Gender Inequality Index by country
This index captures gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market; ranges from 0 (full equality) to 1 (maximum inequality), representing the share of potential human development lost because of gender gaps.
Countries reporting
166
Highest
0.838
Yemen
Lowest
0.003
Denmark
Median
0.355
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,592
What the numbers show
Gender Inequality Index is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 0.838 in Yemen; the lowest is 0.003 in Denmark.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.355, and the mean is 0.331.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 279.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 154 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 18.9%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 92.3%).
Gender Inequality Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yemen | 0.838 | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 2 | Nigeria | 0.677 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Chad | 0.67 | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 0.661 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 5 | Liberia | 0.646 | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 6 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.632 | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 7 | Haiti | 0.618 | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 0.612 | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 9 | Guinea | 0.609 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.604 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritania | 0.603 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 12 | Niger | 0.591 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.589 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 14 | Sudan | 0.588 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 0.584 | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 16 | Malawi | 0.581 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 17 | Gambia | 0.578 | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 0.573 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 0.566 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 20 | Congo | 0.565 | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 21 | Togo | 0.564 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 22 | Cameroon | 0.558 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 22 | Iraq | 0.558 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 0.556 | 2023 | down 30.4% | flat |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 0.555 | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 26 | Pakistan | 0.536 | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 27 | Lesotho | 0.534 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 28 | Kenya | 0.526 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 29 | Uganda | 0.524 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | 0.524 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 0.519 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 32 | Angola | 0.515 | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 33 | Ghana | 0.514 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 34 | Venezuela | 0.512 | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 35 | Cambodia | 0.506 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 36 | Gabon | 0.505 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 37 | Tanzania | 0.504 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 38 | Burundi | 0.501 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 38 | Comoros | 0.501 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 0.497 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.492 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 42 | Botswana | 0.49 | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 42 | Senegal | 0.49 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 42 | Syria | 0.49 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 0.487 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 45 | Nepal | 0.487 | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 47 | Eswatini | 0.484 | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 48 | Iran | 0.482 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 49 | Djibouti | 0.481 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 50 | Guatemala | 0.48 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 51 | Mozambique | 0.479 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 52 | Myanmar | 0.478 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 0.478 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 54 | Laos | 0.475 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 55 | Namibia | 0.448 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 56 | Tonga | 0.444 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 57 | Algeria | 0.443 | 2023 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 58 | Morocco | 0.438 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 59 | Honduras | 0.437 | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 60 | Jordan | 0.433 | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 61 | Belize | 0.428 | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 62 | Guyana | 0.427 | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 63 | Indonesia | 0.423 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 64 | Bolivia | 0.419 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 0.417 | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 66 | Samoa | 0.416 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 67 | Paraguay | 0.412 | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 0.408 | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 69 | India | 0.403 | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 70 | Egypt | 0.398 | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 71 | Rwanda | 0.394 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 71 | East Timor | 0.394 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 73 | Colombia | 0.393 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 74 | Suriname | 0.391 | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 75 | Brazil | 0.39 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 76 | South Africa | 0.388 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 77 | Panama | 0.374 | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 0.367 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 79 | El Salvador | 0.362 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 80 | Lebanon | 0.36 | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 81 | Ecuador | 0.358 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 81 | Jamaica | 0.358 | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 81 | Mexico | 0.358 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 84 | Mauritius | 0.352 | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 85 | Philippines | 0.351 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 86 | Fiji | 0.35 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.34 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 87 | Peru | 0.34 | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 89 | Saint Lucia | 0.327 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 90 | Bahamas | 0.325 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 0.315 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 92 | Maldives | 0.309 | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 93 | Vietnam | 0.299 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 0.298 | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 95 | Barbados | 0.297 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 96 | Cuba | 0.296 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 0.291 | 2023 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 98 | Thailand | 0.288 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 99 | Mongolia | 0.284 | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 100 | Bhutan | 0.278 | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 101 | Argentina | 0.264 | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.262 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 0.258 | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 104 | Brunei | 0.257 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 104 | Georgia | 0.257 | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 106 | Libya | 0.253 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.252 | 2023 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 108 | Tunisia | 0.238 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 0.228 | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 110 | Romania | 0.227 | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 110 | Turkey | 0.227 | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 112 | Grenada | 0.226 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 113 | Oman | 0.222 | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 114 | Uruguay | 0.218 | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 0.217 | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 116 | Hungary | 0.213 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 0.208 | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 118 | Qatar | 0.195 | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Kuwait | 0.188 | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 0.182 | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 121 | Armenia | 0.18 | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 122 | Slovakia | 0.176 | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 123 | Malaysia | 0.172 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 124 | Russia | 0.169 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 124 | United States | 0.169 | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 126 | Bahrain | 0.165 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.157 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 128 | Moldova | 0.146 | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 129 | China | 0.132 | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 130 | Montenegro | 0.121 | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 131 | Latvia | 0.117 | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 131 | Serbia | 0.117 | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 0.112 | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 135 | Albania | 0.107 | 2023 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 136 | Greece | 0.103 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 137 | Chile | 0.102 | 2023 | down 66.9% | falling |
| 138 | Czechia | 0.088 | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 139 | United Kingdom | 0.083 | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 140 | New Zealand | 0.082 | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 141 | Poland | 0.081 | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 142 | Belarus | 0.08 | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 142 | Israel | 0.08 | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 144 | Portugal | 0.076 | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 145 | Croatia | 0.074 | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 146 | Lithuania | 0.07 | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 147 | Estonia | 0.061 | 2023 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 148 | Japan | 0.059 | 2023 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 149 | Germany | 0.057 | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 150 | Australia | 0.056 | 2023 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 152 | Canada | 0.052 | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 154 | Spain | 0.043 | 2023 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 154 | Italy | 0.043 | 2023 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 156 | Slovenia | 0.042 | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 157 | United Arab Emirates | 0.04 | 2023 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 158 | South Korea | 0.038 | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 159 | France | 0.034 | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 160 | Austria | 0.033 | 2023 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 161 | Belgium | 0.031 | 2023 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 161 | Singapore | 0.031 | 2023 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Iceland | 0.024 | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 164 | Finland | 0.021 | 2023 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 165 | Netherlands | 0.013 | 2023 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Switzerland | 0.01 | 2023 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Sweden | 0.007 | 2023 | down 84.4% | falling |
| 168 | Norway | 0.004 | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Denmark | 0.003 | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
About this data
This index captures gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market; ranges from 0 (full equality) to 1 (maximum inequality), representing the share of potential human development lost because of gender gaps.