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
Male	Female				Male	Female
years	years	% of women ages 20-24			% of male employment	% of females employment	% of firms	%	% of total seats
2023	2023	2016-2023	2021	2021	2024	2024	2016-2023	2016-2023	2024

Afghanistan	64.5	67.5	28.7	..	..	17.3	6.4	..	5.9	..
Albania	77.7	81.4	11.8	42.6	45.7	47.9	51.1	20.7	34.0	36
Algeria	74.9	77.7	3.8	56.8	31.2	68.4	76.5	..	..	8
American Samoa	70.2	75.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	82.1	86.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	50
Angola	62.1	67.1	30.3	..	..	33.6	14.4	..	23.2	40
Antigua and Barbuda	74.5	80.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6
Argentina	74.8	79.9	15.5	69.6	73.8	72.2	77.1	57.8	38.0	42
Armenia	74.1	81.0	5.3	59.4	52.2	66.4	64.9	27.4	..	36
Aruba	73.7	78.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	81.1	85.1	..	98.6	100.0	80.3	87.6	..	38.9	38
Austria	79.5	84.2	..	99.9	100.0	85.5	90.4	36.9	33.8	36
Azerbaijan	71.6	77.1	15.0	..	..	37.4	28.2	15.3	..	21
Bahamas, The	70.9	78.2	..	..	..	76.7	88.9	..	59.8	18
Bahrain	80.7	82.0	..	..	..	97.6	96.8	..	..	20
Bangladesh	73.0	76.4	50.7	62.9	43.5	40.8	34.2	6.7	7.5	21
Barbados	73.6	78.6	..	..	..	73.9	86.6	32.6	50.3	27
Belarus	69.5	79.1	4.7	..	..	92.9	93.1	45.5	41.6	34
Belgium	80.4	84.5	0.1	99.4	98.7	82.2	88.9	44.2	33.7	41
Belize	70.9	76.5	33.5	..	..	65.7	62.9	..	41.7	16
Benin	59.3	62.2	27.5	58.2	39.8	24.1	15.4	36.7	23.5	27
Bermuda	78.9	85.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	71.3	75.0	9.0	..	..	38.6	17.3	..	17.9	4
Bolivia	66.1	71.1	14.5	74.0	63.3	36.5	30.0	68.6	28.0	46
Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.4	80.9	..	88.7	70.4	80.2	74.0	23.7	27.9	19
Botswana	66.7	71.7	..	..	..	71.9	71.8	35.1	52.7	9
Brazil	72.8	79.0	..	87.0	80.9	65.3	75.1	..	38.9	18
British Virgin Islands	74.5	80.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Brunei Darussalam	73.3	77.6	..	..	..	93.6	91.1	..	39.0	12
Bulgaria	72.0	79.7	..	83.6	84.3	85.5	90.9	29.5	40.4	21
Burkina Faso	58.9	63.2	38.2	42.4	30.7	22.6	10.8	..	29.2	18
Burundi	61.6	65.7	19.0	..	..	21.3	9.3	..	25.7	38
Cabo Verde	72.9	79.2	8.4	..	..	68.0	52.3	..	..	39
Cambodia	68.0	73.2	17.9	34.4	32.5	49.3	38.9	40.4	23.6	14
Cameroon	61.5	65.9	29.8	54.1	49.3	37.3	21.6	39.7	..	34
Canada	79.5	83.9	..	99.8	99.5	84.5	89.7	..	..	31
Cayman Islands	78.0	82.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	55.3	59.3	61.0	..	..	17.3	11.6	57.5	..	11
Chad	53.2	57.0	60.6	..	..	12.0	3.3	10.7	..	26
Channel Islands	79.0	83.2	..	..	..	88.1	95.5	..	..	..
Chile	79.2	83.1	..	87.6	86.6	75.1	77.1	..	31.6	35
China	75.2	80.9	2.8	89.9	87.3	60.1	64.1	..	..	27
Hong Kong SAR, China	82.5	88.1	..	97.3	98.2	89.0	95.2	37.1	..	..
Macao SAR, China	80.4	86.1	..	..	..	90.2	95.5	..	..	..
