a study by us research firm , market , looking at data from the international labour organisation -lrb- ilo -rrb- revealed that jamaica , colombia and saint lucia , all relatively close to each other , have the highest percentage of female managers in the world .
the caribbean island had the world 's highest percentage , at nearly 60 per cent .
out of the 108 world countries taken into consideration , columbia was closely behind with 53.1 per cent of their managers being female , and in third place was another island , saint lucia , with 52.3 per cent .