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Among all Fide players 11.55 % are female. Among players under the age of 21 this ratio is 19.96 %.

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Ratio of female FIDE players among all FIDE players within countries with more than 1000 FIDE players - October, 2015

 


 

country total male female female %
VIE 1574 988 586 37.23
SRI 6529 4284 2245 34.39
CHN 1329 918 411 30.93
GEO 1735 1244 491 28.3
ECU 2161 1573 588 27.21
MAS 1822 1385 437 23.98
MEX 2912 2240 672 23.08
AZE 2091 1651 440 21.04
GRE 13134 10618 2516 19.16
IRI 10053 8146 1907 18.97
ALG 1386 1126 260 18.76
VEN 3237 2639 598 18.47
RSA 2025 1654 371 18.32
COL 6242 5102 1140 18.26
LTU 2455 2010 445 18.13
KAZ 1784 1462 322 18.05
BLR 1060 871 189 17.83
CUB 2344 1943 401 17.11
POL 16017 13293 2724 17.01
PER 2189 1818 371 16.95
RUS 47970 39880 8090 16.86
BRA 9909 8241 1668 16.83
BUL 2893 2411 482 16.66
ROU 5719 4779 940 16.44
SIN 1902 1603 299 15.72
ARM 1137 959 178 15.66
LAT 1193 1007 186 15.59
TUR 18907 16268 2639 13.96
SLO 3780 3270 510 13.49
IND 48572 42132 6440 13.26
POR 4812 4195 617 12.82
FRA 41350 36208 5142 12.44
CHI 2628 2312 316 12.02
CRO 6112 5420 692 11.32
UKR 7218 6418 800 11.08
HUN 9136 8145 991 10.85
CAN 1449 1313 136 9.39
AUS 2367 2149 218 9.21
SRB 7199 6536 663 9.21
BIH 1319 1201 118 8.95
EGY 3087 2818 269 8.71
SVK 5840 5371 469 8.03
BAN 1225 1132 93 7.59
ITA 14065 13011 1054 7.49
ESP 35656 33024 2632 7.38
ISL 1495 1386 109 7.29
GER 30614 28423 2191 7.16
ISR 2511 2337 174 6.93
ENG 4609 4310 299 6.49
NEP 1181 1106 75 6.35
USA 12372 11591 781 6.31
CZE 9684 9084 600 6.2
ARG 3710 3494 216 5.82
BEL 5139 4843 296 5.76
NOR 3248 3075 173 5.33
AUT 5357 5076 281 5.25
SWE 3841 3643 198 5.15
NED 5436 5167 269 4.95
SUI 3396 3263 133 3.92
FIN 1406 1351 55 3.91
DEN 5868 5719 149 2.54

 


 

Source:

1) http://ratings.fide.com/download/players_list_xml.zip

2) https://github.com/myguibuilder/myguibuilder_beta/tree/master/FIDE

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There is a correlation between female participation and the rating difference between males and females.

In countries with higher female participation the rating difference tends to be smaller. 

Source:

https://github.com/myguibuilder/myguibuilder_beta/blob/master/FIDE/country_stats.txt

country total male male rating female female rating rating difference female %
VIE 1574 988 1947.9 586 1845.6 102.3 37.23
SRI 6529 4284 1426.3 2245 1315.5 110.8 34.39
CHN 1329 918 2089.1 411 1981.3 107.8 30.93
GEO 1735 1244 1824.8 491 1796.2 28.6 28.3
ECU 2161 1573 1786.6 588 1650.2 136.4 27.21
MAS 1822 1385 1797.9 437 1648.3 149.6 23.98
MEX 2912 2240 1903.6 672 1690.7 212.9 23.08
AZE 2091 1651 1782.5 440 1700.4 82.1 21.04
GRE 13134 10618 1658.2 2516 1469.4 188.8 19.16
IRI 10053 8146 1665.6 1907 1549.3 116.3 18.97
ALG 1386 1126 1892.7 260 1591.6 301.1 18.76
VEN 3237 2639 1853.6 598 1721.2 132.4 18.47
RSA 2025 1654 1774.2 371 1553.9 220.3 18.32
COL 6242 5102 1907.4 1140 1759.1 148.3 18.26
LTU 2455 2010 1830.2 445 1737.2 93 18.13
KAZ 1784 1462 1925.1 322 1805.2 119.9 18.05
BLR 1060 871 1884.3 189 1890.1 -5.8 17.83
CUB 2344 1943 2071.4 401 1946.5 124.9 17.11
POL 16017 13293 1754.5 2724 1612.7 141.8 17.01
PER 2189 1818 1788 371 1587.4 200.6 16.95
RUS 47970 39880 1926.7 8090 1755.1 171.6 16.86
BRA 9909 8241 1877.7 1668 1675.3 202.4 16.83
BUL 2893 2411 1906.9 482 1750.8 156.1 16.66
ROU 5719 4779 1787.2 940 1670.3 116.9 16.44
SIN 1902 1603 1838.4 299 1721.8 116.6 15.72
ARM 1137 959 1945.4 178 1840.7 104.7 15.66
LAT 1193 1007 1915.9 186 1838.4 77.5 15.59
TUR 18907 16268 1616.5 2639 1482 134.5 13.96
SLO 3780 3270 1885.2 510 1707.3 177.9 13.49
IND 48572 42132 1475.5 6440 1389.3 86.2 13.26
POR 4812 4195 1700.7 617 1550.7 150 12.82
FRA 41350 36208 1728.1 5142 1518.1 210 12.44
CHI 2628 2312 1910.1 316 1673.4 236.7 12.02
CRO 6112 5420 1921 692 1741.9 179.1 11.32
UKR 7218 6418 2040.1 800 1925 115.1 11.08
HUN 9136 8145 1856.8 991 1735.8 121 10.85
CAN 1449 1313 2036.8 136 1836.7 200.1 9.39
AUS 2367 2149 1835.7 218 1731.8 103.9 9.21
SRB 7199 6536 2016.9 663 1855.4 161.5 9.21
BIH 1319 1201 2027.6 118 1826.3 201.3 8.95
EGY 3087 2818 1907 269 1682.9 224.1 8.71
SVK 5840 5371 1840.2 469 1730.9 109.3 8.03
BAN 1225 1132 1840.9 93 1671.9 169 7.59
ITA 14065 13011 1794.9 1054 1649.4 145.5 7.49
ESP 35656 33024 1782.3 2632 1589.9 192.4 7.38
ISL 1495 1386 1871.9 109 1776.2 95.7 7.29
GER 30614 28423 1951.5 2191 1788.8 162.7 7.16
ISR 2511 2337 2018.9 174 1868.1 150.8 6.93
ENG 4609 4310 1931.5 299 1778.9 152.6 6.49
NEP 1181 1106 1735.4 75 1623.3 112.1 6.35
USA 12372 11591 2033.5 781 1877 156.5 6.31
CZE 9684 9084 1873.7 600 1742.8 130.9 6.2
ARG 3710 3494 1939.5 216 1815.7 123.8 5.82
BEL 5139 4843 1830.7 296 1631.8 198.9 5.76
NOR 3248 3075 1831.7 173 1728.2 103.5 5.33
AUT 5357 5076 1950.4 281 1759.2 191.2 5.25
SWE 3841 3643 1950.5 198 1834.3 116.2 5.15
NED 5436 5167 1996.9 269 1876 120.9 4.95
SUI 3396 3263 1907.8 133 1776.2 131.6 3.92
FIN 1406 1351 1995.7 55 1749 246.7 3.91
DEN 5868 5719 1860.8 149 1776.5 84.3 2.54