Gender Inequality Index (GII) by country
Data on five composite measures of gender equality.
Countries reporting
162
Highest
0.82
Yemen
Lowest
0.009
Denmark
Median
0.3485
Years covered
33
1990–2022
Data points
4,377
What the numbers show
Gender Inequality Index (GII) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 0.82 in Yemen; the lowest is 0.009 in Denmark.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3485, and the mean is 0.3307.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 91.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 147 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 19.3%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 80.2%).
Gender Inequality Index (GII): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yemen | 0.82 | 2022 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 2 | Nigeria | 0.677 | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Chad | 0.671 | 2022 | — | falling |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 0.665 | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 5 | Liberia | 0.656 | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 6 | Benin | 0.649 | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.631 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 8 | Haiti | 0.621 | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 0.613 | 2022 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 10 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.612 | 2022 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 11 | Niger | 0.609 | 2022 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 12 | Mali | 0.607 | 2022 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.605 | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 14 | Papua New Guinea | 0.604 | 2022 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritania | 0.603 | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 16 | Gambia | 0.585 | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 17 | Malawi | 0.579 | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 18 | Togo | 0.578 | 2022 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 0.577 | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 0.574 | 2022 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 21 | Congo | 0.572 | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 22 | Iraq | 0.562 | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 23 | Cameroon | 0.555 | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 24 | Lesotho | 0.552 | 2022 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 25 | Sudan | 0.548 | 2022 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 26 | Kenya | 0.533 | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 27 | Uganda | 0.527 | 2022 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 28 | Zambia | 0.526 | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 29 | Gabon | 0.524 | 2022 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 30 | Pakistan | 0.522 | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 31 | Venezuela | 0.521 | 2022 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 32 | Angola | 0.52 | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 0.519 | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 34 | Tanzania | 0.513 | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 35 | Ghana | 0.512 | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 36 | Senegal | 0.505 | 2022 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 37 | Burundi | 0.499 | 2022 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 0.498 | 2022 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 39 | Nepal | 0.495 | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 0.494 | 2022 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 41 | Eswatini | 0.491 | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 42 | Syria | 0.487 | 2022 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 43 | Cambodia | 0.486 | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 44 | Iran | 0.484 | 2022 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 45 | Botswana | 0.483 | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 46 | Myanmar | 0.479 | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 47 | Mozambique | 0.477 | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 48 | Guatemala | 0.474 | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 49 | Laos | 0.467 | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 50 | Tonga | 0.462 | 2022 | — | rising |
| 51 | Algeria | 0.46 | 2022 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 52 | Belize | 0.454 | 2022 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 53 | Namibia | 0.45 | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 54 | Jordan | 0.449 | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 55 | Morocco | 0.44 | 2022 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 56 | Indonesia | 0.439 | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 57 | India | 0.437 | 2022 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 0.433 | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 59 | Paraguay | 0.429 | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 60 | Bolivia | 0.418 | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 61 | Guyana | 0.416 | 2022 | — | falling |
| 62 | East Timor | 0.415 | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 63 | Honduras | 0.413 | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 64 | Suriname | 0.405 | 2022 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 65 | South Africa | 0.401 | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 66 | Rwanda | 0.4 | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 0.397 | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 68 | Colombia | 0.392 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 68 | Panama | 0.392 | 2022 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 70 | Brazil | 0.391 | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 71 | Egypt | 0.389 | 2022 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 72 | Philippines | 0.388 | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 73 | Vietnam | 0.378 | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 0.376 | 2022 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 75 | Ecuador | 0.371 | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 76 | Mauritius | 0.369 | 2022 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 76 | El Salvador | 0.369 | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 78 | Lebanon | 0.365 | 2022 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 79 | Peru | 0.36 | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 80 | Mexico | 0.352 | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 81 | Jamaica | 0.35 | 2022 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 0.347 | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.345 | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 84 | Bhutan | 0.334 | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 85 | Bahamas | 0.333 | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 86 | Fiji | 0.332 | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 0.329 | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 88 | Maldives | 0.328 | 2022 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 89 | Cape Verde | 0.325 | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 90 | Thailand | 0.31 | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 91 | Mongolia | 0.297 | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 92 | Argentina | 0.292 | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 93 | Barbados | 0.289 | 2022 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 94 | Georgia | 0.283 | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 95 | Brunei | 0.279 | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 0.269 | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 97 | Oman | 0.267 | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 98 | Libya | 0.266 | 2022 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.264 | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 100 | Türkiye | 0.259 | 2022 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 101 | Cyprus | 0.253 | 2022 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 0.242 | 2022 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 103 | Uruguay | 0.24 | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 104 | Tunisia | 0.237 | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 0.232 | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 106 | Hungary | 0.23 | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 106 | Romania | 0.23 | 2022 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 108 | Saudi Arabia | 0.229 | 2022 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 109 | Qatar | 0.212 | 2022 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 0.206 | 2022 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 111 | Malaysia | 0.202 | 2022 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 112 | Kuwait | 0.199 | 2022 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Armenia | 0.198 | 2022 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 114 | Chile | 0.19 | 2022 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 115 | Ukraine | 0.188 | 2022 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 116 | China | 0.186 | 2022 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 117 | Slovak Republic | 0.184 | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 118 | Bahrain | 0.181 | 2022 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 119 | United States | 0.18 | 2022 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 120 | Russia | 0.178 | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 0.177 | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 122 | Moldova | 0.156 | 2022 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.148 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 124 | Latvia | 0.142 | 2022 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 0.134 | 2022 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 126 | Greece | 0.12 | 2022 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 127 | Serbia | 0.119 | 2022 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 128 | Malta | 0.117 | 2022 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 129 | Albania | 0.116 | 2022 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 130 | Montenegro | 0.114 | 2022 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 131 | Czechia | 0.113 | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 132 | Poland | 0.105 | 2022 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 133 | Lithuania | 0.098 | 2022 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 134 | Belarus | 0.096 | 2022 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 135 | United Kingdom | 0.094 | 2022 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 136 | Estonia | 0.093 | 2022 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 137 | Israel | 0.092 | 2022 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 138 | Croatia | 0.087 | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 139 | France | 0.084 | 2022 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 140 | New Zealand | 0.082 | 2022 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 141 | Japan | 0.078 | 2022 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 142 | Portugal | 0.076 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 143 | Ireland | 0.072 | 2022 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 144 | Germany | 0.071 | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 145 | Canada | 0.069 | 2022 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 146 | Australia | 0.063 | 2022 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 147 | Korea | 0.062 | 2022 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Spain | 0.059 | 2022 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 149 | Italy | 0.057 | 2022 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 150 | Slovenia | 0.049 | 2022 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Austria | 0.048 | 2022 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 152 | Belgium | 0.044 | 2022 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 0.043 | 2022 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 154 | Iceland | 0.039 | 2022 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 155 | Singapore | 0.036 | 2022 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 156 | United Arab Emirates | 0.035 | 2022 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Finland | 0.032 | 2022 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 158 | Netherlands | 0.025 | 2022 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 159 | Sweden | 0.023 | 2022 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 160 | Switzerland | 0.018 | 2022 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Norway | 0.012 | 2022 | down 77.4% | falling |
| 162 | Denmark | 0.009 | 2022 | down 78.6% | falling |
About this data
Data on five composite measures of gender equality.