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Table 5d. Women legislators and managers
Last update: June 2011
 
Country or area
Year
%
Source
Algeria
2004
5
  
LFS
  
Anguilla
2001
52
  
PC
  
Antigua and Barbuda
2001
45
  
PC
  
Argentina
2006
   a,b
23
  
LFS
  
Armenia
2001
24
  
PC
  
Aruba
2007
40
  
LFS
  
Australia
2008
37
  
LFS
  
Austria
2008
28
  
LFS
  
Azerbaijan
2008
7
  
LFS
  
Bahamas
2008
46
  
LFS
  
Bahrain
2001
12
  
PC
  
Bangladesh
2003
23
  
LFS
  
Barbados
2004
43
  
LFS
  
Belgium
2008
   c
33
  
LFS
  
Belize
2005
   d
41
  
LFS
  
Bermuda
2000
55
  
PC
  
Bolivia
2007
   a
29
  
LFS
  
Botswana
2006
   e,f
30
  
LFS
  
Brazil
2007
   a
36
  
LFS
  
Brunei Darussalam
2001
26
  
PC
  
Bulgaria
2008
   f
32
  
LFS
  
Cambodia
2001
   a
14
  
LFS
  
Canada
2008
   g
36
  
LFS
  
Cayman Islands
2008
44
  
LFS
  
Chile
2002
33
  
PC
  
China
2005
   h
17
  
OE
  
China, Hong Kong SAR
2008
29
  
LFS
  
China, Macao SAR
2008
   d
27
  
LFS
  
Cook Islands
2001
36
  
PC
  
Costa Rica
2008
   e
30
  
LFS
  
Croatia
2008
   f,i
27
  
LFS
  
Cyprus
2008
   f,j
16
  
LFS
  
Czech Republic
2008
28
  
LFS
  
Denmark
2008
   k,l
24
  
LFS
  
Dominica
2001
48
  
PC
  
Dominican Republic
2007
   a
31
  
LFS
  
Ecuador
2006
   a,m
28
  
LFS
  
Egypt
2007
   n
11
  
LFS
  
El Salvador
2007
   a
25
  
LFS
  
Estonia
2008
   f,o
36
  
LFS
  
Ethiopia
2006
   a
16
  
LFS
  
Finland
2008
   k,o
30
  
LFS
  
France
2008
39
  
LFS
  
Georgia
2007
34
  
LFS
  
Germany
2008
   k
38
  
LFS
  
Greece
2008
28
  
LFS
  
Guyana
2002
25
  
PC
  
Hungary
2008
   o
36
  
LFS
  
Iceland
2008
   p
33
  
LFS
  
Indonesia
2008
22
  
LFS
  
Iran, Islamic Rep. of
2008
   a
13
  
LFS
  
Ireland
2008
32
  
LFS
  
Israel
2008
32
  
LFS
  
Italy
2008
33
  
LFS
  
Jersey
2001
   q
30
  
PC
  
Kazakhstan
2008
38
  
LFS
  
Kuwait
2005
14
  
PC
  
Kyrgyzstan
2006
35
  
LFS
  
Latvia
2008
   o
41
  
LFS
  
Lebanon
2007
8
  
HS
  
Lesotho
1999
   a
52
  
LFS
  
Lithuania
2008
40
  
LFS
  
Madagascar
2005
   r
22
  
HS
  
Malaysia
2008
   n
24
  
LFS
  
Maldives
2006
14
  
PC
  
Malta
2008
17
  
LFS
  
Mauritius
2008
   q
23
  
LFS
  
Mexico
2008
   d
31
  
LFS
  
Mongolia
2008
   q
47
  
OE
  
Montenegro
2005
   n
20
  
LFS
  
Morocco
2008
13
  
LFS
  
Namibia
2004
   s
36
  
LFS
  
Nepal
2001
   a
14
  
PC
  
Netherlands
2008
27
  
LFS
  
Netherlands Antilles
2007
   t
34
  
LFS
  
New Zealand
2008
   u
40
  
LFS
  
Nicaragua
2006
   a
41
  
LFS
  
Niue
2001
32
  
PC
  
Norway
2008
   o,p
31
  
LFS
  
Occupied Palestinian Territory
2008
10
  
LFS
  
Oman
2000
   e,v
9
  
LFS
  
Pakistan
2008
   a
3
  
LFS
  
Panama
2008
48
  
LFS
  
Paraguay
2008
   a
34
  
LFS
  
Peru
2008
   d,m
19
  
LFS
  
Philippines
2008
55
  
LFS
  
Poland
2008
36
  
LFS
  
Portugal
2008
31
  
LFS
  
Puerto Rico
2008
   q
43
  
LFS
  
Qatar
2007
7
  
LFS
  
Republic of Korea
2008
10
  
LFS
  
Republic of Moldova
2008
38
  
LFS
  
Romania
2008
29
  
LFS
  
Russian Federation
2008
   w
37
  
LFS
  
Saint Lucia
2004
52
  
LFS
  
Samoa
2001
29
  
PC
  
San Marino
2008
18
  
OE
  
Saudi Arabia
2008
8
  
LFS
  
Serbia
2008
36
  
LFS
  
Singapore
2008
   x
31
  
LFS
  
Slovakia
2008
   y
30
  
LFS
  
Slovenia
2008
35
  
LFS
  
South Africa
2008
   n
30
  
LFS
  
Spain
2008
   p
32
  
LFS
  
Sri Lanka
2008