Colombia	75.0	80.5	..	63.5	56.2	52.2	57.2	62.5	42.0	29
Comoros	64.8	68.9	20.7	..	..	50.5	30.3	..	..	17
Congo, Dem. Rep.	59.8	64.0	..	..	..	19.9	9.2	..	29.6	13
Congo, Rep.	64.1	67.5	..	50.6	43.8	35.3	9.8	..	..	15
Costa Rica	78.1	83.4	17.1	76.3	61.1	70.9	76.5	53.0	47.2	49
Cote d'Ivoire	60.0	64.1	25.8	64.0	37.4	36.2	18.8	22.5	22.2	13
Croatia	75.4	81.7	..	93.9	90.0	83.1	91.2	34.3	21.3	33
Cuba	75.7	80.5	29.4	..	..	71.2	81.1	..	..	56
Curacao	72.5	80.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	79.6	83.7	..	93.6	92.7	88.5	92.0	45.1	31.1	14
Czechia	76.9	82.9	..	96.5	93.4	80.6	88.5	29.9	26.9	26
Denmark	79.9	83.7	0.7	100.0	100.0	90.0	94.2	31.8	33.1	45
Djibouti	63.5	68.5	6.5	..	..	53.0	37.2	..	..	26
Dominica	68.2	74.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	38
Dominican Republic	70.5	77.0	31.5	53.7	49.0	50.4	68.5	32.2	54.0	37
Ecuador	74.7	80.1	22.2	70.6	57.9	53.4	39.3	70.4	42.4	43
Egypt, Arab Rep.	69.5	73.8	15.8	30.6	24.2	73.7	69.3	5.2	21.1	28
El Salvador	67.5	76.3	19.7	44.8	29.2	68.9	57.2	55.5	39.0	32
Equatorial Guinea	62.0	65.7	..	..	..	75.3	68.8	..	20.9	32
Eritrea	66.5	70.7	..	..	..	53.4	40.8	..	..	..
Estonia	74.5	83.3	..	99.1	99.6	83.5	92.4	38.0	31.5	30
Eswatini	61.2	67.0	1.9	..	..	73.9	64.6	36.0	25.2	22
Ethiopia	64.1	70.7	40.3	..	..	17.1	13.0	..	27.0	41
Faroe Islands	81.1	84.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	65.3	69.4	4.0	..	..	64.8	67.3	..	38.6	9
Finland	79.0	84.3	0.1	100.0	99.1	83.3	91.8	44.0	40.4	46
France	80.1	85.7	..	98.4	100.0	84.3	89.2	51.2	38.7	36
French Polynesia	81.8	86.5	..	..	..	79.1	84.8	..	..	..
Gabon	65.9	71.1	13.3	71.5	61.3	71.0	61.3	..	..	26
Gambia, The	64.2	67.5	23.1	..	..	43.9	17.5	17.1	31.4	9
Georgia	69.6	79.1	9.4	70.3	70.7	50.5	56.5	29.5	38.3	23
Germany	78.7	83.5	..	100.0	100.0	89.8	94.1	33.5	27.6	35
Ghana	63.1	67.9	16.1	74.2	62.6	37.8	25.9	35.0	26.6	15
Gibraltar	80.9	86.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greece	79.2	84.4	..	96.3	93.4	64.8	75.2	43.9	31.4	23
Greenland	69.1	73.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	72.4	78.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	43.3	31
Guam	73.4	81.4	..	..	..	82.5	86.6	..	..	..
Guatemala	70.3	74.9	..	..	..	67.9	45.9	31.5	42.9	20
Guinea	59.5	61.9	46.5	36.9	24.0	23.4	9.9	9.0	..	30
Guinea-Bissau	61.7	66.4	25.7	..	..	33.5	14.4	..	25.6	10
Guyana	66.5	73.9	32.3	..	..	66.9	70.2	..	42.1	39
Haiti	61.7	68.3	14.9	..	..	29.9	14.9	..	..	..
