Number of female directors by country
Number of female directors is the number of female individuals who conduct the affairs of newly registered limited liability companies in the calendar year.
What the numbers show
Number of female directors is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 286,897 in South Africa; the lowest is 22 in Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,087, and the mean is 14,832.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,041.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 4,360.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 64.1%).
Number of female directors: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 286,897 | 2022 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 2 | India | 107,641 | 2024 | up 170.3% | rising |
| 3 | France | 82,577 | 2024 | up 385.2% | rising |
| 4 | Thailand | 78,931 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 65,986 | 2020 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 6 | Vietnam | 50,972 | 2024 | up 322.1% | rising |
| 7 | Chile | 50,837 | 2022 | up 493.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Romania | 37,554 | 2024 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 9 | Italy | 30,163 | 2024 | up 153.4% | rising |
| 10 | Malaysia | 24,203 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 11 | Turkey | 22,977 | 2024 | up 147.9% | rising |
| 12 | Sweden | 18,118 | 2020 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 13 | Myanmar | 15,169 | 2020 | up 228.9% | rising |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 13,403 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 15 | Zambia | 13,199 | 2024 | up 177.1% | rising |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 12,664 | 2022 | up 434.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Morocco | 12,460 | 2024 | up 144.2% | rising |
| 18 | Netherlands | 9,666 | 2020 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 19 | Ecuador | 9,443 | 2024 | up 140.8% | rising |
| 20 | Rwanda | 9,035 | 2024 | up 238.0% | rising |
| 21 | Mongolia | 8,363 | 2024 | up 99.2% | rising |
| 22 | Estonia | 8,044 | 2024 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 23 | Pakistan | 7,204 | 2024 | up 279.6% | rising |
| 24 | Guatemala | 6,898 | 2024 | up 940.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Slovakia | 5,786 | 2024 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5,394 | 2024 | up 695.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 4,986 | 2023 | up 498.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Georgia | 4,864 | 2024 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 29 | Denmark | 4,427 | 2024 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 30 | Greece | 4,009 | 2024 | up 272.2% | rising |
| 31 | Norway | 3,693 | 2024 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 32 | Mauritius | 3,306 | 2024 | up 118.9% | rising |
| 33 | Latvia | 3,260 | 2018 | — | flat |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 2,631 | 2024 | up 266.4% | rising |
| 35 | Jamaica | 2,517 | 2024 | up 190.3% | rising |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 2,087 | 2024 | up 861.8% | rising |
| 37 | Serbia | 1,919 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 38 | Montenegro | 1,884 | 2024 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Cambodia | 1,725 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 40 | Belarus | 1,488 | 2020 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 1,464 | 2018 | — | falling |
| 42 | Egypt | 1,452 | 2020 | up 136.5% | rising |
| 43 | Oman | 1,291 | 2020 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 44 | Togo | 1,213 | 2024 | up 682.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Uruguay | 1,010 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 46 | Slovenia | 974 | 2018 | — | falling |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 954 | 2024 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 48 | Malta | 886 | 2024 | up 22.2% | flat |
| 49 | Benin | 877 | 2020 | up 238.6% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 865 | 2020 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 51 | Albania | 628 | 2020 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea | 617 | 2024 | up 542.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Namibia | 591 | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Gabon | 582 | 2024 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 55 | Jordan | 544 | 2024 | up 1,108.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Iceland | 540 | 2024 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 57 | Bahrain | 467 | 2024 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 58 | Algeria | 253 | 2024 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 229 | 2018 | — | rising |
| 60 | Qatar | 223 | 2024 | up 4,360.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Iraq | 218 | 2022 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 62 | Palestine | 208 | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 63 | East Timor | 137 | 2022 | — | falling |
| 64 | Laos | 112 | 2024 | up 646.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 93 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Samoa | 52 | 2020 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 67 | Bhutan | 45 | 2018 | — | rising |
| 68 | Central African Republic | 44 | 2024 | up 238.5% | rising |
| 68 | Brunei | 44 | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Tonga | 35 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 71 | Congo | 22 | 2020 | up 266.7% | rising |
About this data
Number of female directors is the number of female individuals who conduct the affairs of newly registered limited liability companies in the calendar year.