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Gender Inequality Index by African country

2023

UNDP index of gender-based disadvantage across reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market on a 0-1 scale (higher is worse).

Africa, 202349 of 54 countries
0.538population-weighted average
Highest in 2023Nigeria · 0.677Lowest in 2023Tunisia · 0.238Reported in 20230 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 0.504Democratic Republic of the Congo — 0.604Somalia — 0.675Kenya — 0.526Sudan — 0.588Chad — 0.670South Africa — 0.388Lesotho — 0.534Zimbabwe — 0.519Botswana — 0.490Namibia — 0.448Senegal — 0.490Mali — 0.612Mauritania — 0.603Benin — 0.573Niger — 0.591Nigeria — 0.677Cameroon — 0.558Togo — 0.564Ghana — 0.514Cote d'Ivoire — 0.589Guinea — 0.609Guinea-Bissau — 0.632Liberia — 0.646Sierra Leone — 0.566Burkina Faso — 0.555Central African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — 0.565Gabon — 0.505Equatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — 0.524Malawi — 0.581Mozambique — 0.479Eswatini — 0.484Angola — 0.515Burundi — 0.501Madagascar — 0.584Gambia — 0.578Tunisia — 0.238Algeria — 0.443Eritrea — no dataMorocco — 0.438Egypt — 0.398Libya — 0.253Ethiopia — 0.497Djibouti — 0.481Uganda — 0.524Rwanda — 0.394South Sudan — no dataNigeria 0.677Nigeria 0.677Ethiopia 0.497Ethiopia 0.497Kenya 0.526Kenya 0.526South Africa 0.388South Africa 0.3882023HIGHEST IN 2023Nigeria0.677Somalia0.675Chad0.670Liberia0.646Guinea-Bissau0.632LOWEST IN 2023Tunisia0.238Libya0.253Cabo Verdenot drawn0.298Mauritiusnot drawn0.352South Africa0.388PINNEDEthiopia0.49733 of 49Kenya0.52623 of 49OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNComorosnot drawn0.501Sao Tome and Principenot drawn0.492Seychellesnot drawnno dataindex · quintiles of the observed range0.240.450.50.560.590.68no record
20142024
UNDP · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Western Africa16 of 16 countries0.624
Middle Africa7 of 9 countries0.585
Eastern Africa15 of 18 countries0.518
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries0.436
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries0.400
Africaall 54 countries · 49 with a 2023 figure0.538

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
54 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 49 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Gender Inequality IndexUNDP index of gender-based disadvantage across reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market on a 0-1 scale (higher is worse).
SourceUNDP, with processing by Africa API
Unitindex
Last updated26 Jun 2026
Next expected updateJun 2027
Date range1990–2023
Coverage49 of 54 countries · 0 reported, 49 modelled, 5 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 0 countries did so for 2023 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2023 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Gender Inequality Index". Data adapted from UNDP. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/gender-inequality
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=gender_inequality_index&year=2023&limit=100

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Gender Inequality Index: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

49 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryGender Inequality IndexPeriod
1Nigeria0.6772023
2Somalia0.6752023
3Chad0.672023
4Liberia0.6462023
5Guinea-Bissau0.6322023
6Mali0.6122023
7Guinea0.6092023
8Democratic Republic of the Congo0.6042023
9Mauritania0.6032023
10Niger0.5912023
11Cote d'Ivoire0.5892023
12Sudan0.5882023
13Madagascar0.5842023
14Malawi0.5812023
15Gambia0.5782023
16Benin0.5732023
17Sierra Leone0.5662023
18Republic of the Congo0.5652023
19Togo0.5642023
20Cameroon0.5582023
21Burkina Faso0.5552023
22Lesotho0.5342023
23Kenya0.5262023
24Uganda0.5242023
25Zambia0.5242023
26Zimbabwe0.5192023
27Angola0.5152023
28Ghana0.5142023
29Gabon0.5052023
30Tanzania0.5042023
31Burundi0.5012023
32Comoros0.5012023
33Ethiopia0.4972023
34Sao Tome and Principe0.4922023
35Botswana0.492023
36Senegal0.492023
37Eswatini0.4842023
38Djibouti0.4812023
39Mozambique0.4792023
40Namibia0.4482023
41Algeria0.4432023
42Morocco0.4382023
43Egypt0.3982023
44Rwanda0.3942023
45South Africa0.3882023
46Mauritius0.3522023
47Cabo Verde0.2982023
48Libya0.2532023
49Tunisia0.2382023
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 49 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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