Labor market gender gap index in Belize by area 2022

Belize scored 0.727 in the gender gap index area of economic participation and opportunity. This shows that women are at a 27 percent disadvantage in the economy in comparison to men. The country scored 0.55 in estimated earned income, which represents that, on average, women in Belize only earn 55 percent of the income earned by men. Along with Brazil, and Guatemala, Belize had one of the worst gender gap index scores in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Gender gap index in the area of economic participation and opportunity in Belize in 2022, by category

Characteristic	Index score
Estimated earned income*	0.55
Labor force participation	0.61
Professional and technical workers	0.91
Legislators, senior officials and managers	1
Overall score**	0.73

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Belize, Central and South America

Survey time period

2022

Special properties

1 = equality; 0 = inequality

Supplementary notes

* Based on constant international U.S. dollars at 2017 values.
** Including other indicators which are not shown in the graph.
Figures have been rounded. The index scores shown in the graph may slightly differ to the original three-decimal scores.

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