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2007/2008 Human Development Report

29Gender empowerment measure
Legislators, senior officials and managers (% female) Excel Export results to Excel

HDI Rank Country 1999-2005 1
1 Iceland 27
2 Norway 30
3 Australia 37
4 Canada 36
5 Ireland 31
6 Sweden 30
7 Switzerland 8
8 Japan 10 2
9 Netherlands 26
10 France 37
11 Finland 30
12 United States 42
13 Spain 32
14 Denmark 25
15 Austria 27
16 United Kingdom 34
17 Belgium 32
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand 36
20 Italy 32
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 27
22 Germany 37
23 Israel 26
24 Greece 26
25 Singapore 26
26 Korea (Republic of) 8
27 Slovenia 33
28 Cyprus 15
29 Portugal 34
30 Brunei Darussalam 26
31 Barbados 43
32 Czech Republic 30
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta 20
35 Qatar 8
36 Hungary 35
37 Poland 33
38 Argentina 33
39 United Arab Emirates 8
40 Chile 25 2
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia 31
43 Lithuania 43
44 Estonia 37
45 Latvia 42
46 Uruguay 40
47 Croatia 24
48 Costa Rica 25
49 Bahamas 46
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 34 2
52 Mexico 29
53 Bulgaria 34
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda 45
58 Oman 9
59 Trinidad and Tobago 43
60 Romania 29
61 Saudi Arabia 31
62 Panama 43
63 Malaysia 23
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius 25
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation 39
68 Albania ..
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 29
70 Brazil 34
71 Dominica 48
72 Saint Lucia 55
73 Kazakhstan 38
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27 2
75 Colombia 38 2
76 Ukraine 38
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 29
79 Dominican Republic 32
80 Belize 41
81 China 17
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia ..
84 Turkey 7
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan ..
87 Peru 34
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador 35
90 Philippines 58
91 Tunisia ..
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16
95 Paraguay 23
96 Georgia 26
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan ..
99 Sri Lanka 21
100 Maldives 15
101 Jamaica ..
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador 33
104 Algeria ..
105 Viet Nam 22
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 11
107 Indonesia ..
108 Syrian Arab Republic ..
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua ..
111 Moldova 39
112 Egypt 9
113 Uzbekistan ..
114 Mongolia 50
115 Honduras 41 2
116 Kyrgyzstan 25
117 Bolivia 36
118 Guatemala ..
119 Gabon ..
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa ..
122 Tajikistan ..
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana 33
125 Namibia 30
126 Morocco 12
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India ..
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
131 Cambodia 14
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana ..
136 Pakistan 2
137 Mauritania ..
138 Lesotho ..
139 Congo ..
140 Bangladesh 23
141 Swaziland ..
142 Nepal 8
143 Madagascar ..
144 Cameroon ..
145 Papua New Guinea ..
146 Haiti ..
147 Sudan ..
148 Kenya ..
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe ..
152 Togo ..
153 Yemen 4
154 Uganda ..
155 Gambia ..
156 Senegal ..
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria ..
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 49
160 Guinea ..
161 Rwanda ..
162 Angola ..
163 Benin ..
164 Malawi ..
165 Zambia ..
166 Côte d'Ivoire ..
167 Burundi ..
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
169 Ethiopia 20
170 Chad ..
171 Central African Republic ..
172 Mozambique ..
173 Mali ..
174 Niger ..
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso ..
177 Sierra Leone ..


Notes :
1 - Data refer to the most recent year available between 1994 and 2005. Estimates for countries that have implemented the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88) are not strictly comparable with those for countries using the previous classification (ISCO-68).
2 - Data follow the ISCO-68 classification.


Sources :
calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2007b. LABORSTA Database. Accessed June 2007.


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