In honor of the International Women's Day, Economic The annual ceiling index for the fall of glass, which analyzes working conditions for women throughout 29 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Countries were classified based on these ten measures:
- Higher education
- GMAT exams conducted by women
- The average participation strength rate
- The gender wage gap
- Women in administrative positions
- Women on the company's paintings
- Women in the government
- Net care costs
- Paid vacation for mothers
- Paid leave for parents
The United States has failed to get the best 10 rating – take no. 19 positions in the list. It is something Lizi Pitt, a data researcher at The Economist, is not surprising, as America usually is usually less than the average economic cooperation and development organization for both studied measures.
“It is clear that it is not great, especially for such a wealthy and important country,” she says to CNBC. “It should be somewhat better.”
One of the reasons for the United States is very poorly badly, is that the country does not have a sudden parenting leave, and it is the only country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development without this policy.
“The lack of parents’ vacation forces many women from the workforce, which feed on the reason why there is no large gap in the sexes between the sexes and why the woman's representation in administrative roles is slightly less than it should. “
On the other hand, many northern European countries have ranked high on the glass ceiling index, including Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland, the best 2 countries for working women.
In a joint press release with CNBC, this economist said: “The northern European countries continue to give priority to help women complete the university, secure a job, reach high positions and benefit from the regulations of parental management and flexible work schedules.”
Sweden is the best country to be a working woman in 2025
Sweden ended the two -year Iceland winning chain to occupy the first place in the list of the best countries for working women.
Sweden
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In 2024, women in Sweden achieved 7.3 % of men, higher than an average Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 11.4 %. According to the report, 66.6 % of working ages had a job compared to 81 % of men, but in Sweden, the number of women of work age has more than 82 %.
In Sweden, 43.7 % of women are in administrative positions, which is the best in the index, and 37.7 % of women carry seats on plates in the northern country.
Women carry 46.7 % of the seats in the government. In the United States, this number is less than the average Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at 28.7 %.
Sweden also has one of the smallest gap in wages among working women, says Beit.
“The fact that (nearly) 44 % of the administrative roles in companies are held by women linking the cause of the sex gap is smaller because these roles tend to be better.” “Countries with fewer women in management, fewer women who move the ladder of companies, tend to have wider wages.”
Sweden has always been a pioneer in gender equality. since Global Economic Forum report It was released in 2006, and the country has never occupied less than 10 for the gap between women and men according to indicators such as health, education, politics and economics.
In 2023, according to Country siteThe average monthly salaries for women in Sweden were 90 % of men. Sweden was also the first country to replace sexual maternity leave with a neutral borrowing.
The 10 best countries to be a working woman
- Sweden
- Iceland
- Finland
- Norway
- Portugal
- New Zealand
- France
- Spain
- Denmark
- Australia
Iceland ranked second after being No. 1 in the past two years.
Pete says, it is important to note that Iceland Sweden does not necessarily mean that it is a better country than the other. Both of them lead the charge, but Sweden had slightly higher proportions in some of the ten measures used in the classification of countries.
Iceland
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One of the procedures that cost Iceland, the percentage of women was in management, which decreased from 39.6 % to 36.8 %.
“The fact that the matter has decreased a few percentage points that would hurt his position in the arrangement, but in general, it was good in many indicators, especially compared to the United States,” said Beit.
Iceland is one of the most women in the world. He was the first to have a president and have one of the lowest gender gaps.
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