Gender Inequality Index
UNDP Gender Inequality Index across reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market (0 = equality, 1 = maximum inequality). Our World in Data, 2016–2023.
Avg (2023)
0.3
0.00pp vs 2022
Improving
0
of 172 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
172
±0.5pp band
Gender Inequality Index
Interactive — choose a period, search a country, switch between bars, table and map.
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2016–2023.
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 0.2 | +0.05pp |
| 🇫🇯 Fiji | 0.4 | +0.04pp |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 0.2 | +0.03pp |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 0.5 | +0.02pp |
| 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2 | +0.02pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇯 Benin | 0.6 | -0.07pp |
| 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 0.6 | -0.05pp |
| 🇹🇴 Tonga | 0.4 | -0.04pp |
| 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 0.6 | -0.02pp |
| 🇮🇳 India | 0.4 | -0.02pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Africa 0.00pp
Asia 0.00pp
Americas 0.00pp
Europe 0.00pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 49 | 0.5 | 0.00pp |
| Asia | 48 | 0.3 | 0.00pp |
| Americas | 32 | 0.3 | 0.00pp |
| Europe | 43 | 0.1 | 0.00pp |
Gender Inequality Index — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Gender Inequality Index | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 0.8 | -0.00pp |
| 2 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 0.7 | +0.01pp |
| 3 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 0.7 | -0.00pp |
| 4 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 0.7 | -0.00pp |
| 5 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 0.7 | -0.00pp |
| 6 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 0.6 | -0.01pp |
| 7 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 0.6 | +0.02pp |
| 8 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 0.6 | -0.00pp |
| 9 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 0.6 | -0.00pp |
| 10 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 0.6 | -0.00pp |
| 11 | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.6 | 0.00pp |
| 12 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 0.6 | -0.01pp |
| 13 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 0.6 | 0.00pp |
| 14 | 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire | 0.6 | -0.00pp |
| 15 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 0.6 | -0.00pp |
| 16 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 0.6 | +0.00pp |
| 17 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 0.6 | -0.02pp |
| 18 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 0.6 | +0.01pp |
| 19 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 0.6 | -0.00pp |
| 20 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 0.6 | -0.07pp |
| 21 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 0.6 | -0.05pp |
| 22 | 🇨🇬 Congo | 0.6 | -0.01pp |
| 23 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 0.6 | -0.00pp |
| 24 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 0.6 | -0.00pp |
| 25 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 0.6 | -0.00pp |
| 26 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 0.6 | -0.01pp |
| 27 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 0.6 | +0.01pp |
| 28 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 29 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 30 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 31 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 32 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 33 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 34 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 0.5 | -0.01pp |
| 35 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 36 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 0.5 | 0.00pp |
| 37 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 0.5 | +0.02pp |
| 38 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 0.5 | -0.02pp |
| 39 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 40 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 41 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 42 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 43 | 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 44 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 45 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 46 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 0.5 | +0.00pp |
| 47 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 0.5 | 0.00pp |
| 48 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 0.5 | 0.00pp |
| 49 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 0.5 | -0.01pp |
| 50 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 51 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 52 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 0.5 | 0.00pp |
| 53 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 54 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 55 | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 56 | 🇱🇦 Laos | 0.5 | -0.00pp |
| 57 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 0.4 | 0.00pp |
| 58 | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 0.4 | -0.04pp |
| 59 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 0.4 | 0.00pp |
| 60 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 61 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 0.4 | +0.01pp |
| 62 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 0.4 | 0.00pp |
| 63 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 0.4 | -0.01pp |
| 64 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 65 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 0.4 | +0.00pp |
| 66 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 67 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 0.4 | -0.01pp |
| 68 | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 0.4 | 0.00pp |
| 69 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 0.4 | -0.02pp |
| 70 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 0.4 | 0.00pp |
| 71 | 🇮🇳 India | 0.4 | -0.02pp |
| 72 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 73 | 🇹🇱 East Timor | 0.4 | +0.00pp |
| 74 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 75 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 76 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 77 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 0.4 | 0.00pp |
| 78 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 79 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 0.4 | -0.01pp |
