demographic2024

Legal frameworks that promote, enforce and monitor gender equality (percentage of achievement, 0 - 100) -- Area 4: marriage and family

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data130 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
80.3%
Median: 81.8%
Countries Covered
130
with available data
Highest
Costa Rica
100.0%
Lowest
Cameroon
9.1%
Top 5 Countries
1Costa Rica100.0%
2Ecuador100.0%
3El Salvador100.0%
4Fiji100.0%
5Germany100.0%
By Region
North America93.2%(4 countries)
Oceania90.9%(2 countries)
Europe84.7%(32 countries)
South America83.1%(7 countries)
Africa80.3%(6 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (9.1%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 80.3%)

North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Africa (6)
Other (62)
Asia (17)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Costa Rica100.0%
2Ecuador100.0%
3El Salvador100.0%
4Fiji100.0%
5Germany100.0%
6Guatemala100.0%
7Honduras100.0%
8India100.0%
9Ireland100.0%
10Kenya100.0%
11Mexico100.0%
12Panama100.0%
13Sierra Leone100.0%
14United Kingdom100.0%
15Cape Verde90.9%
16People's Republic of China90.9%
17Colombia90.9%
18Cyprus90.9%
19Denmark90.9%
20Dominican Republic90.9%
21France90.9%
22Georgia90.9%
23Grenada90.9%
24Cote d'Ivoire90.9%
25Jamaica90.9%
26Japan90.9%
27South Korea90.9%
28Malta90.9%
29Mongolia90.9%
30New Zealand90.9%
31Nicaragua90.9%
32Marshall Islands90.9%
33Poland90.9%
34Portugal90.9%
35Rwanda90.9%
36Vietnam90.9%
37Sweden90.9%
38Switzerland90.9%
39Tajikistan90.9%
40Trinidad and Tobago90.9%
41United States of America90.9%
42Antigua and Barbuda90.9%
43Argentina90.9%
44Australia90.9%
45Belgium90.9%
46Belize90.9%
47Bulgaria81.8%
48Belarus81.8%
49Canada81.8%
50Croatia81.8%
51Ethiopia81.8%
52Estonia81.8%
53Finland81.8%
54Ghana81.8%
55Hungary81.8%
56Indonesia81.8%
57Israel81.8%
58Italy81.8%
59Kazakhstan81.8%
60Kyrgyzstan81.8%
61Latvia81.8%
62Lithuania81.8%
63Mauritius81.8%
64Moldova, Republic of81.8%
65Montenegro81.8%
66Mozambique81.8%
67Netherlands81.8%
68Norway81.8%
69Paraguay81.8%
70Romania81.8%
71Saint Kitts and Nevis81.8%
72Serbia81.8%
73Seychelles81.8%
74Slovakia81.8%
75Slovenia81.8%
76South Africa81.8%
77Zimbabwe81.8%
78Spain81.8%
79Thailand81.8%
80Türkiye81.8%
81Turkmenistan81.8%
82Uganda81.8%
83Ukraine81.8%
84The Republic of North Macedonia81.8%
85Uruguay81.8%
86Uzbekistan81.8%
87Azerbaijan81.8%
88Austria81.8%
89Bahamas81.8%
90Armenia81.8%
91Bolivia81.8%
92Bosnia and Herzegovina81.8%
93Cambodia72.7%
94Chile72.7%
95Czech Republic72.7%
96Greece72.7%
97Guinea72.7%
98Iceland72.7%
99Liberia72.7%
100Luxembourg72.7%
101Nepal72.7%
102Nigeria72.7%
103Papua New Guinea72.7%
104Peru72.7%
105Timor-Leste72.7%
106South Sudan72.7%
107United Republic of Tanzania72.7%
108Barbados72.7%
109Brazil72.7%
110Lebanon70.0%
111Madagascar63.6%
112Malawi63.6%
113Malaysia63.6%
114Morocco63.6%
115Namibia63.6%
116Pakistan63.6%
117Philippines63.6%
118Suriname63.6%
119United Arab Emirates63.6%
120Samoa63.6%
121Bangladesh63.6%
122State of Palestine54.6%
123Tunisia54.6%
124Solomon Islands54.6%
125Haiti45.5%
126Vanuatu45.5%
127Iraq36.4%
128Jordan36.4%
129Sudan27.3%
130Cameroon9.1%
Showing 130 of 130 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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