Honduras	70.3	75.5	34.0	48.6	28.9	61.0	45.4	54.7	41.4	27
Hungary	73.4	79.9	..	89.7	86.9	85.7	91.0	43.5	38.5	15
Iceland	80.7	84.3	..	100.0	100.0	82.8	91.3	..	37.3	46
India	70.5	73.6	22.3	77.5	77.6	26.2	20.6	3.9	12.7	14
Indonesia	69.0	73.3	16.3	51.2	52.3	51.0	39.2	59.4	24.9	21
Iran, Islamic Rep.	75.8	79.6	..	94.8	85.1	55.8	62.5	..	19.9	5
Iraq	70.4	74.1	27.9	22.2	14.9	69.1	62.7	3.8	17.5	29
Ireland	81.1	84.6	..	99.8	99.5	81.6	92.2	54.9	37.1	25
Isle of Man	78.9	83.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	81.0	85.5	0.8	94.0	91.9	85.7	91.6	..	32.2	25
Italy	81.4	85.4	..	97.5	97.1	74.9	84.1	24.0	24.8	32
Jamaica	69.0	74.0	26.9	75.1	71.6	59.7	69.5	..	..	27
Japan	81.1	87.1	..	98.1	98.8	89.5	92.3	..	14.5	16
Jordan	75.7	80.2	9.9	58.6	34.1	86.9	96.6	22.6	52.3	20
Kazakhstan	70.1	78.4	..	78.3	83.6	73.1	74.6	30.5	..	19
Kenya	61.5	65.9	12.5	83.2	75.4	43.1	25.8	47.5	43.6	23
Kiribati	64.6	68.2	18.4	..	..	..	..	..	37.4	11
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	71.5	75.7	0.1	..	..	39.5	36.1	..	..	18
Korea, Rep.	80.6	86.4	..	98.7	98.7	74.6	80.4	..	..	20
Kosovo	75.8	80.1	4.0	68.9	47.4	..	..	7.3	29.2	..
Kuwait	82.7	83.7	..	..	..	96.4	98.7	..	..	3
Kyrgyz Republic	68.2	76.5	9.2	46.5	43.8	65.9	73.6	34.3	32.8	21
Lao PDR	66.8	71.3	30.5	36.8	37.9	26.7	18.0	36.5	25.7	22
Latvia	70.5	80.6	..	95.5	97.6	84.0	88.5	46.6	41.6	32
Lebanon	75.7	79.7	6.0	24.7	16.6	67.0	85.1	9.9	28.9	6
Lesotho	54.6	60.0	..	..	..	57.8	66.1	55.4	31.7	25
Liberia	60.9	63.4	24.9	59.3	44.2	32.6	9.1	37.4	26.1	11
Libya	68.3	70.4	..	..	..	72.4	76.6	..	..	16
Liechtenstein	82.4	86.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	28
Lithuania	72.9	81.9	0.2	97.0	90.4	85.4	91.3	43.1	35.4	28
Luxembourg	81.7	85.0	..	..	..	89.2	90.2	40.5	17.0	33
North Macedonia	73.2	77.6	7.5	90.6	79.9	79.4	88.1	20.6	32.4	39
Madagascar	61.9	65.4	38.8	..	..	13.7	9.2	24.2	28.6	16
Malawi	64.1	70.6	42.1	47.7	38.1	44.3	32.5	..	..	21
Malaysia	74.3	79.4	..	89.2	87.5	70.3	81.8	40.9	..	14
Maldives	79.7	82.8	2.2	..	..	83.1	68.1	..	22.6	3
Mali	59.0	61.9	53.7	45.9	41.2	26.7	17.5	15.3	9.0	31
Malta	81.6	85.2	..	97.6	95.3	82.9	90.2	46.0	..	28
Marshall Islands	64.9	69.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	32.7	12
Mauritania	66.5	70.5	36.6	..	..	49.0	27.8	..	..	23
Mauritius	70.1	76.9	..	91.7	89.4	77.3	88.7	39.6	35.4	19
Mexico	72.2	77.8	18.2	..	..	69.2	69.1	14.9	39.2	50
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	63.5	71.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	15
Moldova	66.6	75.5	..	65.7	62.9	42.2	40.5	39.9	..	41
Monaco	84.4	88.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	46
Mongolia	67.6	76.9	8.1	97.9	99.0	56.6	60.7	43.7	50.4	25
Montenegro	75.1	80.2	5.8	..	..	77.3	88.0	24.0	22.7	27
Morocco	73.2	77.6	13.7	56.0	32.7	55.6	73.7	12.3	..	24
Mozambique	60.3	66.5	48.4	61.0	38.7	20.9	8.5	28.3	29.1	39
Myanmar	63.8	70.2	16.0	49.5	46.2	34.4	34.7	35.1	41.0	..
