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Variable Description

The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) was first launched by the OECD Development Centre in 2009 as a innovative measure of the underlying drivers of gender inequality for over 100 countries. Instead of measuring gender gaps in outcomes such as employment and education, the SIGI instead captures discriminatory social institutions, such as early marriage, discriminatory inheritance practices, violence against women, son preference, restricted access to public space and restricted access to land and credit.

The 2012 SIGI is made up of 14 unique variables, grouped into 5 sub-indices: Discriminatory Family Code, Restricted Physical Integrity, Son Bias, Restricted Resources and Entitlements and Restricted Civil Liberties.^[1]

Since the SIGI was launched in 2009, countries have introduced new laws, there have been changes in practices and data sources have improved. The 2012 SIGI represents an updated methodological and conceptual framework and improved data sources for over 100 countries.

Social Institutions and Gender Index Overview

This table shows the ranking of 86 non-OECD countries, based on the 2012 Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) ^[2].

Country	SIGI	2012 Rank	2009 Rank
Afghanistan	0.363417	69	101
Albania	0.279016	52	51
Argentina	0.0068577	1	4
Armenia	0.28469	54	32
Azerbaijan	0.362053	68	37
Bangladesh	0.352318	63	90
Belarus	0.125083	16	19
Benin	0.456945	81	74
Bolivia	0.132767	20	13
Bosnia_and_Herzegovina	0.14254	24
Brazil	0.108517	8	24
Burkina_Faso	0.368684	70	63
Burundi	0.275362	51	50
Cambodia	0.120539	13	27
Cameroon	0.369592	71	81
Chad	0.452535	80	97
China	0.238809	42	83
Colombia	0.14714	26	18
Democratic_Republic_of_Congo	0.513559	84	79
Costa_Rica	0.0219013	2	5
Ivory_Coast	0.339677	61	58
Cuba	0.105666	6	22
Dominican_Rep.	0.110976	9	40
Ecuador	0.130706	18	9
Egypt	0.357891	65	82
El_Salvador	0.114905	10	8
Ethiopia	0.353363	64	89
Macedonia	0.10412	5	23
Gabon	0.428793	77	84
Gambia	0.3933	76	69
Georgia	0.338221	60	33
Ghana	0.261148	50	54
Guatemala	0.211878	35	34
Guinea	0.439627	78	88
Guinea-Bissau	0.243482	45
Haiti	0.169309	31
Honduras	0.130736	19	36
India	0.304458	57	96
Indonesia	0.174232	32	55
Iraq	0.318398	59	93
Jamaica	0.207048	34	42
Kazakhstan	0.121157	14	3
Kenya	0.247925	46	57
Kyrgyzstan	0.175566	33	30
Lao_PDR	0.259261	49	38
Liberia	0.344013	62	87
Madagascar	0.167193	30	46
Malawi	0.217098	38	60
Mali	0.600977	86	99
Mauritania	0.253909	48	61
Moldova	0.159137	29	12
Mongolia	0.142025	23	39
Morocco	0.126173	17	43
Mozambique	0.219375	39	77
Myanmar	0.240282	44	41
Namibia	0.135167	21	47
Nepal	0.215373	36	65
Nicaragua	0.216472	37	28
Niger	0.372019	72	67
Nigeria	0.442831	79	86
Pakistan	0.294459	55	94
Paraguay	0.0641628	3	1
Philippines	0.119287	12	7
Rwanda	0.153862	28	66
Senegal	0.230692	41	52
Serbia	0.117512	11
Sierra_Leone	0.360516	66	100
Somalia	0.499246	82
South_Africa	0.102821	4	49
Sri_Lanka	0.279624	53	45
Sudan	0.525095	85	102
Swaziland	0.391463	74	62
Syria	0.392839	75	59
Tajikistan	0.22345	40	35
Tanzania	0.251829	47	53
Thailand	0.14658	25	16
Togo	0.360838	67	78
Trinidad_and_Tobago	0.106447	7	29
Tunisia	0.135741	22	25
Uganda	0.383802	73	73
Ukraine	0.151264	27	10
Uzbekistan	0.304442	56
Venezuela	0.124958	15	15
Vietnam	0.2387	42	31
Yemen	0.506513	83	98
Zambia	0.304617	58	85