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2007/2008 Human Development Report

29Gender empowerment measure
Professional and technical workers (% female) Excel Export results to Excel

HDI Rank Country 1994-2005 1
1 Iceland 56
2 Norway 50
3 Australia 56
4 Canada 56
5 Ireland 52
6 Sweden 51
7 Switzerland 22
8 Japan 46 2
9 Netherlands 50
10 France 47
11 Finland 55
12 United States 56
13 Spain 48
14 Denmark 53
15 Austria 49
16 United Kingdom 47
17 Belgium 49
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand 53
20 Italy 46
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 40
22 Germany 50
23 Israel 54
24 Greece 49
25 Singapore 44
26 Korea (Republic of) 39
27 Slovenia 57
28 Cyprus 45
29 Portugal 50
30 Brunei Darussalam 44
31 Barbados 52
32 Czech Republic 52
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta 38
35 Qatar 24
36 Hungary 62
37 Poland 61
38 Argentina 53
39 United Arab Emirates 25
40 Chile 52 2
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia 58
43 Lithuania 67
44 Estonia 70
45 Latvia 65
46 Uruguay 54
47 Croatia 50
48 Costa Rica 40
49 Bahamas 60
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 62 2
52 Mexico 42
53 Bulgaria 60
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda 55
58 Oman 33
59 Trinidad and Tobago 53
60 Romania 57
61 Saudi Arabia 6
62 Panama 51
63 Malaysia 40
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius 43
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation 65
68 Albania ..
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 52
70 Brazil 52
71 Dominica 55
72 Saint Lucia 53
73 Kazakhstan 67
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 61 2
75 Colombia 50 2
76 Ukraine 64
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 54
79 Dominican Republic 51
80 Belize 50
81 China 52
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia ..
84 Turkey 32
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan ..
87 Peru 46
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador 48
90 Philippines 61
91 Tunisia ..
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34
95 Paraguay 54 2
96 Georgia 62
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan ..
99 Sri Lanka 46
100 Maldives 40
101 Jamaica ..
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador 45
104 Algeria 32
105 Viet Nam 51
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 35
107 Indonesia ..
108 Syrian Arab Republic 40 2
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua ..
111 Moldova 66
112 Egypt 30
113 Uzbekistan ..
114 Mongolia 54
115 Honduras 52 2
116 Kyrgyzstan 57
117 Bolivia 40
118 Guatemala ..
119 Gabon ..
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa ..
122 Tajikistan ..
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana 51
125 Namibia 55
126 Morocco 35
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India ..
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
131 Cambodia 33
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana ..
136 Pakistan 26
137 Mauritania ..
138 Lesotho ..
139 Congo ..
140 Bangladesh 12
141 Swaziland ..
142 Nepal 19
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 15
154 Uganda ..
155 Gambia ..
156 Senegal ..
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria ..
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 32
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 30
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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