Firms with female top managers — all countries

Firms with female top managers — Bangladesh

Firms with female top managers in Bangladesh in 2022 — 3.6%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 6. Since 2007, the indicator has risen by 2.3 pp.

2022 3.6% −1.2 pp vs 2013
World rank 3of 6
Period maximum 4.8%2013
Period minimum 1.3%2007

Trend over time

2007–2022 · % of firms

Firms with female top managers — Bangladesh, 2007–202202462007200920112013201520172019202120222007: 1.3%2013: 4.8%2022: 3.6%
Change over the period: +2.3 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp
Firms with female top managers — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 3.6
2013 4.8
2007 1.3

Southern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of firms whose top management position is held by a woman, from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys. The surveys cover the formal private sector, so the indicator does not see small informal business, where the share of women is usually higher. Its level is weakly related to the income of a country and noticeably related to industry structure: where trade and services prevail, more firms are headed by women.

Important: The aggregate is a simple average across countries: the correct weight would be the number of firms, and the source does not publish it. The surveys are run once every few years and not annually in every country.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.