Least gender equal countries in the world 2021

According to the Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2021, Yemen was the least gender equal country in the world. The Gender Inequality Index measures reflecting inequality in achievement between women and men in three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market. A low GII value indicates low inequality between women and men and vice versa. By comparison, Denmark was considered the most gender equal country worldwide that same year.

Least gender equal countries in the world in 2021

Characteristic	Gender inequality index (0 = full equality, 1 = full inequality)
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Release date

September 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Special properties

Top 50

Supplementary notes

The GII is an inequality index. It measures gender inequalities in three important aspects of human development—reproductive health, measured by maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rates; empowerment, measured by proportion of parliamentary seats occupied by females and proportion of adult females and males aged 25 years and older with at least some secondary education; and economic status, expressed as labour market participation and measured by labour force participation rate of female and male populations aged 15 years and older

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