| 80 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 0.4 | 0.00pp |
| 81 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 82 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 83 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 0.4 | -0.01pp |
| 84 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 85 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 86 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 0.4 | -0.01pp |
| 87 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 0.4 | -0.00pp |
| 88 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 0.4 | +0.04pp |
| 89 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 0.3 | 0.00pp |
| 90 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 91 | 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 92 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 93 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 94 | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 95 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 96 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 97 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 98 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 99 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 0.3 | -0.01pp |
| 100 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 0.3 | -0.01pp |
| 101 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 0.3 | 0.00pp |
| 102 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 103 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 0.3 | +0.00pp |
| 104 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 105 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 106 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 0.3 | -0.02pp |
| 107 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 0.3 | 0.00pp |
| 108 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 109 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 0.3 | -0.00pp |
| 110 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2 | +0.02pp |
| 111 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 0.2 | +0.03pp |
| 112 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 0.2 | +0.01pp |
| 113 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 0.2 | +0.00pp |
| 114 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 0.2 | -0.01pp |
| 115 | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 0.2 | -0.00pp |
| 116 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 0.2 | 0.00pp |
| 117 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 0.2 | 0.00pp |
| 118 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 0.2 | +0.01pp |
| 119 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 0.2 | -0.01pp |
| 120 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 0.2 | -0.00pp |
| 121 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 0.2 | 0.00pp |
| 122 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 0.2 | +0.05pp |
| 123 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 0.2 | +0.01pp |
| 124 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 0.2 | 0.00pp |
| 125 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 0.2 | -0.00pp |
| 126 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 0.2 | -0.00pp |
| 127 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 0.2 | -0.00pp |
| 128 | 🇺🇸 United States | 0.2 | -0.00pp |
| 129 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 0.2 | -0.01pp |
| 130 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2 | -0.00pp |
| 131 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 0.1 | +0.00pp |
| 132 | 🇨🇳 China | 0.1 | -0.01pp |
| 133 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 0.1 | +0.01pp |
| 134 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 0.1 | -0.01pp |
| 135 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 0.1 | +0.00pp |
| 136 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 0.1 | -0.01pp |
| 137 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 0.1 | +0.00pp |
| 138 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 0.1 | 0.00pp |
| 139 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 0.1 | -0.01pp |
| 140 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 0.1 | -0.01pp |
| 141 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 0.1 | -0.01pp |
| 142 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 0.1 | 0.00pp |
| 143 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 0.1 | +0.00pp |
| 144 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 0.1 | +0.00pp |
| 145 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 0.1 | -0.01pp |
| 146 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 0.1 | -0.01pp |
| 147 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 0.1 | +0.00pp |
| 148 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 0.1 | -0.00pp |
| 149 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 0.1 | -0.00pp |
| 150 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 0.1 | -0.01pp |
| 151 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 0.1 | -0.00pp |
| 152 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 0.1 | -0.00pp |
| 153 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 0.1 | 0.00pp |
| 154 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 0.1 | -0.00pp |
| 155 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 0.1 | -0.00pp |
| 156 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 0 | +0.00pp |
| 157 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 0 | -0.00pp |
| 158 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 0 | -0.00pp |
| 159 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 0 | +0.00pp |
| 160 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 0 | +0.00pp |
| 161 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 0 | -0.00pp |
| 162 | 🇫🇷 France | 0 | -0.01pp |
| 163 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 0 | -0.00pp |
| 164 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 0 | -0.01pp |
| 165 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 0 | -0.00pp |
| 166 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 0 | -0.00pp |
| 167 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 0 | -0.00pp |
| 168 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 0 | -0.00pp |
| 169 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 0 | +0.00pp |
| 170 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 0 | -0.00pp |
| 171 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 0 | 0.00pp |
| 172 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 0 | -0.00pp |
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