The given table illustrates the percentage of women participating in the workforce and those who are female managers across five different nations.
Overall, it is noticeable that Japan has the highest rate of working women, whereas Australia and the United States take the lion’s share of female managers. In addition, Sri Lanka and Japan represent the largest disparity between women’s labour force participation and their presence in management roles.
Looking first at the three developed nations, the American women account for 46% of the workforce, which is 3% higher than their representation in management positions, at 43%. The figures in Japan show the largest gap of 31%, with only 17% of women choosing to work as managers compared to 48% of them participating in the labour force, making it the country with the highest proportion of working women. In contrast, the rate of women in management in Australia closely follows the figure for those in the workforce by 1%, at 43% and 42%, respectively.
Turning to the remaining nations, although women in Sri Lanka made up 42% of the workforce, the percentage of those who work as managers is only 9%, which is the lowest figure among the five nations. Egypt mirrors this pattern, with 20% of their labour force being women, making it the country with the smallest female labour participation rate, which is 8 percentage points higher than its proportion of female managers, at 12%.