Ghana: gender inequality in society by dimension

As of 2019, Ghana achieved a score of 0.63 on gender inequality in society, which meant that women had 63 percent of the opportunities that men did. The physical security and autonomy dimension registered the highest score, at 0.88, followed by the essential services and enablers of economic opportunity dimension with 0.79. A GPS score of one indicates total parity between men and women - the closer it is to one, the closer it is to bridging the gender gap.

Gender inequality in society score in Ghana as of 2019, by dimension

Characteristic	Score (1 = gender equality)
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November 2019

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Ghana

Survey time period

2019

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The source adds the following:
"GPS framework uses 15 indicators of progress towards gender equality. These 15 indicators span four dimensions, the first of which is gender equality at work. The other three relate to gender equality in society: essential services and nablers of economic opportunity, legal protection and political voice, and physical security and autonomy".
Additionally:
"The Gender Parity Score weights each indicator equally and calculates an aggregate measure at the country level of how close women are to gender parity. A GPS of 1.00 indicates parity; a GPS of 0.95, for example, indicates that a country has 5 percent to go before attaining parity. For most indicators, low inequality is defined as being within 5 percent of parity, medium between 5 and 25 percent, high between 25 and 50 percent, and extremely high as greater than 50 percent from parity".

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