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Gender Inequality Index

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

30 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
1ChileVery High0.1022Costa RicaVery High0.2173UruguayVery High0.2184GrenadaHigh0.2265Antigua and BarbudaVery High0.246Trinidad and TobagoVery High0.2627ArgentinaVery High0.2648CubaHigh0.2969BarbadosVery High0.29710BahamasVery High0.32511Saint LuciaHigh0.32712PeruHigh0.3413MexicoHigh0.35814JamaicaHigh0.35815EcuadorHigh0.35816El SalvadorMedium0.36217PanamaVery High0.37418BrazilHigh0.3919SurinameHigh0.39120ColombiaHigh0.39321NicaraguaHigh0.40822ParaguayHigh0.41223Dominican RepublicHigh0.41724Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High0.41925GuyanaHigh0.42726BelizeHigh0.42827HondurasMedium0.43728GuatemalaMedium0.4829Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High0.51230HaitiMedium0.618