Economic Activity Gap

Publication_year: 
2008
Annual report: 
Yes

The Economic Activity Gap is estimated from the gender gap in the following indicators:

Equity levels in economic activity are halfway between the quasi-equity found in education and the alarming inequity persisting in empowerment indicators. The countries showing progress in this dimension are outnumbered by those evidencing regression.

Globally, the economic activity gap between women and men seems to be increasing, since more than half of the countries for which there is data experience regression, most of them severe. This setbacks in the participation of women in the economy is at the root of most of the national regressions registered in the total GEI.

The biggest regressions in the economic dimension come from Eastern Europe. In Latvia, Belarus, Slovakia and Macedonia, the transition toward a market economy in the early 1990's increased the gender gap in the economy. Among the 15 top places in terms of the gender gap, the Nordic countries - Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Finland - share the honour with ten of the poorest countries in the world: Mozambique, Burundi, Rwanda, Cambodia, Ghana, Viet Nam, Uganda, Madagascar, Kenya and Guinea.

Economic Activity gap_ basic data (.rtf)

Economic Activity gap

Mozambique 91.5  
Burundi 88.1  
Rwanda 84.5  
Sweden 83.8  
Cambodia 83.5  
Ghana 82.5  
Norway 81.9  
Viet Nam 81.2  
Uganda 81.1  
Madagascar 80.8  
Bahamas 80.7  
Kenya 80.6  
Guinea 79.8  
Vanuatu 79.5  
Iceland 78.8  
Denmark 78.6  
Finland 78.5  
Mali 77.3  
Burkina Faso 76.6  
New Zealand 76.1  
Lithuania 75.6  
Israel 75.2  
Australia 75.2  
Kazakhstan 75.1  
Chad 74.9  
Romania 74.6  
Canada 73.8  
China 73.3  
Azerbaijan 73.3  
Barbados 73.2  
United Kingdom 72.8  
Belarus 72.7  
United States of America 72.3  
Moldova 71.8  
France 71.7  
Thailand 71.7  
Bulgaria 71.6  
Angola 71.3  
Switzerland 71.3  
Russian Federation 71.2  
Estonia 71.2  
Latvia 71.0  
Croatia 70.7  
Netherlands 70.7  
Slovenia 70.6  
Central African Republic 70.0  
Ethiopia 69.7  
Colombia 69.7  
Portugal 69.0  
Uzbekistan 68.9  
Poland 68.8  
Hungary 68.3  
Cyprus 68.2  
Germany 67.6  
Slovakia 67.1  
Zimbabwe 67.0  
Ukraine 66.9  
Hong Kong 66.0  
Gabon 65.9  
Niger 65.8  
Kyrgyzstan 65.8  
Tajikistan 65.8  
Bolivia 65.7  
Namibia 65.6  
Jamaica 64.7  
Brazil 64.6  
Ecuador 64.3  
Belgium 64.2  
Czech Republic 64.0  
Zambia 64.0  
Uruguay 63.9  
Philippines 63.5  
Peru 63.4  
Ireland 63.3  
Argentina 61.9  
Albania 61.9  
Senegal 61.3  
Greece 61.2  
Austria 61.0  
Gambia 60.8  
Venezuela 60.8  
Panama 60.7  
Luxembourg 60.1  
St Vincent and Grenadines 59.5  
St Lucia 59.1  
Maldives 58.6  
Singapore 58.6  
Guinea-Bissau 58.3  
Mongolia 58.2  
Spain 58.2  
Lesotho 57.6  
Congo, Rep. 57.4  
Mauritania 57.3  
Cameroon 57.1  
Nepal 57.0  
Djibouti 56.2  
Paraguay 55.6  
Macedonia 55.5  
Japan 55.3  
Benin 54.7  
Italy 54.6  
Eritrea 54.3  
Costa Rica 54.3  
Korea, Rep. 53.9  
Trinidad and Tobago 53.7  
Honduras 53.6  
Bangladesh 53.5  
Indonesia 52.8  
Sierra Leone 52.8  
Cuba 52.0  
South Africa 51.4  
El Salvador 51.2  
Dominican Republic 49.9  
Georgia 49.7  
Malta 49.5  
Equatorial Guinea 49.4  
Togo 49.4  
Botswana 49.0  
Brunei Darussalam 48.4  
Malawi 47.5  
Tanzania 47.5  
Mauritius 47.5  
Guyana 47.1  
Nigeria 47.0  
Malaysia 46.6  
Suriname 46.1  
Belize 45.9  
Chile 45.9  
Iran 45.7  
Samoa 44.5  
Mexico 44.3  
Sri Lanka 42.9  
Cape Verde 40.1  
Algeria 39.4  
Syria 38.8  
Côte d'Ivoire 38.1  
Guatemala 36.7  
India 36.6  
Nicaragua 36.4  
Lebanon 36.2  
Swaziland 35.8  
Turkey 35.7  
Sao Tome and Principe 35.2  
Yemen 34.4  
Pakistan 34.2  
Bahrain 34.1  
Jordan 33.5  
Tunisia 33.5  
Timor-Leste 33.5  
United Arab Emirates 33.4  
Qatar 32.7  
Morocco 29.1  
Sudan 29.0  
Egypt 25.1  
Oman 23.5  
Saudi Arabia 18.8  
West Bank and Gaza 7.5  
Region: 
left