How Women Are Represented Around the World

HOW WOMEN ARE REPRESENTED AROUND THE WORLD Women are represented in many different ways worldwide. By crunching the Graduate Management Admission Council's exam uptake numbers, statistics from the United Nations, and figures from the Gender Equality Index; GMAC has visualised women's representation around the world. From the countries represented by more women in government, to those with low numbers of female graduates; it's easy to see where the world is now. The question is, where is it going? TOP 5 COUNTRIES FOR TOP 5 COUNTRIES FOR TOP 5 COUNTRIES FOR VOTING EQUALITY WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT POSITIONS WOMEN IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT S. AFRICA 41.9% SWEDEN RUSSIA PHILIPPINES FINLAND RUSSIA 43.6% 40% 37% 1906 1918 FINLAND SPAIN VIETNAM FRANCE GERMANY U.S.A 41.5% 41.1% * 33% 33% 1918 1920 BELGIUM SWEDEN NETHERLANDS 39.3% 28% 1919 PROPORTION OF PUPILS OBTAINING A* TO C GCSE GRADES IN THE UK (2015) TOP 5 COUNTRIES FOR WOMEN VS MEN STUDYING GMAT BOTTOM 5 COUNTRIES FOR WOMEN VS MEN STUDYING GMAT GIRLS CHINA CHILE 73.1% WOMEN: 37,631 MEN: 20,152 WOMEN: 7O MEN: 387 VIETNMΜ JAPAN WOMEN: 863 MEN: 592 WOMEN: 520 MEN: 2092 BOYS 64.7% THAILAND ITALY WOMEN: 1,050 MEN: 766 WOMEN: 393 MEN: 1211 FINLAND BELGIUM WOMEN: 181 WOMEN: 100 MEN: 308 MEN: 157 RUSSIA ARGENTINA WOMEN: 1,033 MEN: 919 WOMEN: 95 MEN: 291 THE WORLD'S TOP FIVE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN (ALL RANKED BY DOLLARS, MEDIA PRESENCE AND IMPACT - FORBES 2015) ANGELA MERKEL HILLARY CLINTON MELINDA GATES CHANCELLOR, GERMANY COCHAIRWOMAN, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, UNITED STATES JANET YELLEN MARY BARRA CHAIRWOMAN, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, UNITED STATES CEO, GENERAL MOTORS, UNITED STATES Sources | hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-inequality-index-gii reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2014 dataviztool.internationalbusinessreport.com GMAC cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook | indexmundi.com unwomen.org | quotaproject.org |ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION COUNCIL A.