Africa: gender inequality index by country

Nigeria registered the highest gender inequality score in Africa. As of 2021 the country received a score of around 0.68. The Central African Republic, Liberia, and Chad followed, with 0.67, 0.65, 0.65, respectively. On the other hand, Cabo Verde, Tunisia, and Libya achieved the lowest scores on the African continent.

The indicator measures the potential of human development loss resulting from gender achievement disparities based on reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market. Higher values on a scale from zero to one indicate higher inequalities between women and men.

Gender inequality index (GII) in Africa in 2021, by country

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Release date

2022

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Region

Africa

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded and therefore may differ slightly from the original three-decimal figures.

The source explains that the Gender Inequality Index "shows the loss in potential human development due to disparity between female and male achievements in three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market.
The GII ranges between 0 and 1. Higher GII values indicate higher inequalities between women and men and thus higher loss to human development."

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