   a,z
24
  
LFS
  
Sweden
2008
   o
32
  
LFS
  
Switzerland
2008
30
  
LFS
  
Syrian Arab Republic
2007
10
  
LFS
  
TFYR of Macedonia
2008
29
  
LFS
  
Thailand
2008
24
  
LFS
  
Tonga
2003
27
  
LFS
  
Trinidad and Tobago
2005
43
  
LFS
  
Turkey
2008
10
  
LFS
  
Tuvalu
2002
25
  
PC
  
Uganda
2003
   a
33
  
LFS
  
Ukraine
2008
   a1
39
  
LFS
  
United Arab Emirates
2008
10
  
LFS
  
United Kingdom
2008
   q
35
  
LFS
  
United Republic of Tanzania
2006
16
  
LFS
  
United States
2008
   q
43
  
LFS
  
Uruguay
2007
   d
40
  
LFS
  
Viet Nam
2004
22
  
LFS
  
Yemen
2005
2
  
HIES
  

 

 

 

Sources:

Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on data published by the International Labour Office in Table 2C Total employment, by occupation, available from ILO LABORSTA website, http://laborsta.ilo.org/ (accessed June 2011).

HI/ES
 Household income/expenditure survey
HS
 Household survey.
LFS
 Labour force survey.
OE
 Official estimates.
PC
 Population census.

 

Footnotes:

 

a
 Persons aged 10 and over.
b
 Coverage limited to 31 urban agglomerations and prior to 2006 only 28 urban agglomerations.
c
 Including professional army.
d
 Persons aged 14 and over.
e
 Persons aged 12 and over.
f
 Including armed forced and excluding conscripts.
g
 Excluding residents of the Territories and indigenous persons living on reserves.
h
 Whole national economy excluding armed forces and reemployed retired persons.
i
 Estimates not sufficiently reliable.
j
 Government-controlled areas only.
k
 Including armed forces and conscripts.
l
 Persons aged 15-66.
m
 Urban areas.
n
 Persons aged 15-64.
o
 Persons aged 15-74.
p
 Persons aged 16-74.
q
 Persons aged 16 and over.
r
 Persons aged 6 and over.
s
 Persons aged 15-69.
t
 Coverage limited to the island of Curaçao.
u
 Methodology revised, data not strictly comparable.
v
 Data refer to Omanis.
w
 Persons aged 15-72.
x
 Data refer to residents (Singapore citizens and permanent residents) aged 15 years and over.
y
 Excluding persons on child care leave.
z
 Excluding northern and eastern provinces.
a1
 Persons aged 15-70.

 

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Technical notes:

The indicator refers to the number of women legislators and managers as a percentage of all workers in this occupational group. It provides an indication of the presence of women in decision-making positions.

The indicator is derived from statistics on the distribution of the employed population (in some cases of the economically active population) by occupation, collected mainly through labour force surveys. Where labour force surveys are not available, other household surveys and population censuses can also provide the requisite information.

The category “legislators and managers” refers to major group 1 of the 1988 revision of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88) and includes the following sub-groups: (a) legislators and senior officials; (b) corporate managers; and (c) general managers.

For those countries reporting employment statistics according to the earlier International Standard Classification of Occupations 1968 edition (ISCO-68), the category “administrative and managerial workers" includes the following sub-groups: (a) legislative officials and government administrators and (b) managers.