They’re in BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa with over surpasses 30% of executives being female, exceeding the global average of 24%.
TOP 10 COUNTRIES
- Russia: 43%
- Indonesia: 41%
- Latvia: 41%
- Philippines: 40%
- Lithuania: 39%
- China: 38%
- Thailand: 38%
- Estonia: 37%
- Armenia: 35%
- Georgia: 35%
BOTTOM 10 COUNTRIES
- Spain: 22%
- U.S.: 22%
- U.K.: 20%
- Denmark: 14%
- Germany: 14%
- India: 14%
- United Arab Emirates: 14%
- Switzerland: 13%
- Netherlands: 10%
- Japan: 9%
One reason why: Women are graduating from higher education at rates equivalent or greater to men in those BRIC countries.
That said, women in general in those countries are a small percentage of the overall workforce compared to Europe or North America.
For those countries that impose quotas saying that you have to have a certain amount of women like Norway or Spain, they have some of the lowest rates of women in management.
The good news is that those numbers of women executives in general, are on the rise; it was only 19% in 2004 and now it’s at 24% globally.
