Gender inequality index — all countries

Gender inequality index — Cabo Verde

Gender inequality index in Cabo Verde in 2023 — 0.298 index. Ranked 77 in the world out of 172. Since 2015, the indicator has fallen by 17.9%.

2023 0.298 index −1.32% vs 2022
World rank 77of 172
Period maximum 0.363 index2015
Period minimum 0.298 index2023

Trend over time

2015–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Cabo Verde, 2015–20230.280.30.320.340.360.382015201620172018201920202021202220232015: 0.363 index2016: 0.352 index2017: 0.349 index2018: 0.357 index2019: 0.337 index2020: 0.327 index2021: 0.301 index2022: 0.302 index2023: 0.298 index
Change over the period: −0.065 (−17.91%) Average annual rate: -2.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Cabo Verde 0.298 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 — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.298 −0.004 −1.32%
2022 0.302 +0.001 +0.33%
2021 0.301 −0.026 −7.95%
2020 0.327 −0.01 −2.97%
2019 0.337 −0.02 −5.6%
2018 0.357 +0.008 +2.29%
2017 0.349 −0.003 −0.85%
2016 0.352 −0.011 −3.03%
2015 0.363

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.