The SIGI 2019 shows that clear progress has been made with political commitments to eliminate gender inequality. New legislation enhances equality and abolishes discriminatory laws, including through gender-transformative programmes and action plans. However, political commitments, legal reforms and gender-sensitive programmes in many countries are still not being translated into real changes for women and girls. Gender-based discrimination remains a lifelong and heterogeneous challenge for women and girls. Locally designed solutions combined with adequate legislation are needed for more social change to take hold.
The fourth edition of the SIGI ranks 120 economies included in the classification below. The remaining 60 countries are not ranked due to missing data for one or more indicators. Countries and territories are grouped by level of discrimination, to assist the interpretation of the data and results.
The table is interactive and allows sorting economies by region, sub-region, alphabetically or by their level of discrimination in the SIGI.
| Region | Sub-region | Countries/Territories | SIGI 2019 Category | SIGI Value 2019 |
Discrimination in the family 
|
Restricted physical integrity | Restricted access to productive and financial resources | Restricted civil liberties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Burundi | Not applicable | N/A | N/A | 31.9% | N/A | N/A |
| Europe | Western Europe | Switzerland | Very low | 8.1% | 0.1% | 13.3% | 11.9% | 6.5% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Colombia | Very low | 15.0% | 9.6% | 14.9% | 14.5% | 20.6% |
| Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | Very low | 10.4% | 15.0% | 10.2% | 4.8% | 11.0% |
| Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | Very low | 10.5% | 15.1% | 8.1% | 2.1% | 16.2% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Panama | Not applicable | N/A | 15.5% | N/A | 16.1% | 17.8% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Sao Tome and Principe | Not applicable | N/A | 16.4% | 13.8% | N/A | N/A |
| Europe | Western Europe | Germany | Very low | 15.0% | 18.1% | 14.5% | 13.1% | 14.3% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Low | 23.5% | 18.3% | 26.6% | 20.4% | 28.5% |
| Asia | Eastern Asia | People’s Republic of China | Not applicable | N/A | 18.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Asia | Eastern Asia | Japan | Low | 24.0% | 20.2% | 21.3% | 29.6% | 24.8% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Portugal | Very low | 11.2% | 21.8% | 7.4% | 3.2% | 11.4% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Slovenia | Very low | 12.9% | 21.8% | 7.1% | 9.0% | 13.2% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Italy | Very low | 13.5% | 21.8% | 14.7% | 8.0% | 8.9% |
| Europe | Northern Europe | Estonia | Very low | 14.1% | 21.8% | 7.3% | 4.6% | 21.5% |
| Europe | Northern Europe | Finland | Very low | 15.3% | 21.8% | 16.4% | 3.8% | 18.3% |
| Asia | Pacific | Australia | Very low | 16.1% | 21.8% | 12.9% | 4.9% | 23.6% |
| Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | Very low | 17.1% | 21.8% | 18.5% | 15.9% | 11.8% |
| Europe | Northern Europe | Latvia | Very low | 17.8% | 21.8% | 15.7% | 4.6% | 27.7% |
| Asia | Eastern Asia | Hong Kong, China | Low | 21.2% | 21.8% | 22.5% | 13.4% | 26.7% |
| Asia | Eastern Asia | Korea | Low | 23.4% | 21.8% | 17.5% | 33.0% | 20.4% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Barbados | Not applicable | N/A | 21.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Guyana | Not applicable | N/A | 21.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Europe | Northern Europe | Iceland | Not applicable | N/A | 21.8% | N/A | N/A | 17.4% |
| Asia | Pacific | New Zealand | Very low | 16.7% | 21.9% | 17.5% | 4.3% | 22.0% |
| Europe | Central Europe | Poland | Very low | 17.4% | 21.9% | 19.7% | 15.3% | 12.5% |
| Europe | Western Europe | Luxembourg | Not applicable | N/A | 21.9% | N/A | 7.3% | 8.1% |
| Europe | Western Europe | Belgium | Very low | 11.2% | 22.0% | 8.4% | 3.3% | 10.3% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Croatia | Very low | 19.3% | 22.0% | 7.0% | 29.1% | 17.9% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Bahamas | Not applicable | N/A | 22.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Europe | Western Europe | Austria | Very low | 11.7% | 22.1% | 7.7% | 4.0% | 12.1% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | Not applicable | N/A | 22.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Asia | Central Asia | Kazakhstan | Low | 22.5% | 22.4% | 14.4% | 30.6% | 21.8% |
| Europe | Central Europe | Ukraine | Low | 21.0% | 22.5% | 13.5% | 18.5% | 28.7% |
| Europe | Central Europe | Russian Federation | Low | 22.3% | 22.6% | 19.1% | 15.1% | 31.5% |
| Europe | Central Europe | Republic of Moldova | Low | 21.4% | 23.0% | 12.7% | 36.7% | 11.0% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Argentina | Not applicable | N/A | 23.1% | N/A | 23.0% | 7.1% |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Viet Nam | Low | 25.3% | 23.3% | 30.8% | 32.3% | 13.8% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Belize | Not applicable | N/A | 23.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Europe | Western Europe | Netherlands | Very low | 16.1% | 23.8% | 13.5% | 5.0% | 21.1% |
| Asia | Pacific | Fiji | Not applicable | N/A | 24.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Malta | Low | 21.5% | 24.9% | 28.4% | 4.9% | 26.3% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Honduras | Low | 22.4% | 24.9% | 25.0% | 24.1% | 15.3% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Nicaragua | Very low | 18.6% | 25.3% | 25.6% | 16.0% | 6.2% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | El Salvador | Low | 22.9% | 26.1% | 27.4% | 20.0% | 17.8% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Guatemala | Low | 28.6% | 26.1% | 24.5% | 18.4% | 43.4% |
