Change in Gender Inequality Index, 2011-2021
WorldSocial / HealthPercent change in Gender Inequality Index values between 2011 and 2021, by country. The Gender Inequality Index measures achievement between women and men in three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market.
UNIn North America, Canada, Mexico, and most Central American and Caribbean countries saw change between 3 and 88 percent in the Gender Inequality Index. In the United States, the change was between 1 and 3 percent. In most South American countries, change was between 3 and 88 percent, except for Brazil (between 1 and 3 percent) and Venezuela (between 1 and –4 percent). In Europe, most countries had change between 3 and 88 percent. In Africa, most countries report no data. However, almost all of those for which there are data had change between 3 and 88 percent: Algeria, Libya, Gabon, Rwanda, Burundi, Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. Morocco had change between 1 and –4 percent. In Southwest, Central, and South Asia, most countries lack data. However, in Southwest Asia, Turkey, Armenia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, and United Arab Emirates are between 3 and 88 percent; Iran is between 1 and 3 percent; and Kuwait is between –4 and –8 percent. In Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan are between 3 and 88 percent. In South Asia, Nepal and Sri Lanka are between 3 and 88 percent. In Southeast and East Asia and Oceania, all countries for which there are data are between 3 and 88 percent, except for South Korea, which is between –8 and –42 percent.
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Class | Rank | Percentage of change | Armenia | Azerbaijan | Belarus | Estonia | Georgia | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Latvia | Lithuania | Moldova | Russia | Tajikistan | Turkmenistan | Ukraine | Uzbekistan | Class | Rank | Percent | Abyssal clay | Calcareous ooze | Continental (lithogenous) | Diatom | Radiolarian | Other | |
99.7% | 98.7% | 98.3% | 99.4% | 99.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5.64% | 5.75% | 1.31% | 90.5% | 2.73% | 3.98% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
47.8% | 26.0% | 92.7% | 28.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7.81% | 2.82% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25.8% | 73.2% | 98.2% | 99.3% | 1.46% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
75.1% | 96.3% | 99.0% | 97.8% | 97.1% | 94.2% | 1.51% | 6.85% | ||||||||||||||||||||
2.95% | 6.55% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37.8% | 40.8% | 1.37% | 18.7% | 5.15% | 1.12% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2.61% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6.21% | 100% | 1.34% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.93% | 6.83% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.22% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.26% | 3.45% |