Data for 2023

Social Institutions and Gender Index, 2023

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Social Institutions and Gender Index, 2023 covers 140 countries on 5 measures. Mauritania is highest, at 67.4; Norway is lowest, at 6.7. The middle country reads 25.2.

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HighestMauritania

67.4

LowestNorway

6.7

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

140countries
5measures per country
2023the year it describes
123distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Social Institutions and Gender Index, 2023, as published. OECD ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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1	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	67.4	88.0	32.3	84.6	54.6
2	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	66.9	86.7	32.0	83.6	55.5
3	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	64.6	89.9	33.0	85.5	35.7
4	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	62.9	89.9	36.4	52.8	64.8
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60.7	85.9	46.6	43.8	60.8
=6	Niger`NER`Western Africa	60.1	84.1	33.8	84.1	22.9
=6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	60.1	85.8	36.6	38.4	70.8
8	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	60.0	87.3	51.0	40.7	54.7
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	59.7	86.3	44.8	48.3	53.6
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	59.2	79.9	54.5	29.8	66.2
11	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	58.5	89.1	47.9	33.6	54.6
12	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	57.1	88.9	36.0	38.8	55.4
13	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	54.7	87.2	30.6	29.8	59.5
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	54.6	79.3	31.1	45.8	56.0
15	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	53.4	62.5	41.5	63.2	44.2
16	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	52.8	69.4	55.6	38.8	44.9
17	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.3	71.1	36.9	39.8	53.6
18	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	51.0	80.2	35.2	41.7	39.7
19	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	49.7	56.9	49.1	50.4	41.6
20	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	49.6	86.9	34.9	29.7	34.8
=21	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	49.3	81.9	27.4	42.5	36.1
=21	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	49.3	80.2	32.8	42.6	33.4
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	48.7	65.0	31.4	45.5	49.9
24	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	47.8	41.9	47.8	50.1	50.9
25	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.7	66.5	31.6	46.7	42.9
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	47.0	63.0	54.9	33.7	33.0
27	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	46.9	52.5	32.3	64.9	34.5
28	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.5	79.8	11.1	36.3	46.7
29	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	46.4	49.8	37.8	34.0	61.7
=30	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	45.0	45.9	29.6	78.6	13.8
=30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45.0	39.0	46.5	41.0	52.9
32	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.6	80.3	32.3	17.8	36.5
33	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.0	60.1	51.2	41.2	13.8
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	41.0	43.3	30.9	38.5	50.5
35	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.7	62.5	25.8	37.2	33.5
36	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	40.6	68.4	37.6	31.4	17.8
37	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40.3	74.9	32.7	35.5	5.4
38	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.0	41.8	51.3	41.5	23.7
39	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.5	46.0	28.5	35.4	46.9
40	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38.3	59.8	42.6	27.6	18.4
41	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.2	44.3	28.5	25.1	52.3
42	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.8	51.1	28.0	18.0	46.5
43	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.4	22.2	14.5	37.6	57.7
44	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	34.0	56.0	28.6	33.6	13.1
45	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.9	43.7	20.2	21.9	46.8
=46	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	32.9	45.2	25.0	19.5	39.7
=46	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	32.9	44.4	29.0	30.0	27.3
=46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.9	40.1	30.6	35.1	25.5
49	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32.8	48.8	21.2	46.2	9.5
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	31.6	40.9	26.6	23.1	34.9
=51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	31.5	53.2	14.3	19.8	34.1
=51	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.5	12.7	34.1	24.9	50.4
53	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.8	40.6	23.8	39.9	17.1
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	30.6	40.0	14.4	15.8	47.9
55	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	29.8	21.1	49.0	22.9	23.4
56	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.5	34.0	31.0	25.5	27.1
57	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	29.4	26.7	19.8	33.6	36.7
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.3	41.9	20.1	23.0	26.6
=59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	27.6	41.7	17.6	27.9	21.5
=59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.6	26.1	48.5	26.1	4.6
61	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	27.4	40.8	32.5	28.0	5.1
62	Chile`CHL`South America	27.2	8.5	22.7	60.6	7.1
=63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	27.1	31.8	13.9	39.6	21.2
=63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	27.1	8.1	45.6	29.0	22.3
65	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.0	16.0	31.1	38.8	15.9
=66	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25.9	22.2	29.4	39.9	9.5
=66	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	25.9	30.8	32.9	16.4	22.6
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.7	29.2	29.9	28.4	14.6
69	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.4	29.2	23.0	29.8	19.1
70	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.3	33.0	24.0	15.1	28.0
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	25.1	24.8	27.6	24.8	23.1
