The table compares the percentages of women in the workforce and management positions in Australia, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Japan and the USA. Overall, women were generally underrepresented in management relative to their participation in the workforce, with Australia being the only exception, where the two proportions were nearly equal. In addition, Australia and the United States had the highest shares of female managers, while Sri Lanka recorded the lowest.
The United States and Australia showed higher percentages in both categories. The figures for female employees in the workforce were 46% in the USA and that for Australia stood at 42%. Meanwhile, both countries exhibited the same proportion of female managers, at 43%, recording the highest figures among the five countries.
Japan, Sri Lanka and Egypt, on the other hand, had the largest disparities. Japan had the highest proportions of women in the workforce at 48%, while the share of female managers in this country was 17%, with a 31-percentage-point discrepancy. Sri Lanka followed a similar pattern, with 41% of female workforce participation and 9% of female managers, recording the lowest figures for the women working as managers. Female workforce proportions in Egypt were the lowest among all countries with 20%, while the figures for female managers accounted for 12%.
