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Gender inequality index — El Salvador

Gender inequality index in El Salvador in 2023 — 0.362 index. Ranked 92 in the world out of 172. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 32.5%.

2023 0.362 index −1.09% vs 2022
World rank 92of 172
Period maximum 0.545 index1992
Period minimum 0.358 index2019

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — El Salvador, 1990–20230.350.40.450.50.551990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.536 index1991: 0.531 index1992: 0.545 index1993: 0.536 index1994: 0.526 index1995: 0.523 index1996: 0.515 index1997: 0.5 index1998: 0.482 index1999: 0.468 index2000: 0.491 index2001: 0.487 index2002: 0.466 index2003: 0.455 index2004: 0.448 index2005: 0.446 index2006: 0.415 index2007: 0.419 index2008: 0.409 index2009: 0.401 index2010: 0.398 index2011: 0.398 index2012: 0.381 index2013: 0.38 index2014: 0.382 index2015: 0.378 index2016: 0.37 index2017: 0.37 index2018: 0.368 index2019: 0.358 index2020: 0.359 index2021: 0.369 index2022: 0.366 index2023: 0.362 index
Change over the period: −0.174 (−32.46%) Average annual rate: -1.18 %

Comparison, 2023

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

El Salvador 0.362 index
World 0.455 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.372 index
Central America computed 0.373 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.45 index
Gender inequality index — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.362 −0.004 −1.09%
2022 0.366 −0.003 −0.81%
2021 0.369 +0.01 +2.79%
2020 0.359 +0.001 +0.28%
2019 0.358 −0.01 −2.72%
2018 0.368 −0.002 −0.54%
2017 0.37 +0 +0%
2016 0.37 −0.008 −2.12%
2015 0.378 −0.004 −1.05%
2014 0.382 +0.002 +0.53%
2013 0.38 −0.001 −0.26%
2012 0.381 −0.017 −4.27%
2011 0.398 +0 +0%
2010 0.398 −0.003 −0.75%
2009 0.401 −0.008 −1.96%
2008 0.409 −0.01 −2.39%
2007 0.419 +0.004 +0.96%
2006 0.415 −0.031 −6.95%
2005 0.446 −0.002 −0.45%
2004 0.448 −0.007 −1.54%
2003 0.455 −0.011 −2.36%
2002 0.466 −0.021 −4.31%
2001 0.487 −0.004 −0.81%
2000 0.491 +0.023 +4.91%
1999 0.468 −0.014 −2.9%
1998 0.482 −0.018 −3.6%
1997 0.5 −0.015 −2.91%
1996 0.515 −0.008 −1.53%
1995 0.523 −0.003 −0.57%
1994 0.526 −0.01 −1.87%
1993 0.536 −0.009 −1.65%
1992 0.545 +0.014 +2.64%
1991 0.531 −0.005 −0.93%
1990 0.536 — —

Central America, 2023

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

CR Costa Rica 0.217 MX Mexico 0.358 SV El Salvador 0.362 PA Panama 0.374 NI Nicaragua 0.408 BZ Belize 0.428 HN Honduras 0.437 GT Guatemala 0.48
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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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