Women in the Labor Force in Hong Kong
A detailed compilation of gender statistics in Hong Kong reveals the status of women in laborforce participation, educational achievement, political participation, and personal life.
For example:
- Women make up a majority – 53.5 per cent – of over seven million residents in Hong Kong. In 2011, about half of female residents participated in the labor force compared to 71.9 per cent of the male residents
- In 2012, women made up 57 of the 634 board directorships on Hong Kong’s top companies, and 41.7 per cent of these companies had no female directors..
- In 2008, 11 out of 60 Hong Kong Legislative Council members and none of the 21 judges on the Court of Final Appeal are women.
- Almost a third of female residents have never married, compared to three tenths of men.

Feb
2014