Latin Americans' perceptions on how many women are CEOs in 2018

The statistic presents the results of a survey conducted in January and February 2018 to find out about the situation of women and gender (in)equality across 27 countries. In Mexico and Peru, respondents guessed that approximately 29 percent of the CEOs of the world's largest 500 companies were women. The source estimated that around three percent of CEOs in the largest companies worldwide were, in fact, women.

Perceptions on what percentage of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the world's largest companies are women according to respondents in selected countries of Latin America as of 2018

Characteristic	Share of female CEOs
Mexico	29%
Peru	29%
Brazil	24%
Argentina	22%
Chile	21%
Average guess*	25%
Actual percentage	3%

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Release date

March 2018

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

January 26 to February 9, 2018

Number of respondents

19,428 respondents**

Age group

16-64 years

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

The source worded the question as follows: "What percentage of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the world's largest 500 companies are women?".
* Value calculated by Statista based on the source's data, only including the percentages guessed in the indicated Latin American countries.
** Respondents across Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States.

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