Share of male directors (% of total directors) by country
Share of male directors is the proportion of male directors of newly registered limited liability companies out of the total number of directors of newly registered limited liability companies in the economy in the calendar year. A director is defined as an individual who conducts the affairs of newly registered...
What the numbers show
Share of male directors (% of total directors) is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 98.2% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 52.4% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 75.5%, and the mean is 75.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 38.0%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 17.5%).
Share of male directors: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 98.2% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 96.1% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 3 | Bahrain | 95.6% | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 4 | Iraq | 92.8% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Egypt | 91.2% | 2020 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 6 | Palestine, State of | 91.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 7 | Algeria | 89.9% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | Nepal | 89.6% | 2020 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 87.7% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 10 | Jordan | 87.7% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 11 | Timor-Leste | 87.4% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 12 | Oman | 87.2% | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 13 | Pakistan | 86.5% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 85.2% | 2024 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 15 | Guinea | 84.8% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 84.6% | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 17 | Morocco | 84.5% | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 18 | Türkiye | 83.6% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 19 | Malta | 82.4% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | 81.5% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 21 | Denmark | 80.9% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 80.8% | 2022 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 23 | Albania | 79.9% | 2020 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 24 | Netherlands | 79.4% | 2020 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 25 | Norway | 79.4% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 79.2% | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 27 | Togo | 78.5% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 28 | Guatemala | 78.3% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 29 | Benin | 78.3% | 2020 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 30 | Sweden | 77.2% | 2020 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 31 | Italy | 76.6% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 32 | Greece | 76.2% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 33 | Congo | 76.1% | 2020 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 34 | Brunei Darussalam | 75.6% | 2020 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 35 | Serbia | 75.5% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 36 | Gabon | 75.5% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 37 | Iceland | 75.3% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 38 | Belarus | 75.1% | 2020 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 74.8% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 40 | Georgia | 74.7% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 41 | Bhutan | 73.8% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 42 | Montenegro | 73.4% | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 43 | Slovakia | 73.3% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 44 | France | 72.9% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 45 | Tajikistan | 72.4% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 46 | Malaysia | 72.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 47 | Slovenia | 71.5% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 48 | India | 70.9% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 49 | Cambodia | 70.8% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 50 | Zambia | 69.6% | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 51 | Estonia | 69.4% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 52 | Myanmar | 69.1% | 2020 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 68.8% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 68.6% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 55 | Mauritius | 67.7% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 56 | Namibia | 66.8% | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 57 | Viet Nam | 66.6% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 58 | Latvia | 66.6% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 59 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 66.2% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 60 | Rwanda | 65.4% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 61 | Ecuador | 65.3% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 62 | Samoa | 65.3% | 2020 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 63 | Romania | 64.4% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 64 | Chile | 63.7% | 2022 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 65 | Tonga | 63.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 66 | Uruguay | 62.7% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 67 | Jamaica | 61.8% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 68 | Nigeria | 58.6% | 2020 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 69 | Mongolia | 56.1% | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 70 | Thailand | 54.1% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 71 | South Africa | 52.4% | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
About this data
Share of male directors is the proportion of male directors of newly registered limited liability companies out of the total number of directors of newly registered limited liability companies in the economy in the calendar year. A director is defined as an individual who conducts the affairs of newly registered limited liability companies in the calendar year.