Gender Inequality Index 2020

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Gender Inequality Index 2020 — data table

Gender Inequality Index 2020 — 169 rows. Column headings sort the table.
Global Rank	Country	ISO Code	Gender Inequality Index (0 best – 1 worst)
1	Norway	NOR	0.009
2	Denmark	DNK	0.010
3	Switzerland	CHE	0.012
4	Sweden	SWE	0.017
5	Netherlands	NLD	0.024
6	Finland	FIN	0.030
6	United Arab Emirates	ARE	0.030
8	Singapore	SGP	0.034
9	Iceland	ISL	0.041
10	Korea (Republic of)	KOR	0.042
11	Belgium	BEL	0.044
12	Austria	AUT	0.048
12	Italy	ITA	0.048
12	Luxembourg	LUX	0.048
15	Spain	ESP	0.049
16	France	FRA	0.056
17	Canada	CAN	0.066
17	Ireland	IRL	0.066
17	Slovenia	SVN	0.066
20	Germany	DEU	0.071
20	Portugal	PRT	0.071
22	Australia	AUS	0.072
23	Japan	JPN	0.079
24	Israel	ISR	0.080
25	Estonia	EST	0.083
26	New Zealand	NZL	0.085
27	Croatia	HRV	0.086
28	Belarus	BLR	0.094
28	United Kingdom	GBR	0.094
30	Lithuania	LTU	0.095
31	Poland	POL	0.099
32	Serbia	SRB	0.113
33	Greece	GRC	0.118
34	Czechia	CZE	0.120
35	Albania	ALB	0.125
35	Montenegro	MNE	0.125
37	North Macedonia	MKD	0.139
38	Latvia	LVA	0.142
39	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0.144
40	Qatar	QAT	0.152
41	China	CHN	0.154
42	Kuwait	KWT	0.160
43	Malta	MLT	0.162
44	Russian Federation	RUS	0.181
44	United States	USA	0.181
46	Chile	CHL	0.182
46	Kazakhstan	KAZ	0.182
46	Malaysia	MYS	0.182
46	Moldova (Republic of)	MDA	0.182
50	Slovakia	SVK	0.183
51	Bahrain	BHR	0.189
52	Bulgaria	BGR	0.200
53	Armenia	ARM	0.207
54	Grenada	GRD	0.218
55	Romania	ROU	0.223
56	Tunisia	TUN	0.227
57	Costa Rica	CRI	0.231
58	Uruguay	URY	0.235
59	Cyprus	CYP	0.239
59	Oman	OMN	0.239
61	Hungary	HUN	0.244
62	Saudi Arabia	SAU	0.245
63	Libya	LBY	0.262
64	Bhutan	BTN	0.266
64	Türkiye	TUR	0.266
64	Uzbekistan	UZB	0.266
67	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	0.267
68	Georgia	GEO	0.271
69	Brunei Darussalam	BRN	0.276
70	Tajikistan	TJK	0.279
71	Argentina	ARG	0.285
72	Mongolia	MNG	0.301
73	Barbados	BRB	0.302
74	Cuba	CUB	0.303
75	Thailand	THA	0.307
76	Viet Nam	VNM	0.312
77	Fiji	FJI	0.317
78	Maldives	MDV	0.325
79	Bahamas	BHS	0.326
80	Cabo Verde	CPV	0.327
81	Azerbaijan	AZE	0.332
82	Saint Lucia	LCA	0.338
83	El Salvador	SLV	0.359
83	Mauritius	MUS	0.359
85	Jamaica	JAM	0.362
85	Philippines	PHL	0.362
87	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0.363
88	Mexico	MEX	0.368
88	Sri Lanka	LKA	0.368
90	Ecuador	ECU	0.373
90	Peru	PER	0.373
92	Panama	PAN	0.377
93	Algeria	DZA	0.383
94	Lebanon	LBN	0.387
95	South Africa	ZAF	0.391
96	Rwanda	RWA	0.398
97	Suriname	SUR	0.399
98	Timor-Leste	TLS	0.403
99	Egypt	EGY	0.405
100	Brazil	BRA	0.411
101	Nicaragua	NIC	0.418
102	Colombia	COL	0.421
103	Indonesia	IDN	0.429
103	Samoa	WSM	0.429
105	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	BOL	0.431
105	Dominican Republic	DOM	0.431
107	Guyana	GUY	0.434
108	Paraguay	PRY	0.435
109	Honduras	HND	0.436
110	India	IND	0.441
111	Jordan	JOR	0.442
112	Morocco	MAR	0.445
113	Tonga	TON	0.446
114	Namibia	NAM	0.452
115	Lao People's Democratic Republic	LAO	0.464
116	Belize	BLZ	0.469
117	Sao Tome and Principe	STP	0.470
118	Myanmar	MMR	0.472
119	Mozambique	MOZ	0.474
120	Guatemala	GTM	0.480
121	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	IRN	0.483
122	Djibouti	DJI	0.486
123	Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	0.491
124	Cambodia	KHM	0.492
125	Nepal	NPL	0.494
126	Solomon Islands	SLB	0.495
127	Botswana	BWA	0.497
128	Bangladesh	BGD	0.500
129	Senegal	SEN	0.501
130	Ethiopia	ETH	0.502
131	Burundi	BDI	0.503
132	Eswatini (Kingdom of)	SWZ	0.505
133	Tanzania (United Republic of)	TZA	0.508
134	Comoros	COM	0.512
135	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	VEN	0.513
136	Zimbabwe	ZWE	0.519
137	Zambia	ZMB	0.523
138	Uganda	UGA	0.525
139	Ghana	GHA	0.529
140	Gabon	GAB	0.531
141	Angola	AGO	0.533
141	Kenya	KEN	0.533
143	Pakistan	PAK	0.544
144	Lesotho	LSO	0.548
145	Cameroon	CMR	0.563
146	Iraq	IRQ	0.569
147	Togo	TGO	0.573
148	Malawi	MWI	0.579
149	Congo	COG	0.589
149	Gambia	GMB	0.589
149	Sudan	SDN	0.589
152	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	0.602
153	Mali	MLI	0.605
154	Burkina Faso	BFA	0.606
155	Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	COD	0.609
156	Sierra Leone	SLE	0.613
157	Mauritania	MRT	0.614
158	Guinea-Bissau	GNB	0.621
159	Niger	NER	0.622
160	Haiti	HTI	0.623
161	Benin	BEN	0.638
162	Guinea	GIN	0.643
163	Liberia	LBR	0.654
164	Afghanistan	AFG	0.674
165	Nigeria	NGA	0.679
166	Chad	TCD	0.696
167	Vanuatu	VUT	0.796
168	Yemen	YEM	0.808
169	Papua New Guinea	PNG	0.816

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