Gender equality in corporate leadership: Asia 2025

This review of 1,600 Asian companies grouped by primary listing venue, provides exchanges, regulators and policy makers with the state of gender equality in the leadership positions of companies listed on their markets in 2025.

Key insights reflect

• Across 16 Asian stock exchanges analyzed, on average, women hold 18% of board seats, 7% of board chair positions and 7% of CEO positions.
• Bursa Malaysia leads the group with 31% of board seats held by women.
• The highest percentage representation of women CEOs in the group of markets analyzed is found on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) with 14%; double the group's average of 7%.
• All-male boards persist as a large proportion in the region; 6 out of 16 markets analyzed have 20% or more all-male boards.

This UN SSE Market Monitor, prepared with IFC and in strategic collaboration with UN Women, is part of an annual series launched in 2021.

Read the full report here.