Goal 5 of 17

Gender Equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

62.4 world score, 2022

65.9 median country score, 2023

63.3 average across the countries assessed

166 countries assessed on this goal

World score since 2000

The world aggregate for this goal only.

Regional averages

Unweighted mean across the countries of each region assessed on this goal, 2023.

How the 166 scores are spread

0 0
1 10
2 20
13 30
23 40
26 50
36 60
40 70
20 80
5 90

Biggest gains on this goal

Change in goal score, 2015–2022.

1 United Arab Emirates 50.5 → 74.3 +23.8
2 Djibouti 25.0 → 39.3 +14.3
3 Armenia 55.5 → 68.4 +12.9
4 Egypt, Arab Rep. 45.1 → 57.7 +12.6
5 Chile 65.8 → 77.7 +11.9

Largest falls on this goal

Where the score is lower than it was in 2015.

1 Algeria 54.1 → 41.0 -13.1
2 Maldives 43.7 → 38.5 -5.2
3 Mozambique 69.9 → 65.0 -4.9
4 South Africa 81.6 → 76.8 -4.8
5 Angola 53.6 → 49.7 -3.9

Every country on Goal 5

2023 scores, highest first. Ties share a rank.

Rank	Country	Region	Score
1	Iceland	OECD	94.0
2	Norway	OECD	92.9
3	Finland	OECD	92.1
4	Sweden	OECD	91.4
5	New Zealand	OECD	91.4
6	Belgium	OECD	87.8
7	France	OECD	87.8
8	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	87.6
9	Denmark	OECD	87.0
10	Spain	OECD	86.9
11	Switzerland	OECD	85.9
12	Luxembourg	OECD	85.3
13	Netherlands	OECD	85.1
14	Uzbekistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	85.1
15	Austria	OECD	84.6
16	Portugal	OECD	84.2
17	United Kingdom	OECD	84.1
18	Canada	OECD	83.9
19	Nicaragua	Latin America & the Caribbean	83.9
20	Cuba	Latin America & the Caribbean	83.4
21	Argentina	Latin America & the Caribbean	82.6
22	Costa Rica	OECD	82.0
23	Australia	OECD	82.0
24	Germany	OECD	81.9
25	Mexico	OECD	80.6
26	Ecuador	Latin America & the Caribbean	79.5
27	Belarus	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	79.0
28	Turkmenistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	78.4
29	Jamaica	Latin America & the Caribbean	78.3
30	China	East & South Asia	78.2
31	Chile	OECD	77.7
32	Ireland	OECD	77.7
33	Latvia	OECD	77.5
34	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	77.2
35	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	77.2
36	Slovenia	OECD	77.0
37	United States	OECD	76.8
38	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	76.8
39	Estonia	OECD	76.8
40	Moldova	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	76.8
41	Uruguay	Latin America & the Caribbean	76.4
42	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	76.2
43	Israel	OECD	76.1
44	Lithuania	OECD	75.9
45	Kazakhstan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	75.9
46	Singapore	East & South Asia	75.1
47	Peru	Latin America & the Caribbean	74.9
48	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	74.8
49	Vietnam	East & South Asia	74.4
50	Italy	OECD	74.3
51	United Arab Emirates	Middle East & North Africa	74.3
52	Czechia	OECD	74.3
53	Slovak Republic	OECD	73.7
54	Poland	OECD	73.1
55	Barbados	Latin America & the Caribbean	72.5
56	Bahamas, The	Latin America & the Caribbean	72.0
57	Dominican Republic	Latin America & the Caribbean	71.8
58	Bulgaria	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	71.6
59	Croatia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	71.1
60	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	70.8
61	Thailand	East & South Asia	70.7
62	Brazil	Latin America & the Caribbean	70.4
63	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	70.1
64	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	70.0
65	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	70.0
66	Bolivia	Latin America & the Caribbean	69.5
67	Colombia	OECD	69.4
68	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	69.4
69	Armenia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	68.4
70	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	68.1
71	Lao PDR	East & South Asia	68.1
72	Cyprus	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	68.1
73	Venezuela, RB	Latin America & the Caribbean	68.0
74	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	67.8
75	Ukraine	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	67.7
76	Russian Federation	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	67.3
77	Paraguay	Latin America & the Caribbean	67.2
78	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America & the Caribbean	66.9
79	Suriname	Latin America & the Caribbean	66.9
80	Hungary	OECD	66.8
81	Honduras	Latin America & the Caribbean	66.7
82	Panama	Latin America & the Caribbean	66.4
83	Korea, Rep.	OECD	66.3
84	Greece	OECD	65.4
85	Guyana	Latin America & the Caribbean	65.2
86	El Salvador	Latin America & the Caribbean	65.2
87	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	65.1
88	Mongolia	East & South Asia	65.0
89	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	65.0
90	Serbia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	64.9
91	Malta	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	64.7
92	Philippines	East & South Asia	64.3
93	Indonesia	East & South Asia	63.8
94	Brunei Darussalam	East & South Asia	62.0
95	Georgia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	61.8
96	Japan	OECD	61.7
97	Kyrgyz Republic	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	61.7
98	Bhutan	East & South Asia	61.6
99	Albania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	60.8
100	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	60.5
101	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	60.1
102	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	59.7
103	North Macedonia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	59.0
104	Fiji	Oceania	59.0
105	Malaysia	East & South Asia	58.3
106	Belize	Latin America & the Caribbean	58.2
107	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	57.7
108	Myanmar	East & South Asia	57.5
109	Montenegro	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	56.9
110	Tajikistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	56.5
111	Cambodia	East & South Asia	56.3
112	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	56.0
113	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	56.0
114	Qatar	Middle East & North Africa	55.3
115	Romania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	55.1
116	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.9
117	Congo, Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.8
118	Azerbaijan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	54.7
119	Bangladesh	East & South Asia	54.5
120	Bahrain	Middle East & North Africa	52.6
121	Sri Lanka	East & South Asia	52.4
122	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	52.3
123	Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	51.4
124	Kuwait	Middle East & North Africa	51.3
125	Tunisia	Middle East & North Africa	51.0
126	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.7
127	Nepal	East & South Asia	50.7
128	Guatemala	Latin America & the Caribbean	49.9
129	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	49.7
130	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	48.4
131	Türkiye	OECD	47.6
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	47.1
133	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	46.6
134	India	East & South Asia	46.3
135	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	45.2
136	Lebanon	Middle East & North Africa	45.2
137	Saudi Arabia	Middle East & North Africa	44.6
138	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	44.3
139	Iraq	Middle East & North Africa	44.2
140	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	44.1
141	Morocco	Middle East & North Africa	43.8
142	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	43.7
143	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	43.2
144	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	43.1
145	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	42.9
146	Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	42.6
147	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	42.4
148	Haiti	Latin America & the Caribbean	41.8
149	Algeria	Middle East & North Africa	41.0
150	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	40.7
151	Jordan	Middle East & North Africa	39.8
152	Djibouti	Sub-Saharan Africa	39.3
153	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	39.2
154	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	38.7
155	Maldives	East & South Asia	38.5
156	Pakistan	East & South Asia	37.2
157	Oman	Middle East & North Africa	37.2
158	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	34.2
159	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	34.2
160	Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East & North Africa	34.1
161	Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	33.9
162	Afghanistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	32.9
163	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	30.8
164	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	28.0
165	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	25.9
166	Yemen, Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	13.1