EMPLOYEES FEMALE (% OF ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION)
|
|
1970 |
1971 |
1972 |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
|
WORLD TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASIA-PACI (APFSOS) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bangladesh |
|
|
|
|
0.79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.28 |
|
|
Bhutan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brunei |
|
10.66 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.08 |
|
|
Cambodia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
China |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hong Kong |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.10 |
30.89 |
31.84 |
31.23 |
|
India |
|
1.78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indonesia |
|
9.34 |
|
|
|
|
8.67 |
10.57 |
12.83 |
|
7.51 |
|
13.40 |
|
Japan |
|
|
|
|
22.18 |
22.10 |
22.37 |
22.95 |
23.14 |
23.41 |
23.96 |
24.37 |
24.56 |
|
Korea, D. P. Rep. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Korea, Rep. |
|
10.18 |
9.79 |
|
10.22 |
10.43 |
11.53 |
12.44 |
13.64 |
14.35 |
14.29 |
14.26 |
14.95 |
|
Laos |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Malaysia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.66 |
|
|
|
Maldives |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mongolia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Myanmar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nepal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pakistan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Philippines |
|
|
|
|
12.73 |
14.83 |
15.11 |
15.01 |
15.05 |
|
|
14.36 |
|
|
Singapore |
|
|
|
|
26.80 |
24.47 |
26.06 |
26.81 |
28.26 |
28.77 |
30.74 |
|
31.13 |
|
Sri Lanka |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14.72 |
|
|
Thailand |
|
|
|
6.52 |
|
|
7.72 |
|
7.27 |
|
7.98 |
|
9.28 |
|
Vietnam |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCEANIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Samoa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia |
|
|
|
28.94 |
|
|
29.15 |
|
29.08 |
28.74 |
|
|
29.28 |
|
Fiji |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.76 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
French Polynesia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guam |
20.66 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35.89 |
|
|
|
Kiribati |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marshall Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Caledonia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Zealand |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solomon Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tonga |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vanuatu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Samoa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EMPLOYEES FEMALE (% OF ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION) (cont.)
|
|
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
|
WORLD TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASIA-PACI (APFSOS) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bangladesh |
|
6.10 |
|
7.20 |
|
|
|
|
2.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bhutan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brunei |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.08 |
|
|
|
Cambodia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
China |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hong Kong |
32.40 |
33.04 |
32.75 |
33.14 |
32.32 |
|
|
|
|
|
34.25 |
34.84 |
|
|
India |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indonesia |
|
|
8.42 |
7.56 |
|
8.09 |
8.32 |
|
|
9.18 |
12.83 |
|
|
|
Japan |
25.23 |
25.61 |
25.98 |
26.31 |
26.55 |
27.08 |
27.91 |
28.73 |
29.49 |
30.01 |
30.37 |
30.61 |
|
|
Korea, D. P. Rep. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Korea, Rep. |
16.10 |
17.08 |
18.02 |
18.38 |
19.66 |
20.31 |
21.90 |
22.50 |
22.65 |
22.59 |
22.47 |
10.43 |
|
|
Laos |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Malaysia |
|
|
|
|
21.08 |
21.25 |
|
22.99 |
|
|
24.50 |
|
|
|
Maldives |
|
|
5.40 |
|
|
|
|
8.51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mongolia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Myanmar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nepal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pakistan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Philippines |
|
|
15.41 |
|
14.65 |
15.04 |
14.80 |
15.26 |
14.99 |
14.78 |
14.76 |
15.05 |
|
|
Singapore |
30.82 |
32.0 |
31.63 |
31.44 |
32.36 |
34.23 |
35.18 |
|
36.07 |
36.07 |
36.34 |
24.47 |
|
|
Sri Lanka |
|
|
15.17 |
|
|
|
|
15.91 |
|
16.05 |
18.14 |
17.58 |
|
|
Thailand |
|
|
|
|
10.93 |
11.03 |
11.23 |
11.58 |
7.27 |
|
7.98 |
15.74 |
|
|
Vietnam |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCEANIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Samoa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia |
29.16 |
30.23 |
30.82 |
31.20 |
31.84 |
32.67 |
33.89 |
33.73 |
33.47 |
32.92 |
32.88 |
33.59 |
|
|
Fiji |
|
|
|
11.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
French Polynesia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guam |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kiribati |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marshall Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Micronesia. Fed. Sts. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Caledonia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Zealand |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3346 |
523 |
|
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solomon Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tonga |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vanuatu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Samoa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source: World Development Indicators 1997, World Bank
