Still today, women around the world are struggling to gain a foothold in the workforce.

A significant number of countries continue to struggle with a wide gender gap in the workplace -- a fourth to be exact, according to data recently released by Gallup. That gender gap is technically the difference between the number of men and women in full-time or voluntary part-time work.

The problem is not universal. For every Ecuador or Saudi Arabia, two countries with enormous gender gaps, there is a Ireland or United Kingdom, both of which were found to posses a gender gap that actually favors women.

That's not to say gender gaps only exist in developing countries. Italy, a member of the European Union, posted a workplace gender gap of 13 percent, the survey found.

The pollsters last year questioned 187,119 people across 144 countries.

Below are the ten countries with the largest gender-workplace gaps:

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  • 10. Mauritius

    Gender Gap: -15 percent 60 percent of women are working full-time or part-time voluntarily. 75 percent of men are working full-time or part-time voluntarily.

  • 9. Botswana

    Gender Gap: -16 percent 23 percent of women are working full-time or part-time voluntarily. 39 percent of men are working full-time or part-time voluntarily.

  • 8. Rwanda

    Gender Gap: -18 percent 15 percent of women are working full-time or part-time voluntarily. 33 percent of men are working full-time or part-time voluntarily.

  • 7. El Salvador

    Gender Gap: -18 percent 43 percent of women are working full-time or part-time voluntarily. 61 percent of men are working full-time or part-time voluntarily.

  • 6. Oman

    Gender Gap: -19 percent 45 percent of women are working full-time or part-time voluntarily. 64 percent of men are working full-time or part-time voluntarily.

  • 5. Bahrain

    Gender Gap: -19 percent 61 percent of women are working full-time or part-time voluntarily. 80 percent of men are working full-time or part-time voluntarily.

  • 4. Honduras

    Gender Gap: -19 percent 30 percent of women are working full-time or part-time voluntarily. 49 percent of men are working full-time or part-time voluntarily.

  • 3. Bolivia

    Gender Gap: -22 percent 30 percent of women are working full-time or part-time voluntarily. 52 percent of men are working full-time or part-time voluntarily.

  • 2. Saudi Arabia

    Gender Gap: -23 percent 56 percent of women are working full-time or part-time voluntarily. 79 percent of men are working full-time or part-time voluntarily.

  • 1. Ecuador

    Gender Gap: -23 percent 59 percent of women are working full-time or part-time voluntarily. 82 percent of men are working full-time or part-time voluntarily.