Gender inequality index — all countries

Gender inequality index — Eswatini

Gender inequality index in Eswatini in 2023 — 0.484 index. Ranked 124 in the world out of 172. Since 2015, the indicator has fallen by 11.5%.

2023 0.484 index −2.02% vs 2022
World rank 124of 172
Period maximum 0.547 index2015
Period minimum 0.484 index2023

Trend over time

2015–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Eswatini, 2015–20230.480.50.520.540.562015201620172018201920202021202220232015: 0.547 index2016: 0.533 index2017: 0.521 index2018: 0.525 index2019: 0.526 index2020: 0.505 index2021: 0.503 index2022: 0.494 index2023: 0.484 index
Change over the period: −0.063 (−11.52%) Average annual rate: -1.52 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eswatini 0.484 index
World 0.455 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.563 index
Southern Africa computed 0.4 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.45 index
Gender inequality index — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.484 −0.01 −2.02%
2022 0.494 −0.009 −1.79%
2021 0.503 −0.002 −0.4%
2020 0.505 −0.021 −3.99%
2019 0.526 +0.001 +0.19%
2018 0.525 +0.004 +0.77%
2017 0.521 −0.012 −2.25%
2016 0.533 −0.014 −2.56%
2015 0.547

Southern Africa, 2023

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

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.