Brazil - Gender equality

Firms with female top manager (% of firms)

Definition: Firms with female top manager refers to the percentage of firms in the private sector who have females as top managers. Top manager refers to the highest ranking manager or CEO of the establishment. This person may be the owner if he/she works as the manager of the firm. The results are based on surveys of more than 100,000 private firms.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2009 19.40

Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms)

Definition: Firms with female participation in ownership are the percentage of firms with a woman among the principal owners.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2009 50.20

Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%)

Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) in Brazil was 38.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 38.72 in 2018, while its lowest value was 34.22 in 2003.

Definition: The proportion of females in total employment in senior and middle management. It corresponds to major group 1 in both ISCO-08 and ISCO-88 minus category 14 in ISCO-08 (hospitality, retail and other services managers) and minus category 13 in ISCO-88 (general managers), since these comprise mainly managers of small enterprises.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.

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Year Value
2002 35.02
2003 34.22
2004 35.67
2005 38.07
2006 36.30
2007 37.68
2008 35.83
2009 35.22
2011 36.58
2012 36.45
2013 36.96
2014 37.37
2015 37.97
2016 38.23
2017 38.37
2018 38.72
2019 38.61

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment