Economic Activity Gap
The Economic Activity Gap is estimated from the gender gap in the following indicators:
- economic activity rate
- estimated earned income
Equity levels in economic activity are halfway between the quasi-equity found in education and the alarming inequity persisting in empowerment indicators. The countries showing progress in this dimension are outnumbered by those evidencing regression.
Globally, the economic activity gap between women and men seems to be increasing, since more than half of the countries for which there is data experience regression, most of them severe. This setbacks in the participation of women in the economy is at the root of most of the national regressions registered in the total GEI.
The biggest regressions in the economic dimension come from Eastern Europe. In Latvia, Belarus, Slovakia and Macedonia, the transition toward a market economy in the early 1990's increased the gender gap in the economy. Among the 15 top places in terms of the gender gap, the Nordic countries - Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Finland - share the honour with ten of the poorest countries in the world: Mozambique, Burundi, Rwanda, Cambodia, Ghana, Viet Nam, Uganda, Madagascar, Kenya and Guinea.
Economic Activity gap_ basic data (.rtf) |
Economic Activity gap
Mozambique | 91.5 | |
Burundi | 88.1 | |
Rwanda | 84.5 | |
Sweden | 83.8 | |
Cambodia | 83.5 | |
Ghana | 82.5 | |
Norway | 81.9 | |
Viet Nam | 81.2 | |
Uganda | 81.1 | |
Madagascar | 80.8 | |
Bahamas | 80.7 | |
Kenya | 80.6 | |
Guinea | 79.8 | |
Vanuatu | 79.5 | |
Iceland | 78.8 | |
Denmark | 78.6 | |
Finland | 78.5 | |
Mali | 77.3 | |
Burkina Faso | 76.6 | |
New Zealand | 76.1 | |
Lithuania | 75.6 | |
Israel | 75.2 | |
Australia | 75.2 | |
Kazakhstan | 75.1 | |
Chad | 74.9 | |
Romania | 74.6 | |
Canada | 73.8 | |
China | 73.3 | |
Azerbaijan | 73.3 | |
Barbados | 73.2 | |
United Kingdom | 72.8 | |
Belarus | 72.7 | |
United States of America | 72.3 | |
Moldova | 71.8 | |
France | 71.7 | |
Thailand | 71.7 | |
Bulgaria | 71.6 | |
Angola | 71.3 | |
Switzerland | 71.3 | |
Russian Federation | 71.2 | |
Estonia | 71.2 | |
Latvia | 71.0 | |
Croatia | 70.7 | |
Netherlands | 70.7 | |
Slovenia | 70.6 | |
Central African Republic | 70.0 | |
Ethiopia | 69.7 | |
Colombia | 69.7 | |
Portugal | 69.0 | |
Uzbekistan | 68.9 | |
Poland | 68.8 | |
Hungary | 68.3 | |
Cyprus | 68.2 | |
Germany | 67.6 | |
Slovakia | 67.1 | |
Zimbabwe | 67.0 | |
Ukraine | 66.9 | |
Hong Kong | 66.0 | |
Gabon | 65.9 | |
Niger | 65.8 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 65.8 | |
Tajikistan | 65.8 | |
Bolivia | 65.7 | |
Namibia | 65.6 | |
Jamaica | 64.7 | |
Brazil | 64.6 | |
Ecuador | 64.3 | |
Belgium | 64.2 | |
Czech Republic | 64.0 | |
Zambia | 64.0 | |
Uruguay | 63.9 | |
Philippines | 63.5 | |
Peru | 63.4 | |
Ireland | 63.3 | |
Argentina | 61.9 | |
Albania | 61.9 | |
Senegal | 61.3 | |
Greece | 61.2 | |
Austria | 61.0 | |
Gambia | 60.8 | |
Venezuela | 60.8 | |
Panama | 60.7 | |
Luxembourg | 60.1 | |
St Vincent and Grenadines | 59.5 | |
St Lucia | 59.1 | |
Maldives | 58.6 | |
Singapore | 58.6 | |
Guinea-Bissau | 58.3 | |
Mongolia | 58.2 | |
Spain | 58.2 | |
Lesotho | 57.6 | |
Congo, Rep. | 57.4 | |
Mauritania | 57.3 | |
Cameroon | 57.1 | |
Nepal | 57.0 | |
Djibouti | 56.2 | |
Paraguay | 55.6 | |
Macedonia | 55.5 | |
Japan | 55.3 | |
Benin | 54.7 | |
Italy | 54.6 | |
Eritrea | 54.3 | |
Costa Rica | 54.3 | |
Korea, Rep. | 53.9 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 53.7 | |
Honduras | 53.6 | |
Bangladesh | 53.5 | |
Indonesia | 52.8 | |
Sierra Leone | 52.8 | |
Cuba | 52.0 | |
South Africa | 51.4 | |
El Salvador | 51.2 | |
Dominican Republic | 49.9 | |
Georgia | 49.7 | |
Malta | 49.5 | |
Equatorial Guinea | 49.4 | |
Togo | 49.4 | |
Botswana | 49.0 | |
Brunei Darussalam | 48.4 | |
Malawi | 47.5 | |
Tanzania | 47.5 | |
Mauritius | 47.5 | |
Guyana | 47.1 | |
Nigeria | 47.0 | |
Malaysia | 46.6 | |
Suriname | 46.1 | |
Belize | 45.9 | |
Chile | 45.9 | |
Iran | 45.7 | |
Samoa | 44.5 | |
Mexico | 44.3 | |
Sri Lanka | 42.9 | |
Cape Verde | 40.1 | |
Algeria | 39.4 | |
Syria | 38.8 | |
Côte d'Ivoire | 38.1 | |
Guatemala | 36.7 | |
India | 36.6 | |
Nicaragua | 36.4 | |
Lebanon | 36.2 | |
Swaziland | 35.8 | |
Turkey | 35.7 | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 35.2 | |
Yemen | 34.4 | |
Pakistan | 34.2 | |
Bahrain | 34.1 | |
Jordan | 33.5 | |
Tunisia | 33.5 | |
Timor-Leste | 33.5 | |
United Arab Emirates | 33.4 | |
Qatar | 32.7 | |
Morocco | 29.1 | |
Sudan | 29.0 | |
Egypt | 25.1 | |
Oman | 23.5 | |
Saudi Arabia | 18.8 | |
West Bank and Gaza | 7.5 |