Countries by Gender Inequality Index

The Gender Inequality Index is the measure of inequalities between men and women. There are three dimensions to the GII: reproductive health, empowerment, and labor market participation.

Gender Inequality Index (GII)
Source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Year: 2017

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	Rank	Gender Inequality Index
Switzerland	1	0.039
Denmark	2	0.040
Netherlands	3	0.044
Sweden	4	0.044
Belgium	5	0.048
Norway	6	0.048
Slovenia	7	0.054
Finland	8	0.058
Iceland	9	0.062
South Korea	10	0.063
Luxembourg	11	0.066
Singapore	12	0.067
Austria	13	0.071
Germany	14	0.072
Spain	15	0.080
France	16	0.083
Cyprus	17	0.085
Italy	18	0.087
Portugal	19	0.088
Canada	20	0.092
Israel	21	0.098
Japan	22	0.103
Australia	23	0.109
Ireland	24	0.109
United Kingdom	25	0.116
Greece	26	0.120
Estonia	27	0.122
Lithuania	28	0.123
Croatia	29	0.124
Czech Republic	30	0.124
Belarus	31	0.130
Montenegro	32	0.132
Poland	33	0.132
New Zealand	34	0.136
Macedonia	35	0.149
China	36	0.152
Bosnia and Herzegovina	37	0.166
Libya	38	0.170
Slovakia	39	0.180
Serbia	40	0.181
United States	41	0.189
Latvia	42	0.196
Kazakhstan	43	0.197
Qatar	44	0.206
Malta	45	0.216
Bulgaria	46	0.217
Bahrain	47	0.222
Moldova	48	0.226
United Arab Emirates	49	0.232
Saudi Arabia	50	0.234
Brunei	51	0.236
Albania	52	0.238
Russia	53	0.257
Hungary	54	0.259
Armenia	55	0.262
Oman	56	0.264
Kuwait	57	0.270
Uruguay	58	0.270
Uzbekistan	59	0.274
Barbados	60	0.284
Ukraine	61	0.285
Malaysia	62	0.287
Tunisia	63	0.298
Costa Rica	64	0.300
Cuba	65	0.301
Mongolia	66	0.301
Vietnam	67	0.304
Romania	68	0.311
Tajikistan	69	0.317
Turkey	70	0.317
Azerbaijan	71	0.318
Chile	72	0.319
Trinidad and Tobago	73	0.324
Saint Lucia	74	0.333
Bahamas	75	0.340
Maldives	76	0.343
Mexico	77	0.343
Georgia	78	0.350
Fiji	79	0.352
Sri Lanka	80	0.354
Argentina	81	0.358
Samoa	82	0.365
Peru	83	0.368
Mauritius	84	0.373
Lebanon	85	0.381
Rwanda	86	0.381
Colombia	87	0.383
Ecuador	88	0.385
Belize	89	0.386
South Africa	90	0.389
El Salvador	91	0.392
Kyrgyzstan	92	0.392
Thailand	93	0.393
Brazil	94	0.407
Jamaica	95	0.412
Tonga	96	0.416
Philippines	97	0.427
Botswana	98	0.434
Suriname	99	0.441
Algeria	100	0.442
Egypt	101	0.449
Bolivia	102	0.450
Dominican Republic	103	0.451
Indonesia	104	0.453
Venezuela	105	0.454
Myanmar	106	0.456
Nicaragua	107	0.456
Jordan	108	0.460
Honduras	109	0.461
Iran	110	0.461
Laos	111	0.461
Panama	112	0.461
Paraguay	113	0.467
Burundi	114	0.471
Namibia	115	0.472
Cambodia	116	0.473
Bhutan	117	0.476
Nepal	118	0.480
Morocco	119	0.482
Guatemala	120	0.493
Ethiopia	121	0.502
Guyana	122	0.504
Iraq	123	0.506
Senegal	124	0.515
Zambia	125	0.517
Uganda	126	0.523
India	127	0.524
Gabon	128	0.534
Zimbabwe	129	0.534
Tanzania	130	0.537
Ghana	131	0.538
São Tomé and Príncipe	132	0.538
Pakistan	133	0.541
Bangladesh	134	0.542
Lesotho	135	0.544
Syria	136	0.547
Kenya	137	0.549
Mozambique	138	0.552
Sudan	139	0.564
Togo	140	0.567
Cameroon	141	0.569
Swaziland	142	0.569
Republic of the Congo	143	0.578
Haiti	144	0.601
Burkina Faso	145	0.610
Benin	146	0.611
Mauritania	147	0.617
Malawi	148	0.619
The Gambia	149	0.623
Sierra Leone	150	0.645
Niger	151	0.649
Democratic Republic of the Congo	152	0.652
Afghanistan	153	0.653
Liberia	154	0.656
Ivory Coast	155	0.663
Central African Republic	156	0.673
Mali	157	0.678
Chad	158	0.708
Papua New Guinea	159	0.741
Yemen	160	0.834