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.

  1. 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

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Mozambique202331.80percent
Cambodia202231.10percent
Cameroon202226percent
Ghana202236.60percent
Kenya202233.90percent
Liberia202233.20percent
Nepal202232.70percent
Philippines202225.80percent
Tanzania, United Republic of202228.60percent
Burkina Faso202113.40percent

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