Portugal - 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
2019 14.00

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
2005 50.80
2019 37.80

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

Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) in Portugal was 36.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 36.97 in 2019, while its lowest value was 21.89 in 2000.

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
2000 21.89
2001 22.64
2002 28.34
2003 27.08
2004 30.05
2005 29.12
2006 31.43
2007 30.81
2008 31.32
2009 34.40
2010 35.71
2011 26.15
2012 27.90
2013 27.61
2014 31.84
2015 30.37
2016 32.24
2017 30.44
2018 32.16
2019 36.97

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment