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

Key figures

Over five years it is down 2.91 percentage points from 36.98% in 2020. Since 2004 it is up 5.46 percentage points from 28.61% in 2004. The World Bank has no value for 3 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2025, Argentina's female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) fell 2.31 percentage points on 2024 (from 36.38% to 34.07%).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2024), the average change was +0.88 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.5 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.35 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2017 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 29% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Argentina had the 25th highest value of the 33 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Argentina in the 2025 ranking

• Georgia — 22nd of 33: 35.62%
• Greece — 23rd of 33: 35.01%
• Thailand — 24th of 33: 34.53%
• Switzerland — 26th of 33: 33.28%
• Serbia — 27th of 33: 31.91%
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 28th of 33: 27.86%

What this measures

The female share of employment in senior and middle management conveys the number of women in management as a percentage of employment in management. Employment in management is defined based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations. This series refers to senior and middle management only, thus excluding junior management (category 1 in both ISCO-08 and ISCO-88 minus category 14 in ISCO-08 and minus category 13 in ISCO-88).

Limitations: The main limitation of this indicator is that it fails to capture the differences in the levels of responsibility of women in their respective managerial position, or the importance of the enterprises and organizations in which they are employed. Its quality is also significantly impacted by the reliability of the employment statistics by occupation at the two-digit level of the ISCO. Whenever data at the two-digit level of the ISCO are not available, data at the one-digit level could be used as a proxy, referring only to major group 1 of ISCO-08 or ISCO-88, rather than to also refer to major group 1 minus category 14 of ISCO-08 or major group 1 minus category 13 of ISCO-88.

All 19 values

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

• Bolivia — 26.35% (2025)
• Brazil — 38.7% (2025)
• Chile — 31.6% (2022)
• Colombia — 41.9% (2025)
• Costa Rica — 46.21% (2025)
• Dominican Republic — 47.78% (2025)
• Ecuador — 45.28% (2025)
• El Salvador — 43.84% (2025)
• Guatemala

More social protection & labor data for Argentina

• Net migration — 2,859 (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 4,941 (2025)
• Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 7.38% (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 542 (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 53.29% (2025)
• Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 74.09% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 71.92% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)

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Questions people ask

What is Argentina's female share of employment in senior and middle management (%)?

34.07% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2004?

It is up 5.46 percentage points from 28.61% in 2004. The highest value was 38.64% in 2014 and the lowest 26.26% in 2005.

How does Argentina rank?

25th highest of 33 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) unusual for Argentina?

In 2025, Argentina's female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) fell 2.31 percentage points on 2024 (from 36.38% to 34.07%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2024), the average change was +0.88 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.EMP.SMGT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Market-related SDG Indicators database (ILOSDG), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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