According to the 2011 Grant Thornton International Business Report, women currently hold 20 percent of senior management positions globally, down from 24 percent in 2009 and up just 1 percent from 2004.

The research, carried out primarily by telephone and face to face interviews, is a survey of more than 11,000 medium to large privately held businesses. The target respondents were chief executive officers, managing directors, chairmen and other senior executives.

The report shows that across the world, Thailand boasts the greatest percentage of women in senior management (45 percent), followed by Georgia (40 percent) and Russia (36 percent). The Chinese mainland ranked sixth with 34 percent, a number that has risen from the 31 percent reported in 2009.

The countries with the top 10 highest percentage of female senior managers are: 

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