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Which Country Has the Most Female Police Officers?

Female Police Officers (As % of Total) (%), 2015 or latest
Law & Crime | December 30, 2018
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Based on a comparison of 73 countries in 2015, Belize ranked the highest in female police officers as a share of all police officers with 90.6% followed by Bulgaria and Switzerland. On the other end of the scale was Lebanon with 3.66%, Madagascar with 3.66% and Burundi with 5.35%.

Data for more countries are available at Female Police Officers (As % of Total) indicator page.

Female Police Officers (As % of Total)Unit
Australia %
Belize %
Bulgaria %
Estonia %
Guyana %
Latvia %
Lithuania %
Mexico %
Netherlands %
Norway %
Rwanda %
Slovenia %
Sweden %
Switzerland %
United Kingdom %
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32.4% 32.6% 32.5% 32.2%
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17.7% ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34.3%
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23.5% 23.4% 24.0% 25.2% ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34.8% 34.1%
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26.2% 26.9% 28.8% 30.5% 32.5%
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 28.1% 27.8% 23.9% 21.9% 23.5%
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 28.3% 28.9% 29.0% 29.4% 29.7%
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20.2% 21.6% 22.5% 23.9% 25.0% ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19.0% 22.1% 27.9% 29.9% 30.0% ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14.5% 14.9% 15.1% 15.3% 15.3%
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26.0% 27.3% 21.6% 29.2% 30.0%
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 46.4% 54.6% ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25.6% 26.2% 26.8% 27.3% 27.9%