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Appendix 6-G:
Percentage of Total Female Population in G20 Countries

From Chapter 6: Achieving Gender Equality through G7 and G20 Governance, by Julia Kulik
In Accountability for Effectiveness in Global Governance
edited by John Kirton and Marina Larionova
available from Routledge, 2018

Country 1996 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Russia 53.1 53.5 53.6 53.6 53.6 53.6 53.6 53.6 53.6 53.5
Italy 51.5 51.4 51.4 51.4 51.4 51.4 51.4 51.4 51.4 51.4
Japan 51.0 51.2 51.3 51.3 51.3 51.3 51.3 51.3 51.4 51.4
France 51.0 51.2 51.3 51.3 51.3 51.3 51.3 51.3 51.3 51.3
Argentina 51.0 51.1 51.1 51.1 51.1 51.1 51.1 51.1 51.1 51.1
Germany 51.2 51.0 51.0 51.0 51.0 51.0 51.0 50.9 50.9 50.9
South Africa 50.7 50.9 50.9 51.0 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.8
Turkey 50.8 50.8 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.8 50.8
Brazil 50.5 50.7 50.7 50.7 50.7 50.8 50.8 50.8 50.8 50.8
United Kingdom 51.4 51.0 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.8 50.8 50.8 50.7 50.7
United States 50.8 50.6 50.6 50.5 50.5 50.5 50.5 50.5 50.4 50.4
Canada 50.5 50.4 50.4 50.4 50.4 50.4 50.4 50.4 50.4 50.4
Korea 49.9 50.1 50.2 50.2 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3
Mexico 50.4 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3
Australia 50.2 50.1 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0
Indonesia 50.0 49.8 49.7 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.6
China 48.6 48.6 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5
India 48.2 48.2 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.2 48.2 48.2
Saudi Arabia 44.4 44.1 43.9 43.8 43.7 43.6 43.5 43.5 43.4 43.5

Source: The World Bank, population, female (% of total).

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