The new GCC Board Gender Index Report 2024 reveals that women hold 5.2 percent of all listed company board seats in the GCC.
The report, released by Aurora50 and Heriot-Watt University, is the only authoritative, cross-GCC report of its kind. It represents the first time that a comprehensive data set has been published collating information from across the GCC.
Women hold 10.8% of UAE board seats
A total of 752 companies are listed in the six GCC countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Country-wise, the percentage of board positions held by women at publicly listed companies across the GCC is as follows:
• UAE: 10.8% (133 of 1,231 seats)
• Oman: 5.8% (45 of 783 seats)
• Bahrain: 5.5% (20 of 363 seats)
• Kuwait: 5.0% (48 of 963 seats)
• Saudi Arabia: 2.0% (36 of 1,811 seats)
• Qatar: 1.8% (8 of 440 seats)
Of the 168 companies listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and Dubai Financial Market (DFM), 133 out of 1,231 (10.8%) of board seats are held by women.
Read the full report below.
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