Worldwide, the male population is slightly higher than the female population, although this varies by country. As of 2024, Hong Kong has the highest share of women worldwide with almost ** percent. Moldova followed behind with around ** percent. Among the countries with the largest share of women in the total population, several were former Soviet states or were located in Eastern Europe. By contrast, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman had some of the highest proportions of men in their populations.

The average for 2024 based on 47 countries was 48.32 percent. The highest value was in Hong Kong: 54.95 percent and the lowest value was in Qatar: 28.72 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The highest position of executive power has been held by a woman in just 65 countries since 1960. Since Sirimavo Bandaranaike was first elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1960, the number of women in power has grown slowly, with the fastest growth coming in the past 15 years. As of July 2025, there were 14 countries led by women, with Liechtenstein, Namibia, and Suriname electing their first women leaders in 2025; while Thailand's prime minister was suspended in July following an ethics scandal. Despite this number growing in recent decades, there have never been more than 17 countries with women in the highest positions of power in a single year, which is less than 10 percent of the number of men who have held these positions (as today, there are 193 UN member states). Records The women who have served the longest consecutive terms in these positions are Angela Merkel of Germany (16 years, 16 days), Dame Eugenia Charles of Dominica (14 years, 328 days), and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (12 years, 6 days). The longest combined non-consecutive terms were held by Indira Gandhi of India (16 years, 15 days) and Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina (20 years, 234 days). Just 15 countries have had more than one woman in the highest position of executive power, and most of these countries can be found either in the Indian sub-continent or in Europe. Of these 14, Finland, Iceland, Moldova, New Zealand, and the UK are the only countries to have had three female leaders, although the unique federal system of Switzerland has had five women serve in nine annual-terms as President of the Swiss Confederation. The first woman Prime Minister The first democratically elected female Prime Minister was Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, who took over the leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party when her husband was assassinated in 1959. Bandaranaike successfully led her party to victory in three elections, in 1960, 1970 and 1994, however constitutional changes in the 1980s meant that her final term as Prime Minister was spent in a more ceremonial role, while the President now held the real executive power (although the President at this time was also a woman; Bandaranaike's daughter, Chandrika Kumaratunga).

Forbes Women of the Year

Global Rankings and Designations

By Priyanka Dobhal [source]

About this dataset

This dataset contains the rankings of the 2020 Forbes list of 100 most powerful women from around the world. This dataset includes detailed insights on each woman, such as their age, country/territory, category, and designation. This comprehensive ranking celebrates female leaders that are making an impact in their field and around the world while inspiring us to continue striving for gender parity and driving positive social change. Explore this dataset to get an idea of who are some of the top female voices right now at the forefront of progress

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Research Ideas

• Creating personalized stories of each woman to showcase their inspiring accomplishments, achievements and successes.
• Analyzing the age range of female Forbes 100 Power Women list to adjust marketing, staffing, and other outreach initiatives aimed at empowering women globally.
• Developing an interactive map with information about the country/territory of origin for each Forbes Power Woman, with an interactive feature that provides stories from successful women from these countries/territories that can serve as inspiration for other aspiring entrepreneurs

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. Data Source

License

See the dataset description for more information.

Columns

File: Forbes 100 Women List 2020.csv | Column name | Description | |:----------------------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Name | Name of the Power Woman. (String) | | Age | Age of the Power Woman. (Integer) | | Country/Territory | Country or territory of origin of the Power Woman. (String) | | Category | Category of the Power Woman's achievements. (String) | | Designation | Designation of the Power Woman. (String) |

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. If you use this dataset in your research, please credit Priyanka Dobhal.

Actual value and historical data chart for World Population Female Percent Of Total

Dataset Overview: This dataset provides a comprehensive list of the world's tallest women and men, meticulously gathered from Wikipedia. It includes detailed information about each individual, such as their country of origin, height in both metric and imperial units, name, and notable facts. Additionally, the dataset includes lifespan information, highlighting the age at death where applicable. This collection offers valuable insights into the extraordinary heights achieved by individuals across different regions and times.

Colour Code.

Green- living White- deceased Pink - height disputed Blue -No growth related pathological disorder (gigantism, acromegaly)

Data Science Applications: With less than 200 entries, this dataset is ideal for a variety of data science applications. Researchers and enthusiasts can use it to:

• Perform statistical analysis and visualization of height distribution among the tallest individuals.
• Explore correlations between height and geographical regions.
• Conduct studies on the impact of extreme height on lifespan and health.
• Develop machine learning models to predict potential factors contributing to extraordinary height.

Data Columns:

• Country: The country of origin of the individual.
• Metric: The height of the individual in centimeters.
• Imperial: The height of the individual in feet and inches.
• Name: The name of the individual.
• Note: Notable facts,whether verified or disputed etc.
• Lifespan (age at death): The lifespan of the individual, including the age at death.

Ethically Obtained: This dataset has been ethically sourced from Wikipedia, then saved into 2 csv files for Men and Women (No web scraping was performed).

Acknowledgements: I would like to acknowledge Wikipedia for the primary source of information and Adobe Firefly for the dataset thumbnail image.

The average for 2024 based on 47 countries was 51.06 percent. The highest value was in Moldova: 53.99 percent and the lowest value was in Malta: 48.1 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The Bahamas had the highest female employment-to-population ratio in the world in 2023 at 90 percent of the women in working age in some form of employment. Iceland had the second highest female employment rate of the countries, reaching 81 percent.

