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Topic 08 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Myanmar: Gender & Equality
How wide is the gap between women's and men's lives?
Myanmar is placed 136th of 183 countries on gender & equality in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Women, Business and the Law 61.88 (2025); Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.33 (2025).
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Gender & Equality
136th
of 183 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 61.88Women, Business and the Law, 2025WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity)
- 0.33Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2025Women's political empowerment index (0–1)
- 41.13Firms with a Female Top Manager, 2025Firms with a female top manager (%)
- 47Social Institutions and Gender Index, 2023SIGI score (0 = no discrimination, 100 = absolute)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Myanmar on gender & equality — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
61.88
WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity)
Higher is better
Myanmar: 61.88. Across the 190 countries in this edition, values run from 3.125 (Afghanistan) to 100 (Sweden); the world median is 81.25.
- World median
- 81.25
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 88.13 Vietnam
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 49.38 · China 78.13 · India 71.25 · Laos 82.5 · Thailand 78.13
Key 2 of 4
Women's Political Empowerment Index
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.33
Women's political empowerment index (0–1)
Higher is better
Myanmar: 0.33. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from 0.028 (Afghanistan) to 0.954 (Denmark); the world median is 0.772.
- World median
- 0.772
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 0.81 Philippines
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 0.537 · China 0.587 · India 0.658 · Laos 0.508 · Thailand 0.688
Key 3 of 4
Firms with a Female Top Manager
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2016–2025 · Myanmar’s is from 2016 · CC BY 4.0
41.13
Firms with a female top manager (%)
Higher is better
Myanmar: 41.13. Across the 179 countries at their latest reading, values run from 1.429 (Qatar) to 62.9 (Kiribati); the world median is 19.16.
- World median
- 19.16
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 50.69 Laos
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 3.591 · China 19.6 · India 3.84 · Laos 50.69 · Thailand 48.92
Key 4 of 4
Social Institutions and Gender Index
OECD
2023 edition · data for 2023 · OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause
47
SIGI score (0 = no discrimination, 100 = absolute)
Lower is better
Myanmar: 47. Across the 140 countries in this edition, values run from 6.7 (Norway) to 67.4 (Mauritania); the world median is 25.2.
- World median
- 25.2
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 21.7 Cambodia
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 49.3 · China 27.1 · India 43 · Laos 25.1 · Thailand 33.9
02Over time
Which way Myanmar is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Women, Business and the Law
WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity) · higher is better
MyanmarWorld median
Myanmar rose from 53.75 in 2000 to 61.88 in 2025; the world median went from 63.13 to 81.25.
Every year’s figures
Year Myanmar World median 2025 62 81.3 2023 59 81.3 2022 59 80.3 2021 59 80.0 2020 59 79.7 2019 59 78.8 2018 59 77.5 2017 59 77.5 2016 59 76.9 2015 59 75.9 2014 59 75.6 2013 59 75.0 2012 54 73.8 2011 54 73.1 2010 54 73.1 2009 54 72.5 2008 54 71.3 2007 54 69.7 2006 54 68.8 2005 54 67.2 2004 54 66.9 2003 54 64.7 2002 54 63.8 2001 54 63.8 2000 54 63.1 Women's Political Empowerment Index
Women's political empowerment index (0–1) · higher is better
MyanmarWorld median
Myanmar rose from 0.269 in 2000 to 0.33 in 2025; the world median went from 0.681 to 0.772.
Every year’s figures
Year Myanmar World median 2025 0.330 0.7715 2024 0.333 0.7745 2023 0.333 0.7755 2022 0.336 0.7825 2021 0.334 0.7785 2020 0.630 0.7755 2019 0.593 0.7665 2018 0.589 0.7715 2017 0.534 0.7710 2016 0.571 0.7780 2015 0.557 0.7755 2014 0.499 0.7795 2013 0.468 0.7730 2012 0.486 0.7740 2011 0.426 0.7650 2010 0.381 0.7610 2009 0.270 0.7515 2008 0.270 0.7505 2007 0.269 0.7380 2006 0.269 0.7290 2005 0.269 0.7350 2004 0.269 0.7205 2003 0.269 0.7160 2002 0.269 0.7150 2001 0.269 0.6950 2000 0.269 0.6810
03In context
Myanmar beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 183 countries on gender & equality, never a place within the region.
