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
2022	2022	2016-2023	2021	2021	2022	2022	2016-2023	2016-2023	2023	2023

Afghanistan	59.8	66.2	28.7	14.8	4.7	18.8	8.9	..	5.9	27	31.9
Albania	74.5	79.5	11.8	42.6	45.7	45.3	49.6	20.7	41.3	36	91.3
Algeria	75.9	78.5	3.8	56.8	31.2	67.9	74.0	..	..	8	57.5
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	50	..
Angola	59.4	64.5	30.3	..	..	43.4	26.8	..	11.0	34	79.4
Antigua and Barbuda	76.5	81.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	68.8
Argentina	72.9	79.3	15.5	69.6	73.8	70.5	74.9	57.8	38.0	43	79.4
Armenia	67.9	78.4	5.3	59.4	52.2	42.8	33.0	27.4	..	36	90.6
Aruba	72.1	77.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	81.2	85.3	..	98.6	100.0	80.5	88.2	..	38.2	38	96.9
Austria	78.8	83.5	..	99.9	100.0	85.0	89.8	36.9	33.8	41	96.9
Azerbaijan	70.6	76.2	..	..	..	36.8	28.9	15.3	..	19	85.0
Bahamas, The	70.8	77.8	..	..	..	76.9	90.3	..	..	18	81.3
Bahrain	78.2	80.5	..	..	..	97.6	96.1	..	..	20	68.1
Bangladesh	71.5	76.0	51.4	62.9	43.5	45.9	33.2	6.7	8.9	21	49.4
Barbados	75.7	79.6	..	..	..	73.1	86.0	32.6	47.7	27	80.0
Belarus	68.1	78.4	4.7	..	..	93.6	96.9	45.5	42.4	40	75.6
Belgium	79.6	83.9	0.1	99.4	98.7	81.4	88.9	44.2	35.3	43	100.0
Belize	67.7	74.7	33.5	..	..	67.1	67.8	..	41.7	16	82.5
Benin	58.3	61.7	27.5	58.2	39.8	25.3	16.8	36.7	23.5	27	83.8
Bermuda	78.4	84.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	70.6	74.2	..	..	..	37.4	17.1	..	17.9	17	75.0
Bolivia	62.3	67.9	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	23.7	27.9	19	85.0
Botswana	63.3	68.4	..	..	..	68.5	69.7	35.1	52.7	11	63.8
Brazil	70.3	76.6	..	87.1	80.9	64.0	73.1	..	38.9	18	85.0
British Virgin Islands	73.6	79.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Brunei Darussalam	72.5	76.8	..	..	..	92.8	91.1	..	32.5	12	53.1
Bulgaria	70.8	78.1	..	83.6	84.3	86.5	91.6	29.5	40.4	24	90.6
Burkina Faso	58.0	61.5	38.2	42.4	30.7	16.3	12.0	..	29.2	17	82.5
Burundi	60.1	63.9	19.0	..	..	21.0	9.5	..	25.7	38	76.3
Cabo Verde	70.3	79.0	8.4	..	..	66.9	53.4	..	..	42	86.3
Cambodia	67.1	72.6	17.9	34.4	32.5	55.0	39.4	40.4	24.6	14	81.3
Cameroon	59.4	62.6	29.8	54.2	49.3	32.0	17.1	39.7	..	34	60.0
Canada	79.1	83.6	..	99.8	99.5	83.8	89.3	..	..	31	100.0
Cayman Islands	80.4	83.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	52.3	56.8	61.0	..	..	9.7	3.0	57.5	..	13	77.5
Chad	51.3	54.8	60.6	..	..	12.4	4.2	10.7	..	26	66.3
Channel Islands	79.5	83.6	..	..	..	81.6	89.0	..	..	..	..
Chile	77.2	81.9	..	87.6	86.6	74.5	76.6	..	31.6	35	80.0
China	76.0	81.3	2.8	89.9	87.3	54.0	54.5	..	..	27	78.1
Hong Kong SAR, China	80.7	86.8	..	97.3	98.2	88.2	94.9	37.1	..	..	91.9
Macao SAR, China	82.8	88.0	..	..	..	90.5	96.3	..	..	..	..
