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Gender inequality index — Senegal

Gender inequality index in Senegal in 2023 — 0.49 index. Ranked 127 in the world out of 172. Since 2005, the indicator has fallen by 22.3%.

2023 0.49 index −0.61% vs 2022
World rank 127of 172
Period maximum 0.631 index2005
Period minimum 0.49 index2023

Trend over time

2005–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Senegal, 2005–20230.450.50.550.60.6520052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.631 index2006: 0.627 index2007: 0.597 index2008: 0.593 index2009: 0.584 index2010: 0.575 index2011: 0.566 index2012: 0.54 index2013: 0.531 index2014: 0.529 index2015: 0.528 index2016: 0.51 index2017: 0.519 index2018: 0.508 index2019: 0.506 index2020: 0.501 index2021: 0.497 index2022: 0.493 index2023: 0.49 index
Change over the period: −0.141 (−22.35%) Average annual rate: -1.4 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Senegal 0.49 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 — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.49 −0.003 −0.61%
2022 0.493 −0.004 −0.8%
2021 0.497 −0.004 −0.8%
2020 0.501 −0.005 −0.99%
2019 0.506 −0.002 −0.39%
2018 0.508 −0.011 −2.12%
2017 0.519 +0.009 +1.76%
2016 0.51 −0.018 −3.41%
2015 0.528 −0.001 −0.19%
2014 0.529 −0.002 −0.38%
2013 0.531 −0.009 −1.67%
2012 0.54 −0.026 −4.59%
2011 0.566 −0.009 −1.57%
2010 0.575 −0.009 −1.54%
2009 0.584 −0.009 −1.52%
2008 0.593 −0.004 −0.67%
2007 0.597 −0.03 −4.78%
2006 0.627 −0.004 −0.63%
2005 0.631 — —

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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