Share of male vs. female employment in industry by country
Share of total employment working in the industry sector.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
47.5%
Slovakia
Lowest
2.0%
South Sudan
Median
25.8%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Share of male vs. female employment in industry is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 47.5% in Slovakia; the lowest is 2.0% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 25.8%, and the mean is 25.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 94.6%), and the largest decrease in East Timor (down 63.1%).
Share of male vs. female employment in industry: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia | 47.5% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 2 | Czechia | 46.3% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 3 | Qatar | 45.5% | 2025 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 4 | Guyana | 43.8% | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 5 | Oman | 43.3% | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Slovenia | 42.9% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 7 | Belarus | 42.3% | 2025 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 8 | Bahrain | 41.8% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 41.4% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 10 | Hungary | 41.2% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.1% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 40.4% | 2025 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 13 | Nepal | 39.3% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 38.6% | 2025 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 38.2% | 2025 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 16 | China | 37.7% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 37.4% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 18 | Croatia | 37.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 36.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 20 | Suriname | 36.8% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 21 | Lithuania | 36.7% | 2025 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 22 | Russia | 36.7% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 23 | Turkmenistan | 36.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 24 | Iran | 36.4% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 25 | Austria | 35.9% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 26 | Italy | 35.8% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 35.3% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 35.2% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 29 | Ukraine | 35.0% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 35.0% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia | 34.3% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 32 | Egypt | 34.1% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 33 | Tunisia | 33.9% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 34 | Palestine | 33.8% | 2022 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 35 | Portugal | 33.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 36 | Algeria | 33.6% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 37 | South Korea | 32.5% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32.5% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 39 | Cape Verde | 32.3% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 40 | Turkey | 32.2% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 41 | Latvia | 32.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 42 | Finland | 32.1% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 43 | Gambia | 31.9% | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 44 | Cambodia | 31.8% | 2025 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Japan | 31.4% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 46 | New Caledonia | 31.4% | 2025 | down 19.0% | flat |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.4% | 2025 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 48 | Armenia | 31.2% | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 49 | Lesotho | 31.0% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 50 | Malaysia | 30.8% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 51 | Mongolia | 30.4% | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 52 | Eswatini | 30.0% | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 53 | Kuwait | 29.9% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 54 | Chile | 29.8% | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 55 | Argentina | 29.7% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 56 | India | 29.6% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 29.6% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 58 | Mexico | 29.6% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 59 | Australia | 29.5% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 60 | Belgium | 29.2% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 61 | Spain | 29.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 62 | New Zealand | 29.1% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 63 | Pakistan | 28.8% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 64 | El Salvador | 28.6% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 65 | France | 28.5% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 66 | South Africa | 28.4% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 67 | Syria | 28.4% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 28.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 69 | Switzerland | 28.3% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 70 | Guam | 28.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 28.0% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 72 | Canada | 27.9% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 73 | United States | 27.9% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 74 | Philippines | 27.6% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 75 | Brazil | 27.5% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 76 | Norway | 27.4% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 77 | Denmark | 27.4% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 78 | Iceland | 27.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 27.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 80 | Uruguay | 27.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 81 | Albania | 26.9% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 82 | Montenegro | 26.8% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 83 | Mauritius | 26.8% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 84 | Indonesia | 26.8% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 85 | Jamaica | 26.7% | 2025 | up 20.6% | flat |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 26.6% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 87 | Brunei | 26.5% | 2025 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 88 | United States Virgin Islands | 26.4% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 89 | Paraguay | 26.4% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 90 | Bolivia | 26.4% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 91 | Morocco | 26.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 92 | Ireland | 26.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 25.8% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 94 | Senegal | 25.8% | 2025 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 95 | Sweden | 25.7% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 96 | Bahamas | 25.7% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 97 | Rwanda | 25.3% | 2025 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 98 | Barbados | 25.2% | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 99 | Thailand | 25.1% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 100 | Cyprus | 25.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 101 | Libya | 25.0% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 102 | Lebanon | 25.0% | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 103 | Saint Lucia | 24.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 104 | Namibia | 24.9% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 105 | Malta | 24.8% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 106 | Georgia | 24.7% | 2025 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 107 | Colombia | 24.6% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 108 | Guatemala | 24.6% | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 109 | Gabon | 24.5% | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 24.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 111 | Hong Kong | 24.4% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 112 | North Korea | 24.2% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 113 | United Kingdom | 23.9% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 114 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.8% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 23.7% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 23.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 117 | Peru | 22.9% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 118 | Israel | 22.9% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 119 | Bangladesh | 22.7% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 120 | Greece | 22.5% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 22.4% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 122 | French Polynesia | 21.8% | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 123 | Ecuador | 21.7% | 2025 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 124 | Panama | 21.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 125 | Congo | 21.5% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 126 | Botswana | 21.4% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 127 | Netherlands | 21.1% | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 128 | Cuba | 20.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 20.8% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 130 | Ghana | 20.8% | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 131 | Tonga | 20.2% | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 132 | Venezuela | 20.2% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 20.0% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 134 | Belize | 19.9% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 135 | Kenya | 19.5% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 19.4% | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 137 | Bhutan | 19.3% | 2025 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Somalia | 18.9% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 139 | Samoa | 18.9% | 2025 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 140 | Moldova | 18.8% | 2025 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 141 | Afghanistan | 18.7% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 142 | Macao | 18.7% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 18.6% | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 144 | Myanmar | 18.4% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 145 | Jordan | 18.2% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 146 | Comoros | 18.0% | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 147 | Eritrea | 17.7% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 148 | Nigeria | 17.5% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 149 | Benin | 17.4% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 150 | Mauritania | 17.4% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 151 | Singapore | 17.2% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 152 | Guinea | 16.8% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 16.7% | 2025 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 154 | Cameroon | 16.6% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 155 | Sudan | 16.5% | 2022 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 156 | Zambia | 16.0% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 157 | Maldives | 15.7% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 158 | Cote d'Ivoire | 15.6% | 2025 | up 39.4% | flat |
| 159 | Togo | 15.6% | 2025 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 160 | Fiji | 15.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 161 | Vanuatu | 14.9% | 2025 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 14.6% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.5% | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 164 | Papua New Guinea | 12.9% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 165 | Angola | 12.5% | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 166 | Liberia | 12.5% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.5% | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 12.4% | 2025 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 169 | Haiti | 12.1% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 170 | Mozambique | 12.0% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 171 | Tanzania | 11.8% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 11.7% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 173 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.6% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 174 | Yemen | 11.1% | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 175 | Uganda | 10.8% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 176 | Madagascar | 10.5% | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 177 | Chad | 10.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 178 | Malawi | 9.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 179 | Mali | 9.3% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 180 | Laos | 8.9% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 181 | Djibouti | 8.8% | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 7.6% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 183 | Niger | 7.5% | 2025 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 184 | Burundi | 5.8% | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 185 | East Timor | 5.8% | 2025 | down 63.1% | rising |
| 186 | South Sudan | 2.0% | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
About this data
Share of total employment working in the industry sector.