Colombia	70.3	77.1	..	63.5	56.2	50.6	56.4	62.5	42.0	29	84.4
Comoros	61.5	66.1	20.7	..	..	47.8	34.8	..	..	17	65.0
Congo, Dem. Rep.	57.5	62.1	29.1	..	..	18.2	8.8	..	29.6	13	78.8
Congo, Rep.	61.5	64.6	..	50.6	43.8	36.1	11.8	..	..	15	58.1
Costa Rica	74.8	80.0	17.1	76.3	61.1	70.2	76.5	53.0	47.2	47	91.9
Cote d'Ivoire	57.7	60.3	25.8	64.0	37.4	32.7	17.1	22.5	22.2	14	95.0
Croatia	74.6	80.7	..	93.9	90.0	83.1	90.6	34.3	23.4	32	93.8
Cuba	75.8	80.6	29.4	..	..	71.0	79.2	..	..	56	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	80.1	83.7	..	93.6	92.7	87.6	90.9	45.1	25.5	14	96.9
Czechia	76.2	82.0	..	96.5	93.4	80.6	88.3	29.9	25.8	26	93.8
Denmark	79.5	83.2	0.7	100.0	100.0	88.6	94.5	31.8	31.2	44	100.0
Djibouti	60.3	65.5	6.5	..	..	51.0	35.6	..	..	26	71.3
Dominica	69.9	76.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	38	62.5
Dominican Republic	71.0	77.5	31.5	53.7	49.0	48.7	68.5	32.2	54.0	28	86.3
Ecuador	75.3	80.5	22.2	70.6	58.0	53.4	37.2	70.4	42.4	43	89.4
Egypt, Arab Rep.	67.9	72.6	15.8	30.6	24.2	72.9	71.0	5.2	22.2	28	50.6
El Salvador	66.8	75.8	19.7	44.8	29.2	68.4	56.3	55.5	42.7	27	88.8
Equatorial Guinea	59.4	63.3	..	..	..	16.5	9.0	..	..	31	58.1
Eritrea	64.5	68.7	..	..	..	34.9	19.8	..	..	..	69.4
Estonia	73.7	82.4	..	99.1	99.6	85.7	93.3	38.0	38.3	29	97.5
Eswatini	52.6	60.6	1.9	..	..	69.3	58.2	36.0	41.7	17	46.3
Ethiopia	62.6	68.9	40.3	..	..	15.1	14.5	..	27.0	41	80.0
Faroe Islands	81.3	85.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	66.5	70.2	4.0	..	..	67.2	71.2	..	38.6	11	82.5
Finland	78.7	83.8	0.1	100.0	99.1	82.2	90.2	44.0	36.9	46	97.5
France	79.4	85.2	..	98.4	100.0	84.0	90.0	51.2	39.4	38	100.0
French Polynesia	81.3	86.0	..	..	..	77.5	85.2	..	..	..	..
Gabon	63.4	68.4	13.3	71.5	61.3	69.0	61.3	..	..	24	95.0
Gambia, The	61.5	64.3	23.1	..	..	31.1	18.4	17.1	31.4	9	69.4
Georgia	66.8	76.5	13.9	70.3	70.7	48.0	54.5	29.5	33.8	18	88.1
Germany	78.3	83.2	..	100.0	100.0	89.3	93.5	33.5	26.5	35	100.0
Ghana	61.8	66.1	16.1	74.2	62.6	31.1	18.1	35.0	26.6	15	75.0
Gibraltar	80.9	84.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greece	78.1	83.3	..	96.3	93.4	58.3	69.0	43.9	33.7	23	100.0
Greenland	69.8	73.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	72.6	78.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	36.3	31	80.6
Guam	74.8	82.0	..	..	..	84.2	91.8	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	65.7	71.8	..	..	..	58.4	51.6	31.5	37.6	20	73.8
Guinea	57.6	60.2	46.5	36.9	24.0	23.2	10.9	9.0	..	30	73.8
Guinea-Bissau	57.7	61.9	25.7	..	..	37.3	22.4	..	25.6	10	51.9
Guyana	62.8	69.4	32.3	..	..	64.8	66.8	..	45.9	37	86.9
Haiti	60.9	66.7	14.9	..	..	30.4	19.4	..	..	..	61.3
Honduras	68.5	73.2	34.0	48.6	28.9	59.5	45.3	54.7	41.4	27	75.0
Hungary	72.7	79.5	..	89.7	86.9	85.0	90.0	43.5	37.1	14	93.8
Iceland	81.0	83.4	..	100.0	100.0	82.7	90.5	..	39.4	48	100.0
India	66.3	69.4	22.3	77.5	77.6	23.8	21.4	3.9	12.7	15	74.4
Indonesia	66.2	70.4	16.3	51.2	52.3	51.5	39.0	59.4	..	22	70.6
Iran, Islamic Rep.	71.9	77.5	..	94.8	85.1	57.0	60.8	..	19.2	6	31.3
Iraq	69.2	73.4	27.9	22.2	14.9	67.8	77.6	3.8	17.5	29	48.1
Ireland	81.3	84.9	..	99.8	99.5	80.8	92.1	54.9	35.1	23	100.0
Isle of Man	78.8	82.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	80.7	84.8	..	94.0	91.9	86.0	91.4	..	33.4	24	80.6
Italy	80.9	85.0	..	97.5	97.1	74.5	83.9	24.0	23.4	32	97.5
Jamaica	68.5	72.7	..	75.1	71.6	57.3	67.5	..	..	29	74.4
Japan	81.1	87.1	..	98.1	98.8	89.1	91.9	..	13.1	10	78.8
Jordan	72.1	76.7	9.7	58.6	34.1	86.9	96.4	22.6	57.2	12	59.4
Kazakhstan	70.3	78.4	..	78.3	83.6	72.8	76.0	30.5	..	18	75.6
Kenya	59.6	64.7	12.5	83.2	75.4	46.8	30.0	47.5	49.6	23	83.8
Kiribati	65.7	69.4	18.4	..	..	..	..	..	40.9	7	76.3
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	71.0	76.1	0.1	..	..	20.9	12.7	..	..	18	..
