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	57.6	11	..
Nepal	66.6	70.4	32.8	58.6	49.9	29.2	8.4	..	13.9	33	80.6
Netherlands	79.9	83.1	..	100.0	99.5	80.3	87.3	35.0	29.1	41	100.0
New Caledonia	75.4	83.1	..	..	..	78.1	88.9	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	80.5	84.0	..	98.2	99.2	72.6	81.6	..	..	50	97.5
Nicaragua	70.8	76.8	..	30.9	21.6	60.3	51.9	35.8	..	52	86.3
Niger	60.4	62.8	..	..	..	8.3	2.8	14.5	21.6	26	53.8
Nigeria	52.3	53.1	43.4	55.5	35.0	14.1	14.2	16.2	57.2	4	66.3
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	81.7	84.7	0.0	99.0	100.0	94.2	96.8	..	32.5	45	96.9
Oman	71.0	74.7	4.0	..	..	96.0	93.3	..	..	2	46.3
Pakistan	63.8	68.6	18.3	28.2	13.5	47.1	25.2	..	7.8	20	58.8
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	45.5	6	56.3
Panama	73.1	79.6	..	47.0	43.1	54.1	58.2	..	..	23	79.4
Papua New Guinea	62.9	68.4	27.3	..	..	27.9	15.4	46.5	..	2	60.0
Paraguay	67.4	73.4	21.6	53.5	55.4	58.3	57.0	66.2	..	18	94.4
Peru	70.1	74.7	14.1	62.3	53.0	53.0	42.4	56.6	32.9	40	95.0
Philippines	67.2	71.5	16.5	55.6	47.4	66.8	59.3	69.2	41.3	27	78.8
Poland	71.7	79.7	..	95.8	95.7	75.9	85.2	37.0	39.8	28	93.8
Portugal	78.0	84.3	..	95.4	90.2	81.3	88.5	37.8	38.2	37	100.0
Puerto Rico	75.9	84.5	..	..	..	78.9	89.4	..	..	..	83.8
Qatar	78.3	80.9	..	..	..	99.6	99.5	..	..	4	35.6
Romania	69.4	76.7	..	72.7	65.7	75.2	78.9	32.4	32.5	19	90.6
Russian Federation	64.2	74.8	6.2	89.3	90.1	92.5	94.4	34.0	41.2	16	73.1
Rwanda	63.8	68.2	5.5	..	..	48.5	21.5	26.5	25.0	61	91.9
Samoa	70.3	75.5	7.4	..	..	63.6	67.1	..	43.0	13	75.0
San Marino	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	33	85.0
Sao Tome and Principe	65.2	70.4	28.0	..	..	48.6	32.1	..	..	15	83.1
Saudi Arabia	75.6	78.8	..	81.7	63.5	95.4	86.2	..	..	20	71.3
Senegal	64.8	69.3	30.5	62.3	50.3	42.4	25.0	22.9	21.0	44	72.5
Serbia	70.0	75.6	5.5	89.0	89.8	70.1	76.6	28.5	39.5	37	93.8
Seychelles	71.3	75.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	40.0	23	76.3
Sierra Leone	58.8	61.4	29.6	33.4	24.8	15.0	6.4	18.8	21.5	12	92.5
Singapore	81.1	85.9	0.1	98.3	96.9	82.8	91.2	..	40.6	29	82.5
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	71.5	76.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	71.3	78.3	..	97.4	94.0	79.3	91.4	28.9	35.6	21	87.5
Slovenia	77.9	84.0	..	100.0	98.2	82.5	90.2	34.1	33.2	40	96.9
Solomon Islands	68.9	72.0	21.3	..	..	46.2	23.7	47.4	..	8	56.9
Somalia	53.2	57.4	..	..	..	54.1	35.8	..	27.7	20	46.9
South Africa	59.5	65.0	3.6	84.6	86.2	69.8	72.5	10.6	36.5	47	88.1
South Sudan	53.4	56.5	..	7.7	4.2	17.0	5.3	21.9	..	32	67.5
Spain	80.3	86.2	..	99.1	97.5	81.6	88.3	61.8	35.9	43	100.0
Sri Lanka	73.1	79.5	9.8	89.3	89.3	56.9	59.9	..	26.1	5	65.6
St. Kitts and Nevis	68.3	75.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	31	71.3
St. Lucia	67.8	74.7	..	..	..	64.1	79.8	..	..	11	83.8
St. Martin (French part)	77.3	83.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	67.4	72.4	..	..	..	69.4	78.7	..	..	18	68.1