Namibia	63.3	71.3	..	73.7	69.3	68.3	57.9	..	48.2	41
Naoero	60.3	64.0	18.2	..	..	..	..	..	57.6	11
Nepal	68.8	71.8	34.9	58.6	49.9	28.2	8.9	14.7	13.9	33
Netherlands	80.4	83.4	..	100.0	99.5	79.5	87.3	35.0	29.8	39
New Caledonia	76.3	81.3	..	..	..	78.4	88.4	..	..	..
New Zealand	80.1	83.5	..	98.2	99.2	78.3	84.8	58.2	..	46
Nicaragua	72.3	77.4	..	30.9	21.6	58.7	50.7	35.8	..	54
Niger	60.3	62.1	..	..	..	15.0	4.5	14.5	21.6	26
Nigeria	54.2	54.7	43.4	55.5	35.0	16.7	10.2	..	..	4
Northern Mariana Islands	77.1	80.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	81.5	84.6	0.0	99.0	100.0	93.7	96.6	..	32.6	44
Oman	78.5	81.9	..	..	..	95.3	93.6	..	..	0
Pakistan	65.3	70.2	18.3	28.2	13.5	47.5	26.2	4.9	7.8	17
Palau	67.2	71.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	45.5	25
Panama	76.7	82.6	..	46.9	43.1	57.0	62.8	..	47.0	21
Papua New Guinea	63.7	69.1	27.3	..	..	27.4	14.3	..	17.7	3
Paraguay	70.9	77.0	21.6	53.5	55.3	58.2	58.7	63.4	..	24
Peru	75.4	80.1	..	62.3	53.0	51.0	44.9	55.3	38.6	38
Philippines	66.9	72.8	9.4	55.6	47.4	67.1	58.6	56.7	43.2	27
Poland	74.6	82.1	..	95.8	95.7	76.5	86.3	37.0	41.8	30
Portugal	79.5	85.3	..	95.4	90.2	82.4	88.7	47.8	38.1	33
Puerto Rico (US)	78.0	85.2	..	..	..	83.3	92.0	..	..	..
Qatar	81.6	83.4	1.7	..	..	99.3	98.7	..	..	4
Romania	72.6	80.4	6.9	72.7	65.7	82.9	88.7	26.7	34.0	19
Russian Federation	68.0	78.7	6.2	89.3	90.1	92.9	94.4	34.0	41.9	16
Rwanda	65.5	69.9	5.5	..	..	62.2	55.3	37.8	38.4	64
Samoa	69.9	73.7	7.4	..	..	51.4	62.4	54.9	40.7	13
San Marino	84.2	87.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	35
Sao Tome and Principe	66.2	73.7	28.0	..	..	56.4	55.4	..	24.1	15
Saudi Arabia	77.1	81.2	..	81.7	63.5	94.7	93.1	4.9	..	20
Senegal	66.8	70.8	30.2	62.3	50.3	42.1	23.5	..	24.3	41
Serbia	73.8	78.6	5.5	89.0	89.8	70.1	75.7	28.5	37.1	38
Seychelles	72.2	78.8	..	..	..	..	..	60.6	50.3	21
Sierra Leone	60.1	63.5	29.6	33.3	24.8	16.7	5.1	19.1	22.6	30
Singapore	81.0	85.3	..	98.3	96.9	83.7	91.6	35.9	39.8	29
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	73.7	79.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	74.9	81.5	..	97.4	94.0	78.8	92.1	28.7	34.1	23
Slovenia	79.1	84.9	..	100.0	98.2	82.5	90.0	34.1	35.3	38
Solomon Islands	69.2	72.0	..	..	..	38.7	20.4	..	..	6
Somalia, Fed. Rep.	56.4	61.4	..	..	..	53.5	33.5	..	27.7	20
South Africa	62.6	69.6	3.6	84.6	86.2	80.6	85.3	10.6	36.0	45
South Sudan	54.6	60.6	..	..	..	19.7	15.1	..	..	32
Spain	81.3	86.7	..	99.1	97.5	82.3	88.8	61.8	36.7	44
Sri Lanka	74.2	80.6	9.8	89.3	89.3	57.1	59.5	..	22.5	10
St. Kitts and Nevis	68.6	76.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	31
St. Lucia	69.3	76.3	..	..	..	66.1	81.5	..	..	11
St. Martin (French part)	76.8	83.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68.7	74.3	..	..	..	72.2	76.5	..	..	22
Sudan	63.3	69.6	..	..	..	55.8	43.2	..	13.1	..
