Gender equality policy and institutions rating
Compare gender equality policy and institutions rating across 77 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2025 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
- •77 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2025 observation.
- •Kyrgyzstan has the highest published value (4.5 score from 1 (low) to 6 (high)).
- •Afghanistan has the lowest published value (1 score from 1 (low) to 6 (high)).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 3.2score from 1 (low) to 6 (high))
About This Statistic
The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector).
The CPIA gender equality rating criterion assesses the extent to which the country has enacted and put in place institutions and programs to enforce laws and policies that: (a) promote equal access for men and women to human capital development; (b) promote equal access for men and women to productive and economic resources; and (c) give men and women equal status and protection under the law. For the human capital development dimension, the focus is on primary completion and access to secondary education, access to health care during delivery and to family planning, and adolescent fertility rate. For access to economic and productive resources, the focus is on labor force participation, land tenure and property and inheritance rights. For Agency for change and equalization of status and protection under the law the focus is on individual and family rights and personal security (violence against women, trafficking, or sexual harassment) and political participation.
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Methodology
The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The CPIA gender equality rating criterion assesses the extent to which the country has enacted and put in place institutions and programs to enforce laws and policies that: (a) promote equal access for men and women to human capital development; (b) promote equal access for men and women to productive and economic resources; and (c) give men and women equal status and protection under the law. For the human capital development dimension, the focus is on primary completion and access to secondary education, access to health care during delivery and to family planning, and adolescent fertility rate. For access to economic and productive resources, the focus is on labor force participation, land tenure and property and inheritance rights. For Agency for change and equalization of status and protection under the law the focus is on individual and family rights and personal security (violence against women, trafficking, or sexual harassment) and political participation.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 2 | Rwanda | 4.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 4.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 4 | Bhutan | 4.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 5 | Burundi | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 6 | Cambodia | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 7 | Cape Verde | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 9 | Benin | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 10 | Fiji | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 11 | Ghana | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 12 | Lesotho | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 13 | Madagascar | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 15 | Saint Lucia | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 17 | Tajikistan | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 18 | Togo | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 19 | Samoa | 4.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 20 | Djibouti | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 21 | Republic of The Gambia | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 22 | Grenada | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 23 | Honduras | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 24 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 25 | Kenya | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 26 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 27 | Malawi | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 28 | Maldives | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 29 | Mozambique | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 30 | Vanuatu | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 31 | Timor-Leste | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 33 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 34 | Senegal | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 36 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 3.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 39 | Cameroon | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 40 | Comoros | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 41 | Republic of the Congo | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 42 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 43 | Dominica | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 45 | Eritrea | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 46 | Kiribati | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 47 | Guinea | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 48 | Guyana | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 49 | Liberia | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 50 | Mali | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 51 | Mauritania | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 52 | Nepal | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 53 | Niger | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 54 | Nigeria | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 55 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 56 | Marshall Islands | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 57 | Suriname | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 58 | Eswatini | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 59 | Tonga | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 60 | Tuvalu | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 61 | Uganda | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 62 | Zambia | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 63 | Belize | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 64 | Solomon Islands | 3.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 65 | Central African Republic | 2.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 66 | Chad | 2.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 67 | Haiti | 2.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 68 | Pakistan | 2.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 2.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 70 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 71 | Sudan | 2.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 72 | Myanmar | 2.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 73 | Somalia | 2.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 74 | South Sudan | 1.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 75 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 76 | Yemen | 1.5score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
| 77 | Afghanistan | 1.0score from 1 (low) to 6 (high) |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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