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SOUTH ASIA: FEMALE PROFESSIONALS

 Country Female administrators and managers  ( as % of Total ) Female professional and technical workers ( as % of total )
Bangladesh 4.9 34.7
Bhutan n/a n/a
India 2.3 20.5
Maldives 14 34.6
Nepal n/a n/a
Pakistan 4.3 21
Sri Lanka 17.6 30.7
China 11.6 45.1
Indonesia 6.6 40.8
Korea 4.2 45
Japan 9.3 44.1

Source : Human Development in South Asia , 2000: The Gender  Question, Mahbub Ul Haq Human Development Centre, OUP,  Karachi, 2000.

 
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