Female investors making significant inroads in Asian markets
Discover how female investor representation is growing across global markets with Asian regions creating opportunities for greater financial inclusion.
Asia leading in gender equity in investments
Across the world, people are investing every single day. Investments made by men make up a huge proportion of all investments in each country listed in the above graphic. In fact, when looking at our data, we can see male leveraged investors outweigh females in every single country.
Leveraged investing is a technique that seeks potentially higher investment returns by using borrowed money through various financial instruments like Contracts for differences (CFDs) or borrowed capital.
The countries closest to bridging the gender gap are based in Asia, with Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong being the only three countries to have female investors making up 20% or more of the gender split. Western countries have the lowest number of female investors, with 11% in the US, 10% in the UK and just 2% in Sweden.
Overall, it's clear women require more representation within the investment space, in order to reduce the gender gap.
Female investor gender gap across the globe
| Country | Female investors | Male investors |
| Taiwan | 23% | 77% |
| Singapore | 23% | 77% |
| Hong Kong | 20% | 80% |
| South Africa | 16% | 84% |
| Australia | 15% | 85% |
| Japan | 11% | 89% |
| USA | 11% | 89% |
| UK | 10% | 90% |
| Italy | 10% | 90% |
| Spain | 9% | 92% |
| Germany | 8% | 92% |
| UAE | 8% | 92% |
| Switzerland | 8% | 92% |
| France | 6% | 94% |
| Sweden | 2% | 98% |
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