The table depicts the percentage of female labor in employment and leadership roles across five countries, including Australia, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Japan and the United States.
Overall, it is clear that the share of female workforce in the surveyed countries were higher than that of women in management, excepting Australia. Notably, Japanese women involved in work topped the list while the lowest for this figure can be observed in Egypt. In contrast, the percentage of female leaders in both Australia and the United States ranked the highest whereas that in Sri Lanka was at the bottom of the table.
Regarding women in the labour force, 48% of women in Japan participated in the employment market, standing at the first position. Following closely behind was the proportion of United States female employees, which was at 46%. Women participating in employment in Australia and Sri Lanka witnessed the same figures, both ranking the third, at 42%. The percentage of female employees in Egypt was nearly half of the former (20%), making it the bottom of the survey.
Moving on to the women in management, 43% of women in Australia and The United States took the managing responsibility, being a leading figure in the whole table. In this category, Japanese and Egyptian women followed behind, which was 17% and 12%, respectively. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka observed the smallest percentage of women in leadership roles.