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Share of senior and middle managers who were women worldwide in 2023, by occupation

Characteristic	Share of female managers
Child Care Services Managers	89.22%
Aged Care Services Managers	78.35%
Health Services Managers	70.34%
Social Welfare Managers	63.46%
Education Managers	58.75%
Advertising and Public Relations Managers	51.2%
Human Resource Managers	47.9%
Finance Managers	47.3%
Business Services and Administration Managers Not Elsewhere Classified	47.19%
Financial and Insurance Services Branch Managers	45.28%
Sales and Marketing Managers	44.57%
Policy and Planning Managers	41.4%
Senior and middle management positions	36.38%
Senior Government Officials	34.87%
Manufacturing Managers	33.41%
Legislators	29.11%
Research and Development Managers	28.91%
Professional Services Managers Not Elsewhere Classified	27.28%
Supply, Distribution and Related Managers	26.06%
Managing Directors and Chief Executives	22.79%
Traditional Chiefs and Heads of Villages	18.04%
Information and Communications Technology Services Managers	17.05%
Agricultural and Forestry Production Managers	16.8%
Aquaculture and Fisheries Production Managers	13.91%
Senior Officials of Special-interest Organizations	13.32%
Construction Managers	10.31%
Mining Managers	1.31%

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November 2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2023

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Covering 57 countries.

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Whereas almost 90 percent of middle and senior managers within child care services and more than three-quarters of elderly care managers worldwide were women, only one percent of mining managers and 10 percent of construction managers were women as of 2023. This underlines the global imbalance within employment, where women tend to work within the care sector.