Korea, Rep.	79.9	85.6	..	98.7	98.7	74.2	79.7	..	..	19	88.1
Kosovo	77.2	81.7	..	68.9	47.4	..	..	7.3	28.3	..	91.9
Kuwait	78.9	82.8	..	..	..	97.5	99.2	..	..	3	38.1
Kyrgyz Republic	68.0	76.3	12.9	46.5	43.8	64.0	70.9	34.3	35.8	20	76.9
Lao PDR	66.9	71.2	32.7	36.8	37.9	27.0	14.6	36.5	25.7	22	85.6
Latvia	69.8	79.6	..	95.5	97.6	84.1	89.1	46.6	44.5	32	100.0
Lebanon	72.2	76.6	6.0	24.7	16.6	64.6	82.9	9.9	28.9	6	58.8
Lesotho	50.3	55.9	16.4	..	..	57.0	66.3	55.4	31.7	26	80.6
Liberia	59.8	62.4	24.9	59.3	44.2	31.3	10.7	37.4	26.1	11	81.3
Libya	69.7	74.8	..	..	..	82.8	90.0	..	..	16	50.0
Liechtenstein	83.1	85.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	28	..
Lithuania	71.5	80.3	0.2	97.0	90.4	85.8	89.8	43.1	37.0	28	93.8
Luxembourg	80.9	85.3	..	..	..	89.1	89.6	40.5	26.5	33	100.0
North Macedonia	72.2	76.7	7.5	90.6	79.9	80.5	87.7	20.6	29.8	43	85.0
Madagascar	63.0	67.6	38.8	..	..	12.8	9.6	24.2	28.6	19	69.4
Malawi	59.6	66.3	37.7	47.8	38.1	41.5	35.4	..	..	21	80.0
Malaysia	74.0	78.8	..	89.2	87.5	75.9	74.2	40.9	..	14	60.6
Maldives	80.1	81.8	2.2	..	..	81.7	67.5	..	22.6	5	73.8
Mali	58.1	60.8	53.7	45.9	41.2	19.1	7.3	15.3	..	29	63.8
Malta	80.7	84.8	..	97.6	95.3	80.6	91.0	46.0	..	28	91.3
Marshall Islands	63.5	67.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	32.7	12	65.6
Mauritania	63.0	66.4	36.6	..	..	30.9	18.5	..	..	23	48.1
Mauritius	70.1	77.1	..	91.7	89.4	78.2	88.7	39.6	27.0	20	89.4
Mexico	71.5	78.2	20.7	..	..	68.4	67.8	14.9	38.9	50	88.8
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	67.3	74.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	14	61.3
Moldova	64.2	73.3	..	65.7	62.9	41.1	40.7	39.9	..	39	90.6
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	46	..
Mongolia	68.1	77.4	12.0	97.9	99.0	54.4	61.7	43.7	38.9	17	90.6
Montenegro	73.7	78.8	5.8	..	..	74.1	84.7	24.0	28.3	21	85.0
Morocco	72.9	77.2	13.7	56.0	32.7	53.7	45.3	12.3	..	24	75.6
Mozambique	56.5	62.7	48.4	61.0	38.7	23.4	7.3	28.3	..	43	82.5
Myanmar	64.2	70.5	16.0	49.5	46.2	35.5	35.5	35.1	41.0	15	58.8
Namibia	54.6	61.7	..	73.7	69.3	65.9	56.1	..	48.2	44	80.0
Nauru	60.5	67.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	57.6	11	..