Context

The 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup was the 13th edition of Women's Cricket World Cup. It was being hosted jointly by India and Sri Lanka. It was India's 4th time hosting the World Cup after the 1978, 1997 and 2013 editions, and Sri Lanka's 1st time hosting it. This was the last time the tournament was having 8 teams, as informed by ICC.

Australia were the defending champions, having won their seventh title in 2022. In June 2025, the International Cricket Council announced the event would take place from 30 September to 2 November 2025.

In the final, India defeated South Africa by 52 runs to win their maiden (1st) world cup title.

Content

match_records.csv: contains detailed information for each match played
batting_stats.csv: contains top batting performance statistics (Ranking~ Most runs)
bowling_stats.csv: contains top bowling performance statistics (Ranking~ Most wickets)

Acknowledgements

The data source is the ESPN's official website.

Inspiration

You can use this data to analyze team performances, create visualizations to explore tournament results and also predict outcomes of future ODI Women International matches.

Over the past 24 years, there were constantly more men than women living on the planet. Of the 8.06 billion people living on the Earth in 2024, 4.09 billion were men and 4.05 billion were women. One-quarter of the world's total population in 2024 was below 15 years.

Bangladesh BD: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data was reported at 3.600 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.800 % for 2013. Bangladesh BD: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 3.600 % from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2022, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.800 % in 2013 and a record low of 1.300 % in 2007. Bangladesh BD: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Firms with female top manager refers to the percentage of firms in the private sector who have females as top managers. Top manager refers to the highest ranking manager or CEO of the establishment. This person may be the owner if he/she works as the manager of the firm. The results are based on surveys of more than 100,000 private firms.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;Relevance to gender indicator: Women are vastly underrepresented in decision making positions at the top level in the private sector and this indicator monitors progress that has been made.

About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the population of White Earth by gender across 18 age groups. It lists the male and female population in each age group along with the gender ratio for White Earth. The dataset can be utilized to understand the population distribution of White Earth by gender and age. For example, using this dataset, we can identify the largest age group for both Men and Women in White Earth. Additionally, it can be used to see how the gender ratio changes from birth to senior most age group and male to female ratio across each age group for White Earth.

Key observations

Largest age group (population): Male # 10-14 years (17) | Female # 40-44 years (13). Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2018-2022 5-Year Estimates.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2018-2022 5-Year Estimates.

Age groups:

• Under 5 years
• 5 to 9 years
• 10 to 14 years
• 15 to 19 years
• 20 to 24 years
• 25 to 29 years
• 30 to 34 years
• 35 to 39 years
• 40 to 44 years
• 45 to 49 years
• 50 to 54 years
• 55 to 59 years
• 60 to 64 years
• 65 to 69 years
• 70 to 74 years
• 75 to 79 years
• 80 to 84 years
• 85 years and over

Scope of gender :

Please note that American Community Survey asks a question about the respondents current sex, but not about gender, sexual orientation, or sex at birth. The question is intended to capture data for biological sex, not gender. Respondents are supposed to respond with the answer as either of Male or Female. Our research and this dataset mirrors the data reported as Male and Female for gender distribution analysis.

Variables / Data Columns

• Age Group: This column displays the age group for the White Earth population analysis. Total expected values are 18 and are define above in the age groups section.
• Population (Male): The male population in the White Earth is shown in the following column.
• Population (Female): The female population in the White Earth is shown in the following column.
• Gender Ratio: Also known as the sex ratio, this column displays the number of males per 100 females in White Earth for each age group.

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Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

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Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

Recommended for further research

This dataset is a part of the main dataset for White Earth Population by Gender. You can refer the same here

The average for 2022 based on 192 countries was 74.94 years. The highest value was in Macao: 87.98 years and the lowest value was in Nigeria: 53.97 years. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Worldwide, Jordan had the highest share of women in managerial positions in 2021, reaching 57 percent. Saint Lucia and the Philippines followed behind, also with a female manager rate of more than 50 percent. On the other hand, only less than six percent of managers in Pakistan were women, followed by Japan and Timor-Leste at 13 percent.

As of December 2024, women constituted 63.8 percent of the Rwandan parliament (lower or single house). This makes it the country with the highest share of women in parliament worldwide. Cuba had the second-highest share of female MPs with 55.7 percent, followed by Nicaragua. The European country with the highest percentage of women in their parliament was Andorra with 50 percent.

The average for 2024 based on 12 countries was 50.48 percent. The highest value was in Uruguay: 51.5 percent and the lowest value was in Paraguay: 49.86 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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Nigeria NG: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data was reported at 13.900 % in 2014. Nigeria NG: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 13.900 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2014, with 1 observations. Nigeria NG: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Firms with female top manager refers to the percentage of firms in the private sector who have females as top managers. Top manager refers to the highest ranking manager or CEO of the establishment. This person may be the owner if he/she works as the manager of the firm. The results are based on surveys of more than 100,000 private firms.; ; World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).; Unweighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: Women are vastly underrepresented in decision making positions at the top level in the private sector and this indicator monitors progress that has been made.

The average for 2024 based on 176 countries was 51.13 percent. The highest value was in Madagascar: 82.56 percent and the lowest value was in Yemen: 4.91 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Jordan JO: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data was reported at 2.400 % in 2013. Jordan JO: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 2.400 % from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2013, with 1 observations. Jordan JO: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Firms with female top manager refers to the percentage of firms in the private sector who have females as top managers. Top manager refers to the highest ranking manager or CEO of the establishment. This person may be the owner if he/she works as the manager of the firm. The results are based on surveys of more than 100,000 private firms.; ; World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).; Unweighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: Women are vastly underrepresented in decision making positions at the top level in the private sector and this indicator monitors progress that has been made.