Myanmar and the countries it borders
Standing among all 183; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Women, Business and the LawWBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity) | Women's Political Empowerment IndexWomen's political empowerment index (0–1) | Firms with a Female Top ManagerFirms with a female top manager (%) | Social Institutions and Gender IndexSIGI score (0 = no discrimination, 100 = absolute) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Laos | 90th | 82.5 | 0.508 | 50.69 | 25.1 |
 Thailand | =95th | 78.13 | 0.688 | 48.92 | 33.9 |
 China | 124th | 78.13 | 0.587 | 19.6 | 27.1 |
| Myanmar | 136th | 61.88 | 0.33 | 41.13 | 47 |
 India | 154th | 71.25 | 0.658 | 3.84 | 43 |
 Bangladesh | =168th | 49.38 | 0.537 | 3.591 | 49.3 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South-eastern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 183.
Placed either side on gender & equality
The countries immediately above and below Myanmar in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Myanmar is ahead of the world, and behind
23 more statistics filed under gender & equality, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median3
Statistics on which Myanmar does better than the middle country measured.
Length of Paid Paternity LeaveWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3153▼ Worsened since 2015
Myanmar: 15 · world median 3 · Paid paternity leave set in law (calendar days). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 196; higher is better.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2578.871.25▲ Improved since 2013
Myanmar: 78.8 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 55th of 196 · derived.
Child MarriageUNICEF · 2025 · world median 17.11617.1No earlier reading
Myanmar: 16 · world median 17.1 · Women 20–24 married before 18 (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.3; lower is better.
Position 78th of 143 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median13
Statistics on which Myanmar does worse than the middle country measured.
Firms with Female Participation in OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 35.1235.0535.12No earlier reading
Myanmar: 35.05 · world median 35.12 · Firms with at least one woman among the owners (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.273 to 86.78; higher is better.
Position 92nd of 181 · derived.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4633.5127.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Myanmar: 33.51 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 99th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9710.9470.971▼ Worsened since 2015
Myanmar: 0.947 · world median 0.971 · Gender Development Index (1.000 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.407 to 1.038; higher is better.
Position 125th of 184 · derived.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.4780.351No real change since 2015
Myanmar: 0.478 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 118th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Women's Empowerment IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women · 2022 · world median 0.6150.5180.615No earlier reading
Myanmar: 0.518 · world median 0.615 · Women's Empowerment Index (0–1; higher = more empowerment). UNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women, 2023 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0.141 to 0.828; higher is better.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.65184.6446.65▼ Worsened since 2013
Myanmar: 184.64 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 41st of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Global Gender Parity IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women · 2022 · world median 0.7260.5980.726No earlier reading
Myanmar: 0.598 · world median 0.726 · Global Gender Parity Index (women's achievements relative to men's; 1 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women, 2023 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0.141 to 0.925; higher is better.
Female Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 53.3640.9453.36▼ Worsened since 2015
Myanmar: 40.94 · world median 53.36 · Women aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 4.663 to 82.91; higher is better.
Position 146th of 182 · derived.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8158.681No earlier reading
Myanmar: 58.6 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 123rd of 153 · derived.
Women Who Think a Husband Is Justified in Hitting or Beating His WifeUNICEF · 2025 · world median 22.451.222.4No earlier reading
Myanmar: 51.2 · world median 22.4 · Women aged 15-49 who say a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.2 to 80.2; lower is better.
Position 21st of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Social Norms IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 91.8199.4291.81No earlier reading
Myanmar: 99.42 · world median 91.81 · People with at least one bias against gender equality (%). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 27.39 to 99.92; lower is better.
Position 11th of 91 · derived, 1st = worst.
Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to LandFAO · 2025 · world median 313No earlier reading
Myanmar: 1 · world median 3 · Level of legal guarantees of women's equal rights to land ownership and control, 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 6; higher is better.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.937.196.9No earlier reading
Myanmar: 37.1 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Length of Paid Maternity LeaveWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 989898▼ Worsened since 2015
Myanmar: 98 · world median 98 · Paid maternity leave set in law (calendar days). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 410; higher is better.
No better end6
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Female Share of ResearchersUIS · 2024 · world median 38.1776.5438.17No earlier reading
Myanmar: 76.54 · world median 38.17 · Researchers who are women (% of headcount; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.54.