Nepal	68.6	72.4	34.9	58.6	49.9	29.2	8.4	14.7	13.9	33	80.6
Netherlands	80.3	83.2	..	100.0	99.5	80.3	87.3	35.0	29.1	40	100.0
New Caledonia	77.5	84.6	..	..	..	78.1	88.9	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	81.2	84.4	..	98.2	99.2	72.6	81.6	58.2	..	44	97.5
Nicaragua	71.6	77.6	..	30.9	21.6	60.3	51.9	35.8	..	52	86.3
Niger	60.8	63.4	..	..	..	8.3	2.8	14.5	21.6	26	53.8
Nigeria	53.3	54.0	30.3	55.5	35.0	14.1	14.2	..	57.2	4	66.3
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	81.0	84.2	0.0	99.0	100.0	94.2	96.8	..	32.5	46	96.9
Oman	72.4	76.0	..	..	..	96.0	93.3	..	..	0	46.3
Pakistan	64.1	68.9	18.3	28.2	13.5	47.1	25.2	4.9	7.8	20	58.8
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	45.5	6	56.3
Panama	73.7	80.1	..	47.0	43.1	54.1	58.2	..	47.0	23	79.4
Papua New Guinea	63.4	69.2	27.3	..	..	27.9	15.4	..	17.7	3	60.0
Paraguay	67.6	73.6	21.6	53.5	55.4	58.3	57.0	63.4	..	23	94.4
Peru	71.3	75.5	14.1	62.3	53.0	53.0	42.4	55.3	38.6	39	95.0
Philippines	70.2	74.2	9.4	55.6	47.4	66.8	59.3	56.7	41.3	27	78.8
Poland	73.5	81.3	..	95.8	95.7	75.9	85.2	37.0	39.8	29	93.8
Portugal	78.8	84.5	..	95.4	90.2	81.3	88.5	47.8	38.2	36	100.0
Puerto Rico	75.6	83.9	..	..	..	78.9	89.4	..	..	..	83.8
Qatar	80.6	83.1	..	..	..	99.6	99.5	..	..	4	35.6
Romania	71.5	79.3	6.9	72.7	65.7	75.2	78.9	26.7	32.5	19	90.6
Russian Federation	67.6	77.8	6.2	89.3	90.1	92.5	94.4	34.0	41.9	16	73.1
Rwanda	64.8	69.2	5.5	..	..	48.5	21.5	37.8	38.4	61	91.9
Samoa	70.1	75.3	7.4	..	..	63.6	67.1	54.9	40.7	13	75.0
San Marino	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	33	85.0
Sao Tome and Principe	66.1	71.9	28.0	..	..	48.6	32.1	..	74.2	15	83.1
Saudi Arabia	76.7	79.5	..	81.7	63.5	95.4	86.2	4.9	..	20	71.3
Senegal	65.5	70.2	30.5	62.3	50.3	42.4	25.0	..	21.0	46	72.5
Serbia	73.0	78.1	5.5	89.0	89.8	70.1	76.6	28.5	39.5	35	93.8
Seychelles	71.8	76.0	..	..	..	..	..	60.6	40.0	23	76.3
Sierra Leone	59.1	61.7	29.6	33.4	24.8	15.0	6.4	19.1	21.5	28	92.5
Singapore	80.7	85.2	0.1	98.3	96.9	82.8	91.2	35.9	40.6	29	82.5
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.0	77.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	73.7	80.6	..	97.4	94.0	79.3	91.4	25.6	35.6	22	87.5
Slovenia	78.6	84.1	..	100.0	98.2	82.5	90.2	34.1	33.2	38	96.9
Solomon Islands	69.3	72.4	..	..	..	46.2	23.7	..	..	8	56.9
Somalia	54.1	58.2	..	..	..	54.1	35.8	..	27.7	20	46.9
South Africa	58.6	64.2	3.6	84.6	86.2	69.8	72.5	10.6	36.0	46	88.1
South Sudan	54.0	57.0	..	7.7	4.2	17.0	5.3	..	..	32	67.5
Spain	80.4	85.9	..	99.1	97.5	81.6	88.3	61.8	35.9	44	100.0
Sri Lanka	72.9	80.2	9.8	89.3	89.3	56.9	59.9	..	24.6	5	65.6
St. Kitts and Nevis	68.7	75.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	31	71.3
St. Lucia	68.0	74.9	..	..	..	64.1	79.8	..	..	11	83.8
St. Martin (French part)	77.5	83.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.7	71.7	..	..	..	69.4	78.7	..	..	18	68.1
