All👷 Wage and salaried workers, female
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.
Highlights
As of 2025, Qatar ranks first with 98.8%, followed by Kuwait (98.6%) and Bahrain (96.8%).
The top two are virtually level: Qatar and Kuwait differ by less than 1%.
Across 181 countries and territories, values run from 98.8% (Qatar) to 3.2% (Chad), with a median of 68.6%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Asia, 2 from Europe and 1 from the Americas.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026