Sudan	62.7	67.9	34.2	..	..	42.3	34.4	8.2	..	..	32.5
Suriname	67.2	73.6	36.0	..	..	74.9	81.1	32.7	42.2	29	76.9
Sweden	81.4	85.0	..	99.4	100.0	85.8	93.7	37.3	42.2	46	100.0
Switzerland	81.9	85.9	..	100.0	99.0	81.6	86.0	..	29.9	42	88.1
Syrian Arab Republic	69.1	75.2	..	..	..	58.1	91.3	..	..	11	40.0
Tajikistan	69.6	73.7	8.7	39.6	39.4	74.1	70.9	22.7	..	27	78.8
Tanzania	64.2	68.3	30.5	59.4	46.0	18.9	9.6	..	27.9	37	81.3
Thailand	74.5	83.0	20.2	98.6	92.7	47.5	48.6	64.4	33.1	16	78.1
Timor-Leste	66.1	69.5	14.9	..	..	44.8	19.0	26.9	13.3	40	86.3
Togo	60.8	62.4	24.8	55.2	44.3	32.3	17.3	25.3	29.5	19	97.5
Tonga	68.4	73.7	10.1	..	..	49.2	47.8	..	32.0	4	58.8
Trinidad and Tobago	69.7	76.4	..	..	..	69.6	83.4	..	46.6	26	75.0
Tunisia	70.7	77.1	1.5	45.1	28.8	70.7	85.9	40.1	26.0	26	64.4
Turkiye	73.0	79.1	14.7	85.3	62.6	70.5	69.7	11.3	19.6	17	82.5
Turkmenistan	65.9	72.7	6.1	..	..	68.1	68.0	..	..	26	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	71.8	77.7	23.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	60.8	69.1	1.8	..	..	..	..	..	35.7	6	..
Uganda	60.4	64.9	34.0	66.9	65.1	24.0	13.5	..	27.7	34	83.8
Ukraine	65.2	74.4	..	87.1	80.7	80.1	84.8	38.6	44.1	20	85.0
United Arab Emirates	77.2	80.9	..	85.4	86.7	95.3	96.5	..	23.5	50	82.5
United Kingdom	78.7	82.8	0.0	99.6	99.9	80.3	88.7	..	35.4	35	97.5
United States	73.5	79.3	..	93.1	96.8	91.6	96.2	..	42.8	29	91.3
Uruguay	71.7	79.3	..	72.4	75.7	69.2	74.6	37.0	35.9	25	88.8
Uzbekistan	68.3	73.4	..	50.2	38.8	45.4	69.4	25.9	..	33	82.5
Vanuatu	68.4	72.9	..	..	..	41.4	37.7	..	36.2	2	55.6
Venezuela, RB	66.3	75.2	..	89.1	79.7	56.7	65.5	..	..	22	85.0
Viet Nam	69.1	78.2	10.6	..	..	50.4	41.7	51.1	17.1	30	88.1
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	76.8	83.5	..	..	..	87.2	93.5	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	71.1	75.9	13.4	41.4	25.9	76.0	77.1	6.0	21.1	..	26.3
Yemen, Rep.	60.6	67.1	..	..	..	46.3	34.5	..	..	0	26.9
Zambia	58.5	63.9	29.0	52.5	45.0	34.4	17.6	41.5	36.5	15	81.3
Zimbabwe	56.2	62.0	33.7	65.9	54.0	42.4	30.6	42.5	28.2	31	86.9
World	68.9	73.9	..	78.4	74.0	51.3	53.1	33.3	..	26	77.9
East Asia & Pacific	73.6	79.3	..	84.2	81.4	56.3	54.8	45.7	..	22	73.0
Europe & Central Asia	73.5	79.9	..	91.2	88.0	79.6	86.1	34.8	..	31	85.8
Latin America & Caribbean	68.8	75.7	..	77.0	70.1	62.0	64.6	49.9	..	36	81.2
Middle East & North Africa	70.6	75.1	..	59.6	45.6	71.2	75.3	19.0	..	17	54.7
North America	74.2	79.9	..	93.8	97.1	90.7	95.4	..	..	29	95.6
South Asia	65.9	69.4	..	69.9	65.8	28.8	23.5	18.4	..	18	63.7
Sub-Saharan Africa	58.3	62.3	..	61.4	49.0	25.9	17.9	28.1	..	26	74.0
Low income	60.1	65.0	..	43.9	34.5	23.1	13.4	24.0	..	24	67.8
Lower middle income	65.0	68.9	..	65.5	59.2	34.9	28.6	32.5	..	22	71.6
Upper middle income	71.8	77.8	..	86.3	82.3	58.6	58.5	34.7	..	28	78.3
High income	77.3	82.8	..	96.0	96.7	85.6	90.6	39.5	..	31	87.4

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