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Gender Inequality Index

Gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment, and labour markets — 0 is parity, 1 is total inequality.

23 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked lowest to highest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.

AllLowMediumHighVery High
All regionsArab StatesEast Asia and the PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
1MozambiqueLow0.4792DjiboutiLow0.4813SenegalLow0.494EthiopiaLow0.4975BurundiLow0.5016PakistanLow0.5367Burkina FasoLow0.5558Sierra LeoneLow0.5669BeninLow0.57310GambiaLow0.57811MalawiLow0.58112MadagascarLow0.58413SudanLow0.58814NigerLow0.59115Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low0.60416GuineaLow0.60917MaliLow0.61218Guinea-BissauLow0.63219LiberiaLow0.64620AfghanistanLow0.66121ChadLow0.6722SomaliaLow0.67523YemenLow0.838