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24.5	38.3	37.6	7.7	10.1
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.0	31.2	13.0	29.8	21.1
74	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	23.7	26.3	27.7	24.0	16.5
75	Colombia`COL`South America	23.5	21.9	28.6	33.7	7.9
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.0	52.4	18.1	12.0	2.1
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.0	8.5	22.8	38.1	16.3
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.9	39.2	23.3	16.4	5.9
79	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.7	21.8	17.8	29.4	17.4
80	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.6	21.5	21.1	16.4	26.9
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	21.2	10.6	28.7	19.0	25.4
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	20.9	14.8	34.4	21.4	11.5
83	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	20.8	20.5	15.6	33.5	12.3
84	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.7	21.6	7.8	38.1	12.6
=85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	20.6	26.9	26.3	19.3	9.0
=85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	20.6	9.8	25.2	3.4	40.1
87	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	19.8	20.2	15.5	28.9	13.8
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.6	15.2	27.1	22.1	13.3
=89	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	19.4	13.1	39.3	7.1	14.7
=89	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.4	31.5	10.2	22.0	12.3
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	19.3	18.8	19.8	29.4	8.1
92	United States`USA`Northern America	19.1	13.3	28.7	15.1	18.5
93	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	19.0	35.4	17.3	15.1	5.8
=94	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	18.9	8.0	26.5	21.4	18.8
=94	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	18.9	39.1	12.1	6.2	14.8
96	Peru`PER`South America	18.6	36.7	21.3	8.6	4.5
97	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	18.5	7.9	32.2	20.9	11.0
98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.4	8.2	29.4	19.5	15.5
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.2	10.4	20.6	19.5	22.1
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	17.7	8.7	18.1	34.2	7.3
101	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	17.6	7.8	23.2	21.8	17.0
102	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17.5	13.3	17.3	18.6	20.5
103	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.3	12.4	28.6	14.6	12.7
104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.0	18.1	23.7	17.4	8.2
105	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.9	31.0	14.4	6.5	14.0
106	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.5	9.7	26.1	23.9	4.6
107	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.3	14.9	11.3	21.5	17.2
108	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.7	14.9	19.6	7.7	20.3
109	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	15.4	7.9	13.1	17.4	22.5
=110	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.2	24.6	11.9	6.7	16.7
=110	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	15.2	7.9	21.2	3.0	26.9
=110	Panama`PAN`Central America	15.2	1.9	25.2	20.6	11.4
113	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.0	7.8	20.4	10.0	21.0
114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.8	3.9	29.0	16.4	7.9
115	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	14.7	20.5	12.7	12.0	13.3
116	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14.3	24.7	16.4	3.8	11.0
117	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.2	7.9	21.4	4.1	22.3
118	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.0	7.9	10.2	20.3	16.9
=119	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	13.1	0.0	25.0	3.5	21.5
=119	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.1	14.6	19.9	3.5	13.8
121	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13.0	14.3	17.4	5.2	14.6
122	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.8	7.9	19.4	0.8	21.9
123	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	12.4	7.8	17.5	6.6	16.9
124	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12.3	7.9	14.8	6.7	19.2
125	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.1	0.0	24.5	3.5	18.3
126	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.0	13.4	23.8	3.7	5.9
127	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.0	15.0	14.8	5.5	8.6
128	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.9	4.7	20.8	13.8	3.3
129	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.1	8.1	16.1	10.7	5.0
130	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.9	0.0	14.8	11.4	12.7
131	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.8	8.1	11.9	5.0	14.0
=132	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.5	0.0	10.7	7.3	18.9
=132	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.5	7.9	13.0	4.1	12.9
=134	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9.2	7.8	15.3	6.9	6.6
=134	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	9.2	0.3	22.0	5.8	7.5
136	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.0	14.6	13.6	4.3	3.1
137	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.9	8.6	14.9	4.6	7.4
138	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.8	3.5	13.5	2.1	15.6
139	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.4	8.1	10.4	4.5	6.7
140	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.7	0.0	13.2	4.6	8.4

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Mauritania67.4
2Cameroon66.9
3Sudan64.6
4Iran62.9
5Malaysia60.7

Lowest

140Norway6.7
139Belgium7.4
138Sweden8.8
137Albania8.9
136Spain9.0

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 25.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Discrimination in the family (0–100)
Highest2 share it
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 28.0
Restricted physical integrity (0–100)
HighestMali55.6
LowestMozambique7.8
Middle country: 26.0
Restricted access to productive and financial resources (0–100)
HighestSudan85.5
LowestLatvia0.8
Middle country: 24.0
Restricted civil liberties (0–100)
HighestQatar70.8
LowestSouth Africa2.1
Middle country: 19.2

03Caveats

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123 distinct values among 140
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 32.9. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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