Gender: Female

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Indicator
 
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, female (% of 24 hour day)
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
22%
24%
26%
28%
30%
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, male (% of 24 hour day)
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%

East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, female (% of 24 hour day)Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, male (% of 24 hour day)
EconomyYearValueYearValue
Afghanistan2022N/A2022N/A
Albania2022N/A2022N/A
Algeria2022N/A2022N/A
American Samoa2022N/A2022N/A
Andorra2022N/A2022N/A
Angola2022N/A2022N/A
Antigua and Barbuda2022N/A2022N/A
Argentina2022N/A2022N/A
Armenia2022N/A2022N/A
Aruba2022N/A2022N/A
Australia202117.1%202111.7%
Austria2022N/A2022N/A
Azerbaijan2022N/A2022N/A
Bahamas, The2022N/A2022N/A
Bahrain2022N/A2022N/A
Bangladesh2022N/A2022N/A
Barbados2022N/A2022N/A
Belarus201519.2%20159.5%
Belgium2022N/A2022N/A
Belize2022N/A2022N/A
Benin2022N/A2022N/A
Bermuda2022N/A2022N/A
Bhutan201515%20155.9%
Bolivia2022N/A2022N/A
Bosnia and Herzegovina2022N/A2022N/A
Botswana2022N/A2022N/A
Brazil201711.6%20175.1%
British Virgin Islands2022N/A2022N/A
Brunei Darussalam2022N/A2022N/A
Bulgaria2022N/A2022N/A
Burkina Faso2022N/A2022N/A
Burundi2022N/A2022N/A
Cabo Verde2022N/A2022N/A
Cambodia2022N/A2022N/A
Cameroon2022N/A2022N/A
Canada201514.2%201510%
Cayman Islands2022N/A2022N/A
Central African Republic2022N/A2022N/A
Chad2022N/A2022N/A
Channel Islands2022N/A2022N/A
Chile201522.1%20159.9%
China201815.3%20185.9%
Colombia202117.6%20215.2%
Comoros2022N/A2022N/A
Congo, Dem. Rep.2022N/A2022N/A
Congo, Rep.2022N/A2022N/A
Costa Rica201722.1%20178.4%
Cote d'Ivoire2022N/A2022N/A
Croatia2022N/A2022N/A
Cuba201621%201612.5%
Curacao2022N/A2022N/A
Cyprus2022N/A2022N/A
Czechia2022N/A2022N/A
Denmark2022N/A2022N/A
Djibouti2022N/A2022N/A
Dominica2022N/A2022N/A
Dominican Republic201616.7%20163.8%
Ecuador2022N/A2022N/A
Egypt, Arab Rep.201522.4%20152.4%
El Salvador201720.2%20177%
Equatorial Guinea2022N/A2022N/A
Eritrea2022N/A2022N/A
Estonia2022N/A2022N/A
Eswatini2022N/A2022N/A
Ethiopia2022N/A2022N/A
Faroe Islands2022N/A2022N/A
Fiji201615.2%20165.2%
Finland202114.1%202110.7%
France2022N/A2022N/A
French Polynesia2022N/A2022N/A
Gabon2022N/A2022N/A
Gambia, The2022N/A2022N/A
Georgia202117.8%20213.7%
Germany2022N/A2022N/A
Ghana2022N/A2022N/A
Gibraltar2022N/A2022N/A
Greece2022N/A2022N/A
Greenland2022N/A2022N/A
Grenada2022N/A2022N/A
Guam2022N/A2022N/A
Guatemala201719.5%20172.6%
Guinea2022N/A2022N/A
Guinea-Bissau2022N/A2022N/A
Guyana2022N/A2022N/A
Haiti2022N/A2022N/A
Honduras2022N/A2022N/A
Hong Kong SAR, China2022N/A2022N/A
Hungary2022N/A2022N/A
Iceland2022N/A2022N/A
India2022N/A2022N/A
Indonesia2022N/A2022N/A
Iran, Islamic Rep.2022N/A2022N/A
Iraq2022N/A2022N/A
Ireland2022N/A2022N/A
Isle of Man2022N/A2022N/A
Israel2022N/A2022N/A
Italy2022N/A2022N/A
Jamaica2022N/A2022N/A
Japan202114.7%20213.8%
Jordan2022N/A2022N/A
Kazakhstan201819%20186.3%
Kenya2022N/A2022N/A
Kiribati2022N/A2022N/A
