Female headed households
Female headed households refers to the percentage of households that are headed by females.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 78
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
Demographic & Health Surveys
DHS API, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, uri: https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/index.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: HC_HHHD_H_FEM; Indicator name from the original source: Female-headed households, publisher: DHS Program (ICF), type: API, date accessed: 2024-06-14
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World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 2023 | 31.80 | percent |
| Cambodia | 2022 | 31.10 | percent |
| Cameroon | 2022 | 26 | percent |
| Ghana | 2022 | 36.60 | percent |
| Kenya | 2022 | 33.90 | percent |
| Liberia | 2022 | 33.20 | percent |
| Nepal | 2022 | 32.70 | percent |
| Philippines | 2022 | 25.80 | percent |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 2022 | 28.60 | percent |
| Burkina Faso | 2021 | 13.40 | percent |
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