The world’s top businesswoman is Indian - PepsiCo’s Chennai-born chief, Indra Nooyi (pictured). That’s according to the FT’s new ‘Women at the top’ ranking, which places six executives from India in the top 50, as many as from China, and fewer than only the US.
But Indian glee should be tempered. When it comes to bringing women into the workplace, China does a much better job. According to Credit Suisse, two-thirds of Chinese women are economically active - compared to only one-third of Indian women.
“The gap between male and female economic activity rates is very high in India (48%) compared to China (12%),” Credit Suisse analysts wrote in a report this month, along with this chart (click to enlarge).