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.2022N/A2022N/A
Korea, Rep.201912.8%20193.8%
Kosovo2022N/A2022N/A
Kuwait2022N/A2022N/A
Kyrgyz Republic201516.8%20159.5%
Lao PDR201713.6%201710.1%
Latvia2022N/A2022N/A
Lebanon2022N/A2022N/A
Lesotho2022N/A2022N/A
Liberia2022N/A2022N/A
Libya2022N/A2022N/A
Liechtenstein2022N/A2022N/A
Lithuania2022N/A2022N/A
Luxembourg2022N/A2022N/A
Macao SAR, China2022N/A2022N/A
Madagascar2022N/A2022N/A
Malawi2022N/A2022N/A
Malaysia2022N/A2022N/A
Maldives2022N/A2022N/A
Mali2022N/A2022N/A
Malta2022N/A2022N/A
Marshall Islands2022N/A2022N/A
Mauritania2022N/A2022N/A
Mauritius2022N/A2022N/A
Mexico201927.8%201911.1%
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.2022N/A2022N/A
Moldova2022N/A2022N/A
Monaco2022N/A2022N/A
Mongolia201919.3%20197.6%
Montenegro2022N/A2022N/A
Morocco2022N/A2022N/A
Mozambique2022N/A2022N/A
Myanmar2022N/A2022N/A
Namibia2022N/A2022N/A
Nauru2022N/A2022N/A
Nepal2022N/A2022N/A
Netherlands2022N/A2022N/A
New Caledonia2022N/A2022N/A
New Zealand2022N/A2022N/A
Nicaragua2022N/A2022N/A
Niger2022N/A2022N/A
Nigeria2022N/A2022N/A
North Macedonia201515.4%20155.4%
Northern Mariana Islands2022N/A2022N/A
Norway2022N/A2022N/A
Oman2022N/A2022N/A
Pakistan2022N/A2022N/A
Palau2022N/A2022N/A
Panama2022N/A2022N/A
Papua New Guinea2022N/A2022N/A
Paraguay201614.5%20164.3%
Peru2022N/A2022N/A
Philippines2022N/A2022N/A
Poland2022N/A2022N/A
Portugal201517.8%201510.2%
Puerto Rico2022N/A2022N/A
Qatar2022N/A2022N/A
Romania2022N/A2022N/A
Russian Federation201918%20197.8%
Rwanda2022N/A2022N/A
Samoa2022N/A2022N/A
San Marino2022N/A2022N/A
Sao Tome and Principe2022N/A2022N/A
Saudi Arabia2022N/A2022N/A
Senegal2022N/A2022N/A
Serbia201519.2%20158.7%
Seychelles2022N/A2022N/A
Sierra Leone2022N/A2022N/A
Singapore2022N/A2022N/A
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2022N/A2022N/A
Slovak Republic2022N/A2022N/A
Slovenia2022N/A2022N/A
Solomon Islands2022N/A2022N/A
Somalia2022N/A2022N/A
South Africa2022N/A2022N/A
South Sudan2022N/A2022N/A
Spain2022N/A2022N/A
Sri Lanka2022N/A2022N/A
St. Kitts and Nevis2022N/A2022N/A
St. Lucia2022N/A2022N/A
St. Martin (French part)2022N/A2022N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines2022N/A2022N/A
Sudan2022N/A2022N/A
Suriname2022N/A2022N/A
Sweden2022N/A2022N/A
Switzerland202017.3%202011.5%
Syrian Arab Republic2022N/A2022N/A
Tajikistan2022N/A2022N/A
Tanzania2022N/A2022N/A
Thailand201511%20153.3%
Timor-Leste2022N/A2022N/A
Togo2022N/A2022N/A
Tonga2022N/A2022N/A
Trinidad and Tobago2022N/A2022N/A
Tunisia2022N/A2022N/A
Turkiye201519.2%20153.7%
Turkmenistan2022N/A2022N/A
Turks and Caicos Islands2022N/A2022N/A
Tuvalu2022N/A2022N/A
Uganda201814.6%20187.5%
Ukraine2022N/A2022N/A
United Arab Emirates2022N/A2022N/A
United Kingdom202216%202212.3%
United States202215.1%202210.1%
Uruguay2022N/A2022N/A
Uzbekistan2022N/A2022N/A
Vanuatu2022N/A2022N/A
Venezuela, RB2022N/A2022N/A
Vietnam2022N/A2022N/A
Virgin Islands (U.S.)2022N/A2022N/A
West Bank and Gaza2022N/A2022N/A
Yemen, Rep.2022N/A2022N/A
Zambia2022N/A2022N/A
Zimbabwe2022N/A2022N/A

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