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Gender Inequality Index by African country

0.677Nigeria · highest shown · 2023

Nigeria has the highest reported gender inequality (GII) among the 49 countries shown, at 0.677 (2023).

UNDP index of gender-based disadvantage across reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market on a 0-1 scale (higher is worse). 49 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

1Nigeria0.6772Somalia0.6753Chad0.67
#1 vs #492.8×Nigeria vs Tunisia
Median0.524Zambia
Lowest0.238Tunisia

By region

unweighted mean of countries shown
West Africa0.569
16 countries shown · highest value: Nigeria
Central Africa0.558
7 countries shown · highest value: Chad
East Africa0.508
13 countries shown · highest value: Somalia
Southern Africa0.484
7 countries shown · highest value: Lesotho
North Africa0.393
6 countries shown · highest value: Sudan

Full ranking

49 of 54 countries
#CountryGender Inequality IndexPeriod
1Nigeria
0.6772023
2Somalia
0.6752023
3Chad
0.672023
4Liberia
0.6462023
5Guinea-Bissau
0.6322023
6Mali
0.6122023
7Guinea
0.6092023
8Democratic Republic of the Congo
0.6042023
9Mauritania
0.6032023
10Niger
0.5912023
11Cote d'Ivoire
0.5892023
12Sudan
0.5882023
13Madagascar
0.5842023
14Malawi
0.5812023
15Gambia
0.5782023
16Benin
0.5732023
17Sierra Leone
0.5662023
18Republic of the Congo
0.5652023
19Togo
0.5642023
20Cameroon
0.5582023
21Burkina Faso
0.5552023
22Lesotho
0.5342023
23Kenya
0.5262023
24Uganda
0.5242023
25Zambia
0.5242023
26Zimbabwe
0.5192023
27Angola
0.5152023
28Ghana
0.5142023
29Gabon
0.5052023
30Tanzania
0.5042023
31Burundi
0.5012023
32Comoros
0.5012023
33Ethiopia
0.4972023
34Sao Tome and Principe
0.4922023
35Botswana
0.492023
36Senegal
0.492023
37Eswatini
0.4842023
38Djibouti
0.4812023
39Mozambique
0.4792023
40Namibia
0.4482023
41Algeria
0.4432023
42Morocco
0.4382023
43Egypt
0.3982023
44Rwanda
0.3942023
45South Africa
0.3882023
46Mauritius
0.3522023
47Cabo Verde
0.2982023
48Libya
0.2532023
49Tunisia
0.2382023

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The table includes 49 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

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