Labor market gender gap index in Guatemala by area 2022

In 2022, Guatemala scored 0.589 in the gender gap index area of economic participation and opportunity. This means that women are 41 percent less likely to have equal economic participation and opportunities than men. The Central American country also scored 0.49 in estimated earned income, which means that, on average, women's income in Guatemala was estimated to represent only 49 percent of the income earned by men.

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

Characteristic	Index score
Legislators, senior officials and managers	0.58
Estimated earned income*	0.49
Labor force participation	0.47
Wage equality for similar work	0.6
Professional and technical workers	0.97
Overall score**	0.59

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Guatemala, 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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