Gender gap index in Brazil by area 2022

Since at least 2016, Brazil has scored the lowest in the area of political empowerment, at 0.14 of a maximum of one in 2021 and 2022. This means that Brazilian women are 86 percent less likely to have the same political participation opportunities than men. In 2022, Brazil was one of the Latin American countries with the worst gender gap index.

Gender gap index in Brazil from 2016 to 2022, by category

Characteristic	Educational attainment	Health & survival	Economic participation & opportunity	Political empowerment
2022	1	0.98	0.67	0.14
2021	1	0.98	0.67	0.14
2020	1	0.98	0.69	0.13
2018	1	0.98	0.65	0.1
2017	1	0.98	0.66	0.1
2016	1	0.98	0.64	0.13

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Brazil, Central and South America

Survey time period

2016 to 2022

Special properties

1 = equality; 0 = inequality

Supplementary notes

Data prior to 2022 was retrieved from earlier editions of the publication. Figure not available for 2019.
Numbers have been rounded. The index scores shown in the graph may differ to the original three-decimal scores.

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