Suriname	70.5	76.8	36.0	..	..	76.1	78.9	32.7	42.2	31
Sweden	81.7	85.0	..	99.4	100.0	86.1	93.6	37.3	43.8	47
Switzerland	82.4	86.0	..	100.0	99.0	81.5	85.0	..	31.9	39
Syrian Arab Republic	69.8	74.4	..	..	..	54.2	76.3	..	..	10
Tajikistan	69.6	74.0	8.8	39.6	39.4	70.4	64.1	22.7	24.5	27
Tanzania	64.2	69.8	29.1	59.4	46.0	19.4	9.2	13.2	27.9	37
Thailand	72.2	80.9	17.0	98.6	92.7	48.4	50.0	64.4	34.7	19
Timor-Leste	66.1	69.4	14.9	..	..	29.3	19.9	26.9	22.4	35
Togo	62.5	62.9	24.8	55.2	44.3	31.0	14.5	25.0	29.5	19
Tonga	69.4	76.4	10.1	..	..	58.9	56.8	..	36.9	7
Trinidad and Tobago	70.4	76.7	4.2	..	..	68.0	83.1	..	47.9	29
Tunisia	73.9	79.1	2.4	45.1	28.7	71.1	84.7	40.1	20.8	16
Turkiye	74.5	79.9	14.7	85.3	62.5	70.7	72.1	11.3	20.5	20
Turkmenistan	66.9	72.8	..	..	..	65.6	70.3	..	..	26
Turks and Caicos Islands	75.8	80.3	23.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	63.8	70.7	1.8	..	..	..	..	..	36.1	0
Uganda	65.3	71.1	34.0	66.9	65.1	26.0	12.0	..	25.6	34
Ukraine	66.9	80.2	..	87.1	80.7	..	..	38.6	44.1	21
United Arab Emirates	82.0	84.2	..	85.4	86.7	94.9	94.6	..	23.5	50
United Kingdom	79.4	83.2	0.0	99.6	99.9	83.7	90.1	..	39.5	40
United States	75.8	81.1	..	93.1	96.8	91.9	96.1	..	44.4	29
Uruguay	74.2	81.9	..	72.4	75.7	69.9	74.3	37.0	33.9	28
Uzbekistan	69.5	75.4	3.4	50.2	38.8	46.1	69.5	25.9	..	38
Vanuatu	69.4	73.9	20.9	..	..	42.0	36.2	42.2	36.2	2
Venezuela, RB	68.7	76.5	..	89.1	79.7	58.0	62.5	..	..	..
Viet Nam	69.9	79.3	14.6	..	..	50.8	41.4	24.8	21.8	31
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	77.3	83.9	..	..	..	88.2	93.5	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	59.7	71.5	13.4	41.4	25.9	76.0	77.1	11.8	21.1	..
Yemen, Rep.	67.2	71.4	29.6	..	..	48.3	34.4	..	..	0
Zambia	63.9	68.7	29.0	52.5	45.0	35.1	19.6	41.5	36.7	15
Zimbabwe	60.2	65.0	33.7	65.9	54.0	36.6	21.5	42.5	33.4	28
World	71.0	75.8	19.5	76.3	71.3	52.8	54.5	..	..	27
East Asia & Pacific	73.9	79.6	5.6	84.2	81.4	60.1	61.3	..	..	23
Europe & Central Asia	75.3	81.7	..	91.2	88.0	80.4	86.7	..	..	31
Latin America & Caribbean	72.8	78.5	..	77.0	70.1	63.1	65.9	..	..	36
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	70.2	74.1	17.7	59.6	45.6	61.7	56.9	..	..	17
North America	76.2	81.4	..	93.8	97.1	91.1	95.4	..	..	30
South Asia	70.8	74.0	25.6	69.9	66.0	28.0	22.7	..	..	16
Sub-Saharan Africa	60.5	64.7	31.1	61.4	49.0	26.9	16.7	..	..	27
Low income	62.6	67.5	..	40.6	30.0	25.3	15.1	..	..	24
Lower middle income	67.6	71.1	24.4	65.2	58.9	32.3	23.2	..	..	23
Upper middle income	73.1	78.8	8.5	84.9	80.1	60.5	61.6	..	..	27
High income	77.4	83.1	..	95.5	96.1	86.7	91.3	..	..	31

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