Development: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2074-3866 - © OECD 2011
Gender equality | |||||||||
Factors reducing women’s quality of life, year 2009 | |||||||||
Female Genital Mutilation | Legislation on violence against women | Obstacles to freedom of movement | Obligation to wear a veil in public | Women's access to land | Women's access to bank loans | Women's access to property other than land | Social Institutions and Gender Index | ||
0=none 1=all | 0=yes 1=no | 0=none 1=high | 0=no 1=yes | 0=full 1=no | 0=full 1=no | 0=full 1=no | rank | ||
Afghanistan | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 101.00 | |
Albania | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 51.00 | |
Algeria | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 75.00 | |
Angola | .. | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | .. | |
Argentina | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | |
Armenia | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32.00 | |
Azerbaijan | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37.00 | |
Bahrain | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 76.00 | |
Bangladesh | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 90.00 | |
Belarus | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | |
Benin | 0.17 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 74.00 | |
Bhutan | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 64.00 | |
Bolivia | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .. | |
Botswana | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 48.00 | |
Brazil | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.00 | |
Burkina Faso | 0.77 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 63.00 | |
Burundi | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 50.00 | |
Cambodia | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 | |
Cameroon | 0.20 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 81.00 | |
Central African Republic | 0.40 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 70.00 | |
Chad | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 97.00 | |
Chile | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 26.00 | |
China | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 83.00 | |
Colombia | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | |
Congo | .. | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | .. | |
Congo, DR | 0.05 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 79.00 | |
Costa Rica | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | |
Côte d'Ivoire | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 58.00 | |
Croatia | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | |
Cuba | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 | |
Dominican Republic | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 40.00 | |
Ecuador | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 9.00 | |
Egypt | 0.90 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 82.00 | |
El Salvador | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | |
Equatorial Guinea | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 68.00 | |
Eritrea | 0.89 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.00 | |
Ethiopia | 0.80 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 89.00 | |
Fiji | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 44.00 | |
Gabon | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 84.00 | |
Gambia | 0.70 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 69.00 | |
Georgia | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.00 | |
Ghana | 0.20 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 54.00 | |
Guatemala | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.00 | |
Guinea | 0.80 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 88.00 | |
Guinea-Bissau | 0.50 | 1.00 | .. | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | .. | |
Haiti | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .. | 0.50 | 0.00 | .. | |
Honduras | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 36.00 | |
Hong Kong, China | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | |
India | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 96.00 | |
Indonesia | 0.10 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 55.00 | |
Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 95.00 | |
Iraq | 0.01 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 93.00 | |
Israel | .. | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .. | |
Jamaica | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 42.00 | |
Jordan | .. | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | .. | |
Kazakhstan | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | |
Kenya | 0.40 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 57.00 | |
Korea, DPR | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .. | |
Kuwait | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 71.00 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 30.00 | |
Lao PDR | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 38.00 | |
Lebanon | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | .. | |
Lesotho | .. | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | .. | |
Liberia | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 87.00 | |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 91.00 | |
Macedonia, FYR | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 | |
Madagascar | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 46.00 | |
Malawi | 0.18 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 60.00 | |
Malaysia | .. | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .. | |
Mali | 0.94 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 99.00 | |
Mauritania | 0.71 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 61.00 | |
Mauritius | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 | |
Moldova, Republic of | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | |
Mongolia | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 39.00 | |
Morocco | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 43.00 | |
Mozambique | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 77.00 | |
Myanmar | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 41.00 | |
Namibia | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 47.00 | |
Nepal | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 65.00 | |
Nicaragua | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.00 | |
Niger | 0.02 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 67.00 | |
Nigeria | 0.19 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 86.00 | |
Occupied Palestinian Territory | .. | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | .. | |
Oman | .. | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | .. | |
Pakistan | 0.05 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 94.00 | |
Panama | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .. | |
Papua New Guinea | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 80.00 | |
Paraguay | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
Peru | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 | |
Philippines | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 7.00 | |
Puerto Rico | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Russian Federation | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | |
Rwanda | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 66.00 | |
Saudi Arabia | .. | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | .. | |
Senegal | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 52.00 | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 0.00 | .. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .. | |
Sierra Leone | 0.85 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 100.00 | |
Singapore | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | |
Somalia | 0.94 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | .. | |
South Africa | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 49.00 | |
Sri Lanka | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 45.00 | |
Sudan | 0.90 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 102.00 | |
Swaziland | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 62.00 | |
Syrian Arab Republic | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 59.00 | |
Chinese Taipei | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .. | |
Tajikistan | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35.00 | |
Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 53.00 | |
Thailand | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | |
Timor-Leste | 0.00 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | .. | |
Togo | 0.12 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 78.00 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.00 | |
Tunisia | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 | |
Turkmenistan | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | .. | |
Uganda | 0.05 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 73.00 | |
Ukraine | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | |
United Arab Emirates | 0.30 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 92.00 | |
Uruguay | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 | |
Uzbekistan | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .. | |
Venezuela | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 | |
Viet Nam | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.00 | |
Yemen | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 98.00 | |
Zambia | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 85.00 | |
Zimbabwe | 0.05 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 72.00 | |
Last updated: 5 May 2011 | |||||||||
Source: Gender, Institutions and Development, OECD International Development Statistics (database) |