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Variable Description

The disadvantages facing women and girls are a major source of inequality. All too often, women and girls are discriminated against in health, education and the labour market — with negative repercussions for their freedoms. The UNDP introduces a new measure of these inequalities built on the same framework as the HDI and the IHDI — to better expose differences in the distribution of achievements between women and men.^[1]

To see more information please visit the Gender Inequality Index page.

Gender Inequality Index Overview

The Gender Inequality Index ranks countries by taking account of five indicators:

Maternal mortality ratio.
Adolescent fertility rate.
The share of parliamentary seats held by each sex.
Secondary and higher education attainment levels.
Women’s participation in the work force.

The following table shows the GII value for 2010^[2].

Country	GII Value	GII Rank
Afghanistan	0.797	134
Albania	0.545	61
Algeria	0.594	70
Argentina	0.534	60
Armenia	0.57	66
Australia	0.296	18
Austria	0.3	19
Azerbaijan	0.553	62
Bahrain	0.512	55
Bangladesh	0.734	116
Barbados	0.448	42
Belgium	0.236	6
Belize	0.6	73
Benin	0.759	127
Bolivia	0.672	96
Botswana	0.663	91
Brazil	0.631	80
Bulgaria	0.399	36
Burundi	0.627	79
Cambodia	0.672	95
Cameroon	0.763	129
Canada	0.289	16
Central_African_Republic	0.768	132
Chile	0.505	53
China	0.405	38
Colombia	0.658	90
Republic_of_Congo	0.744	121
Costa_Rica	0.501	51
Croatia	0.345	30
Cuba	0.473	47
Cyprus	0.284	15
Czech_Republic	0.33	27
Democratic_Republic_of_Congo	0.814	137
Denmark	0.209	2
Dominican_Rep.	0.646	87
Ecuador	0.645	86
Egypt	0.714	108
El_Salvador	0.653	89
Estonia	0.409	39
Finland	0.248	8
France	0.26	11
Gabon	0.678	99
Gambia	0.742	120
Georgia	0.597	71
Germany	0.24	7
Ghana	0.729	114
Greece	0.317	23
Guatemala	0.713	107
Guyana	0.667	92
Haiti	0.739	119
Honduras	0.68	101
Hungary	0.382	34
Iceland	0.279	13
India	0.748	122
Indonesia	0.68	100
Iran	0.674	98
Iraq	0.751	123
Ireland	0.344	29
Israel	0.332	28
Italy	0.251	9
Ivory_Coast	0.765	130
Jamaica	0.638	84
Japan	0.273	12
Jordan	0.616	76
Kazakhstan	0.575	67
Kenya	0.738	117
Kuwait	0.451	43
Kyrgyzstan	0.56	63
Lao_PDR	0.65	88
Latvia	0.316	22
Lesotho	0.685	102
Liberia	0.766	131
Libya	0.504	52
Lithuania	0.359	33
Luxembourg	0.318	24
Malawi	0.758	126
Malaysia	0.493	50
Maldives	0.533	59
Mali	0.799	135
Malta	0.395	35
Mauritania	0.738	118
Mauritius	0.466	46
Mexico	0.576	68
Moldova	0.429	40
Mongolia	0.523	57
Morocco	0.693	104
Mozambique	0.718	111
Namibia	0.615	75
Nepal	0.716	110
Netherlands	0.174	1
New_Zealand	0.32	25
Nicaragua	0.674	97
Niger	0.807	136
Norway	0.234	5
Pakistan	0.721	112
Panama	0.634	81
Papua_New_Guinea	0.784	133
Paraguay	0.643	85
Peru	0.614	74
Philippines	0.623	78
Poland	0.325	26
Portugal	0.31	21
Qatar	0.671	94
Romania	0.478	49
Russia	0.442	41
Rwanda	0.638	83
Saudi_Arabia	0.76	128
Senegal	0.727	113
Sierra_Leone	0.756	125
Singapore	0.255	10
Slovakia	0.352	31
Slovenia	0.293	17
South_Africa	0.635	82
South_Korea	0.31	20
Spain	0.28	14
Sri_Lanka	0.599	72
Sudan	0.708	106
Swaziland	0.668	93
Sweden	0.212	3
Switzerland	0.228	4
Syria	0.687	103
Tajikistan	0.568	65
Thailand	0.586	69
Togo	0.731	115
Trinidad_and_Tobago	0.473	48
Tunisia	0.515	56
Turkey	0.621	77
Uganda	0.715	109
Ukraine	0.463	44
United_Arab_Emirates	0.464	45
United_Kingdom	0.355	32
United_States	0.4	37
Uruguay	0.508	54
Venezuela	0.561	64
Vietnam	0.53	58
Yemen	0.853	138
Zambia	0.752	124
Zimbabwe	0.705	105