Women's Share of Agricultural LandownersFAO · 2025 · world median 25.6449.9725.64No earlier reading
Myanmar: 49.97 · world median 25.64 · Women's share of owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.16 to 57.8.
Sex Ratio at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 105.1106.6105.1No real change since 2013
Myanmar: 106.6 · world median 105.1 · Male births per 100 female births. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 101.1 to 116.3.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6517.120.65No earlier reading
Myanmar: 17.1 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Mean Age at First Marriage, WomenUN DESA Population Division · 2019 · world median 24.6523.424.65No earlier reading
Myanmar: 23.4 · world median 24.65 · Singulate mean age at marriage, women (years). UN DESA Population Division, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 17 to 34.
Female-Headed HouseholdsUN DESA Population Division · 2026 · world median 33.2122.4733.21No earlier reading
Myanmar: 22.47 · world median 33.21 · Households headed by a woman (% of households). UN DESA Population Division, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 5.33 to 64.59.
No current reading for Myanmar
Account Ownership Among Women (last 2021), Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (last 2016), Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management (last 2020), Female Share of STEM Graduates (last 2018) and Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment (last 2018). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Gender & Equality among Myanmar’s 16 topics
Gender & Equality is Myanmar’s 6th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability59th of 1864/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality66th of 1592/3 keys
- Food & Agriculture91st of 1843/4 keys
- Energy94th of 1653/3 keys
- Work & Labour109th of 1824/4 keys
- Gender & Equality136th of 1834/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 136th of 1773/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing155th of 2004/4 keys
- Digital & Technology154th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience157th of 1934/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital162nd of 1963/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties166th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation155th of 1763/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions173rd of 1944/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge192nd of 1982/4 keys
- Peace & Security175th of 1774/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on gender & equality
The three countries placed highest of 183, and the leaders Myanmar can most readily be measured against.
1
LatviaNorthern Europe
1st of 183 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Marcin Szala · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
TaiwanEastern Asia
2nd of 183 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: xiangyang17 · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
ItalySouthern Europe
3rd of 183 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Francisco Antunes · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Taiwan2nd3/4 keysHighest in South-eastern Asia
Timor-Leste51st3/4 keysThis page
Myanmar136th4/4 keys
Positions out of 183 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Myanmar on gender & equality: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Myanmar rank on gender & equality?
Myanmar is placed 136th of 183 countries on Gender & Equality in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Women, Business and the Law, Women's Political Empowerment Index, Firms with a Female Top Manager and Social Institutions and Gender Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Women, Business and the Law figure for Myanmar?
61.88 in 2025 (wBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 81.25.
What is the latest Women's Political Empowerment Index figure for Myanmar?
0.33 in 2025 (women's political empowerment index (0–1)), according to V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg. The world median in the same edition was 0.772.
How does Myanmar compare with India on gender & equality?
India is placed 154th of 183, and Myanmar 136th. Women, Business and the Law: India 71.25, Myanmar 61.88; Women's Political Empowerment Index: India 0.658, Myanmar 0.33; Firms with a Female Top Manager: India 3.84, Myanmar 41.13; Social Institutions and Gender Index: India 43, Myanmar 47.
How have Myanmar’s gender & equality figures changed?
Women, Business and the Law rose from 53.75 in 2000 to 61.88 in 2025; Women's Political Empowerment Index rose from 0.269 in 2000 to 0.33 in 2025.
Which gender & equality statistics are missing for Myanmar?
No current reading is published for Myanmar on Account Ownership Among Women, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, Female Share of STEM Graduates and Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Violence against women is not a key here, because comparable data covers too few countries. The Gender Inequality Index is published here as context rather than as a key: its reading is driven largely by maternal and adolescent health, which moves with a country’s overall development and is already measured under Development and Health. Women’s labour force participation, women in management and child marriage are published here as context too.
How the Gender & Equality standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The gender & equality method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Women, Business and the Law — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Women's Political Empowerment Index — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Firms with a Female Top Manager — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Social Institutions and Gender Index — OECD, OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause
The other 23 statistics on this page come from 9 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Myanmar’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Myanmar (banner) — Soe Lin derivative work: JamesA, CC BY 2.0
- Latvia — Marcin Szala, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Taiwan — xiangyang17, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Italy — Francisco Antunes, CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Myanmar: Gender & Equality — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/myanmar/gender