Sudan	63.0	68.2	..	..	..	42.3	34.4	..	13.1	..	32.5
Suriname	67.2	73.6	36.0	..	..	74.9	81.1	32.7	42.2	29	76.9
Sweden	81.5	84.8	..	99.4	100.0	85.8	93.7	37.3	42.2	46	100.0
Switzerland	81.6	85.4	..	100.0	99.0	81.6	86.0	..	29.9	39	88.1
Syrian Arab Republic	68.7	76.1	..	..	..	58.1	91.3	..	..	11	40.0
Tajikistan	69.2	73.5	8.7	39.6	39.4	74.1	70.9	22.7	..	27	78.8
Tanzania	64.7	68.9	29.1	59.4	46.0	18.9	9.6	13.2	27.9	37	81.3
Thailand	75.5	83.9	17.0	98.6	92.7	47.5	48.6	64.4	34.7	19	78.1
Timor-Leste	67.4	70.8	14.9	..	..	44.8	19.0	26.9	22.4	37	86.3
Togo	60.9	62.2	24.8	55.2	44.3	32.3	17.3	25.0	29.5	20	97.5
Tonga	68.6	74.1	10.1	..	..	49.2	47.8	..	32.0	7	58.8
Trinidad and Tobago	71.3	78.2	4.2	..	..	69.6	83.4	..	46.6	29	75.0
Tunisia	71.4	77.4	1.5	45.1	28.8	70.7	85.9	40.1	26.0	16	64.4
Turkiye	75.4	81.5	14.7	85.3	62.6	70.5	69.7	11.3	19.6	20	82.5
Turkmenistan	65.9	72.9	6.1	..	..	68.1	68.0	..	..	26	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	72.2	78.0	23.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	61.1	69.4	1.8	..	..	..	..	..	36.1	6	..
Uganda	61.5	65.7	34.0	66.9	65.1	24.0	13.5	..	27.7	34	83.8
Ukraine	63.5	73.9	..	87.1	80.7	80.1	84.8	38.6	44.1	20	85.0
United Arab Emirates	77.7	81.4	..	85.4	86.7	95.3	96.5	..	23.5	50	82.5
United Kingdom	80.4	83.8	0.0	99.6	99.9	80.3	88.7	..	39.5	35	97.5
United States	74.8	80.2	..	93.1	96.8	91.6	96.2	..	44.4	29	91.3
Uruguay	74.1	81.7	..	72.4	75.7	69.2	74.6	37.0	35.5	26	88.8
Uzbekistan	69.0	74.3	3.4	50.2	38.8	45.4	69.4	25.9	..	34	82.5
Vanuatu	68.3	73.1	..	..	..	41.4	37.7	42.2	36.2	2	55.6
Venezuela, RB	66.9	75.7	..	89.1	79.7	56.7	65.5	..	..	22	85.0
Viet Nam	69.9	79.3	14.6	..	..	50.4	41.7	24.8	17.1	30	88.1
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	77.1	83.7	..	..	..	87.2	93.5	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	71.0	75.9	13.4	41.4	25.9	76.0	77.1	11.8	21.1	..	26.3
Yemen, Rep.	60.5	67.2	29.6	..	..	46.3	34.5	..	..	0	26.9
Zambia	59.1	64.5	29.0	52.5	45.0	34.4	17.6	41.5	36.5	15	81.3
Zimbabwe	56.4	62.1	33.7	65.9	54.0	42.4	30.6	42.5	29.3	31	86.9
World	69.6	74.5	..	78.4	74.0	51.3	53.1	33.8	..	27	77.9
East Asia & Pacific	74.2	79.7	..	84.2	81.4	56.3	54.8	44.2	..	23	73.0
Europe & Central Asia	74.8	81.1	..	91.2	88.0	79.6	86.1	34.1	..	31	85.8
Latin America & Caribbean	70.6	76.9	..	77.0	70.1	62.0	64.6	47.4	..	36	81.2
Middle East & North Africa	71.1	75.5	..	59.6	45.6	71.2	75.3	17.4	..	17	54.7
North America	75.3	80.6	..	93.8	97.1	90.7	95.4	..	..	30	95.6
South Asia	66.4	70.1	..	69.9	65.8	28.8	23.5	12.6	..	18	63.7
Sub-Saharan Africa	58.8	62.8	..	61.4	49.0	25.9	17.9	29.9	..	27	74.0
Low income	60.6	65.6	..	43.9	34.5	23.1	13.4	25.1	..	24	67.8
Lower middle income	65.4	69.2	..	65.5	59.2	33.8	27.9	30.8	..	23	71.6
Upper middle income	73.0	78.5	..	86.3	82.3	57.0	56.3	36.2	..	27	78.3
High income	76.8	82.4	..	96.0	96.7	86.3	91.0	39.0	..	30	87.4

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