Statistics
Year 1981 1986 1991 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
% 4.90 5.64 9.50 15.40 16.65 19.64 20.42 21.62
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
% 22.49 23.90 24.35 25.16 26.46 27.89 29.29 29.96
Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
% 30.81 32.09 33.15 33.23 33.72 34.07 34.23 34.59
Year 2017 2018
% 35.29 37.83

Operational Definitions

The percentage of directorate grade officers who are women. Directorate grade officers include all D1 and above or equivalent. They include civil servants working in government departments and those who have been seconded/posted to organizations e.g. Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Hospital Authority.

Footnote

All figures are collected from Civil Service Bureau, Government Secretariat Civil Service Branch 1983, 1988 and 1993; Government Secretariat Civil Service Bureau, 1998 and 1999.
Figures for the years from 1997 to 2001 refer to the position as at 1 April. Statistics from 2002 onwards refer to figures as at 31 March of each year. All statistics exclude Judges, Judicial Officers, ICAC officers and locally engaged staff working in Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices.
Directorate grade officers include all ranks with maximum salary points in the range of Police Pay Scale points 55-59 and ranks with salaray pay points on the Directorate Pay Scale, Directorate (Legal) Pay Scale and General Disciplined Services (Commander) Pay Scale.
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