Share of male vs female employment in services by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
89.91
Djibouti
Lowest
17.16
Burundi
Median
52
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Share of male vs female employment in services is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 89.91 in Djibouti; the lowest is 17.16 in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 52, and the mean is 52.13.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 158 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 43.1%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 16.2%).
Share of male vs female employment in services: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 89.91 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 86.51 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 3 | Singapore | 82.66 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 4 | Macao | 80.87 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 5 | Jordan | 78.05 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 77.42 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 76.68 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 8 | Israel | 75.94 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 75.38 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 10 | French Polynesia | 75.35 | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 74.87 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 12 | Malta | 73.89 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 13 | Barbados | 73.08 | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 14 | Bahamas | 72.85 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 15 | Maldives | 72.45 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 16 | Brunei | 72.13 | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 17 | Cyprus | 71.74 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 18 | Sweden | 71.69 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 71.22 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 20 | Lebanon | 70.8 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 21 | United States Virgin Islands | 70.75 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 70.64 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 23 | Denmark | 70.14 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 24 | United States | 70.14 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 69.54 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 26 | Guam | 69.35 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 27 | Norway | 68.81 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 28 | Switzerland | 68.78 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 29 | France | 68.33 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 30 | Montenegro | 68.33 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 31 | Kuwait | 67.73 | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 32 | Australia | 67.7 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 33 | Ireland | 67.59 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 34 | Mauritius | 67.49 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 35 | Iceland | 67.37 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 36 | Venezuela | 67.36 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 37 | Spain | 66.26 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 38 | New Caledonia | 66.26 | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 39 | Greece | 65.69 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 40 | Japan | 65.34 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 41 | South Africa | 64.85 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 42 | Iraq | 64.17 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 43 | New Zealand | 64.04 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 44 | Saint Lucia | 63.4 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 45 | Libya | 63.39 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 63.31 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 47 | Finland | 62.67 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 62.49 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 62.46 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62.27 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 51 | Chile | 62.13 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 52 | South Korea | 61.99 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 61.89 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 54 | Brazil | 61.6 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 61.31 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 56 | Germany | 61.17 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 57 | Uruguay | 61.13 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 58 | Austria | 60.9 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 59 | Argentina | 60.75 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 60 | Palestine | 59.86 | 2022 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 61 | Italy | 59.85 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 59.04 | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 63 | Belize | 58.46 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 58.33 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 65 | Latvia | 58.31 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 66 | Yemen | 58.02 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 67 | Panama | 58.02 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 68 | Cuba | 57.84 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 69 | Lithuania | 57.46 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 70 | Malaysia | 57.35 | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 71 | Croatia | 57.35 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 72 | Estonia | 57.27 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 73 | Bahrain | 57.14 | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 74 | Russia | 56.42 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 75 | Algeria | 55.85 | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 76 | Colombia | 55.59 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 77 | Turkey | 55.51 | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 55.46 | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 79 | Suriname | 55.38 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 80 | Cape Verde | 55.08 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 54.86 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 82 | Mexico | 54.37 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 83 | Jamaica | 54.34 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 84 | Paraguay | 53.93 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 85 | Syria | 53.83 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 86 | Hungary | 53.09 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 87 | Slovenia | 52.78 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 88 | Somalia | 52.76 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 89 | Peru | 52.74 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 90 | Qatar | 52.52 | 2025 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 91 | Botswana | 52.13 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 52.11 | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 93 | Tunisia | 52.07 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 94 | Eswatini | 51.93 | 2025 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 95 | Namibia | 51.77 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 96 | Gambia | 51.26 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 51.24 | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 98 | Poland | 51.22 | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 99 | El Salvador | 50.74 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 100 | Czechia | 50.08 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 101 | Oman | 50.02 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 102 | Iran | 49.77 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 103 | Liberia | 49.31 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 104 | Mauritania | 49.27 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 105 | Slovakia | 49.18 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 106 | Morocco | 48.89 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 107 | Fiji | 48.83 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 108 | Comoros | 48.83 | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 109 | Bolivia | 48.76 | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 110 | East Timor | 48.76 | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 48.74 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 112 | Ukraine | 48.62 | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 113 | Egypt | 48.37 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 114 | Samoa | 47.93 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 115 | Serbia | 47.05 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 47.01 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 117 | Philippines | 46.85 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 46.85 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 119 | Romania | 46.79 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 120 | Tonga | 46.61 | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 121 | Albania | 46.58 | 2025 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 122 | Rwanda | 46.48 | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 46.42 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 46.13 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 125 | Sudan | 46.08 | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.57 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 127 | Armenia | 45.46 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 128 | Nepal | 45.37 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 129 | Belarus | 45.17 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 130 | Gabon | 45.01 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 131 | Ecuador | 44.59 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 132 | Indonesia | 44.58 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 133 | Bhutan | 44.27 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 134 | Pakistan | 44.2 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 135 | Honduras | 44.08 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 136 | Cameroon | 43.83 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 137 | Georgia | 43.63 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 138 | Congo | 43.31 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 139 | Thailand | 43.21 | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 140 | Togo | 43.06 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 42.29 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 42.12 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 143 | Senegal | 41.77 | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 144 | Kenya | 41.38 | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 145 | Turkmenistan | 41.3 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 146 | Mongolia | 40.75 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 147 | Guatemala | 39.94 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 148 | Nigeria | 39.82 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 149 | Guyana | 39.64 | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 150 | Angola | 39.38 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 151 | Ghana | 39.22 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 152 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 38.53 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 38.27 | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 154 | China | 38.14 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 155 | Cambodia | 36.87 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 156 | Guinea | 36.52 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 157 | India | 35.93 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 158 | Vietnam | 35.81 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 159 | South Sudan | 35.8 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 160 | Benin | 35.79 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 161 | Nicaragua | 35.78 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 162 | Cote d'Ivoire | 35.66 | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 163 | Zimbabwe | 32.92 | 2025 | up 35.5% | falling |
| 164 | Zambia | 32.44 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 165 | Myanmar | 32.37 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.81 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 167 | Moldova | 31.76 | 2025 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 168 | Burkina Faso | 31.4 | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 169 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.12 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 170 | Afghanistan | 31.08 | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 171 | Malawi | 30.89 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 172 | Uganda | 29.88 | 2025 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 173 | Lesotho | 29.84 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 174 | Haiti | 29.69 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 175 | Eritrea | 29.23 | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 176 | Mali | 26.38 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 177 | Tanzania | 25.7 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 178 | North Korea | 25.14 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 179 | Ethiopia | 24.73 | 2025 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 180 | Mozambique | 24.33 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 181 | Niger | 23.84 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 182 | Laos | 22.33 | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 183 | Central African Republic | 21.64 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 184 | Chad | 20.04 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 185 | Madagascar | 19.44 | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 186 | Burundi | 17.16 | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |