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Gender inequality index — Benin

Gender inequality index in Benin in 2023 — 0.573 index. Ranked 153 in the world out of 172. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 18.1%.

2023 0.573 index −10.47% vs 2022
World rank 153of 172
Period maximum 0.7 index1990
Period minimum 0.573 index2023

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Benin, 1990–20230.550.60.650.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.7 index1991: 0.697 index1992: 0.687 index1993: 0.68 index1994: 0.673 index1995: 0.665 index1996: 0.655 index1997: 0.652 index1998: 0.652 index1999: 0.658 index2000: 0.655 index2001: 0.657 index2002: 0.668 index2003: 0.659 index2004: 0.652 index2005: 0.65 index2006: 0.649 index2007: 0.628 index2008: 0.629 index2009: 0.635 index2010: 0.637 index2011: 0.652 index2012: 0.653 index2013: 0.652 index2014: 0.653 index2015: 0.659 index2016: 0.659 index2017: 0.656 index2018: 0.645 index2019: 0.636 index2020: 0.638 index2021: 0.634 index2022: 0.64 index2023: 0.573 index
Change over the period: −0.127 (−18.14%) Average annual rate: -0.6 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 0.573 index
World 0.455 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.563 index
Western Africa computed 0.624 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.45 index
Gender inequality index — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.573 −0.067 −10.47%
2022 0.64 +0.006 +0.95%
2021 0.634 −0.004 −0.63%
2020 0.638 +0.002 +0.31%
2019 0.636 −0.009 −1.4%
2018 0.645 −0.011 −1.68%
2017 0.656 −0.003 −0.46%
2016 0.659 +0 +0%
2015 0.659 +0.006 +0.92%
2014 0.653 +0.001 +0.15%
2013 0.652 −0.001 −0.15%
2012 0.653 +0.001 +0.15%
2011 0.652 +0.015 +2.35%
2010 0.637 +0.002 +0.31%
2009 0.635 +0.006 +0.95%
2008 0.629 +0.001 +0.16%
2007 0.628 −0.021 −3.24%
2006 0.649 −0.001 −0.15%
2005 0.65 −0.002 −0.31%
2004 0.652 −0.007 −1.06%
2003 0.659 −0.009 −1.35%
2002 0.668 +0.011 +1.67%
2001 0.657 +0.002 +0.31%
2000 0.655 −0.003 −0.46%
1999 0.658 +0.006 +0.92%
1998 0.652 +0 +0%
1997 0.652 −0.003 −0.46%
1996 0.655 −0.01 −1.5%
1995 0.665 −0.008 −1.19%
1994 0.673 −0.007 −1.03%
1993 0.68 −0.007 −1.02%
1992 0.687 −0.01 −1.43%
1991 0.697 −0.003 −0.43%
1990 0.7 — —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 0.298 SN Senegal 0.49 GH Ghana 0.514 BF Burkina Faso 0.555 TG Togo 0.564 SL Sierra Leone 0.566 BJ Benin 0.573 GM Gambia 0.578 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.589 NE Niger 0.591 MR Mauritania 0.603 GN Guinea 0.609 ML Mali 0.612 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.632 LR Liberia 0.646 NG Nigeria 0.677
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About the indicator

The UNDP Gender Inequality Index, built on three dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality and adolescent birth rates), empowerment (the share of women in parliament and the level of education) and participation in the labor market. Unlike the Gender Development Index, here zero means full equality and one means extreme inequality: the scale is inverted. Of the three dimensions it is reproductive health that separates countries the most.

Important: The scale is the reverse of the Gender Development Index: here the lower the better. The two are not to be confused — these are different indexes with different components.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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