| Europe | Central Europe | Slovak Republic | Very low | 16.5% | 26.5% | 5.9% | 7.5% | 24.4% |
| Americas | Northern America | Canada | Very low | 18.3% | 26.5% | 4.2% | 17.4% | 23.5% |
| Americas | Northern America | United States | Very low | 17.9% | 26.6% | 10.5% | 10.6% | 22.9% |
| Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | Very low | 14.5% | 27.3% | 7.0% | 2.2% | 19.5% |
| Europe | Northern Europe | Lithuania | Very low | 15.6% | 27.3% | 9.3% | 4.6% | 19.7% |
| Europe | Central Europe | Czech Republic | Very low | 19.8% | 27.3% | 12.8% | 11.9% | 26.3% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Low | 21.8% | 27.4% | 10.9% | 30.6% | 17.1% |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Singapore | Low | 27.0% | 27.4% | 14.8% | 11.9% | 49.2% |
| Europe | Central Europe | Bulgaria | Low | 23.4% | 27.5% | 15.6% | 29.7% | 20.1% |
| Europe | Western Europe | France | Very low | 11.1% | 27.6% | 6.0% | 3.6% | 5.3% |
| Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | Very Low | 17.5% | 27.6% | 24.5% | 9.5% | 6.7% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Uruguay | Low | 22.2% | 27.6% | 11.0% | 26.6% | 22.8% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Montenegro | Not applicable | N/A | 27.6% | N/A | 28.7% | 13.7% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Spain | Very low | 14.3% | 27.7% | 11.7% | 10.5% | 5.8% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Republic of North Macedonia | Very low | 18.0% | 27.7% | 15.1% | 13.4% | 15.2% |
| Asia | Eastern Asia | Mongolia | Low | 20.0% | 27.8% | 8.1% | 20.1% | 22.9% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Kosovo | Not applicable | N/A | 27.8% | N/A | 17.7% | 15.0% |
| Europe | Central Europe | Romania | Very low | 16.6% | 28.0% | 7.7% | 7.1% | 22.1% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Brazil | Low | 21.2% | 28.0% | 14.8% | 17.5% | 23.9% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Azerbaijan | Low | 28.7% | 28.2% | 42.8% | 20.9% | 21.4% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Plurinational State of Bolivia | Low | 21.4% | 28.5% | 16.2% | 27.4% | 12.7% |
| Asia | Central Asia | Kyrgyzstan | Low | 23.2% | 28.7% | 16.6% | 28.8% | 18.0% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Cuba | Not applicable | N/A | 28.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Côte d'Ivoire | High | 42.8% | 29.7% | 35.6% | 76.1% | 20.4% |
| Asia | Central Asia | Turkmenistan | Not applicable | N/A | 29.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Dominican Republic | Very low | 18.2% | 30.3% | 18.1% | 11.9% | 11.2% |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Timor-Leste | Not applicable | N/A | 31.0% | 34.4% | N/A | N/A |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | Low | 26.2% | 31.3% | 23.9% | 20.2% | 29% |
| Europe | Central Europe | Belarus | Low | 20.6% | 31.6% | 14.7% | 14.7% | 20.5% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mozambique | Low | 24.3% | 32.0% | 15.5% | 15.3% | 32.9% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Jamaica | Low | 24.7% | 32.0% | 24.5% | 18.7% | 22.9% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Serbia | Very low | 19.8% | 32.9% | 6.7% | 19.8% | 18.0% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Armenia | Low | 27.8% | 33.0% | 34.5% | 23.4% | 19.4% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Namibia | Low | 27.1% | 33.1% | 12.6% | 26.2% | 35.1% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | South Africa | Low | 22.4% | 33.2% | 15.1% | 19.6% | 21.0% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Turkey | Low | 25.1% | 33.2% | 7.8% | 36.6% | 20.0% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Albania | Low | 22.6% | 33.3% | 16.4% | 26.0% | 13.4% |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Thailand | Medium | 35.5% | 33.4% | 22.7% | 25.2% | 56.8% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Georgia | Low | 24.8% | 34.0% | 18.3% | 27.3% | 18.7% |
| Europe | Central Europe | Hungary | Low | 25.7% | 34.1% | 17.1% | 23.4% | 27.6% |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Cambodia | Low | 29.5% | 34.2% | 13.5% | 27.6% | 40.9% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Ecuador | Low | 28.9% | 34.8% | 18.9% | 44.0% | 15.1% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Ethiopia | Low | 29.6% | 34.8% | 30.8% | 34.0% | 17.9% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Chile | Medium | 36.1% | 36.4% | 18.8% | 64.8% | 16.6% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Cabo Verde | Not applicable | N/A | 36.8% | 9.9% | N/A | N/A |
| Asia | Eastern Asia | Chinese Taipei | Not applicable | N/A | 37.2% | N/A | N/A | 15.9% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Haiti | Medium | 39.9% | 37.6% | 37.3% | 22.0% | 59.1% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Rwanda | Low | 27.6% | 38.0% | 21.4% | 26.5% | 23.5% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Malawi | High | 41.4% | 38.5% | 24.1% | 37.4% | 61.9% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Botswana | Not applicable | N/A | 39.6% | N/A | 39.9% | 52.4% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Benin | Medium | 39.8% | 40.5% | 27.7% | 36.2% | 53.3% |
| Asia | Southern Asia | Bhutan | Not applicable | N/A | 40.5% | 22.9% | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Zambia | Medium | 34.8% | 40.7% | 27.6% | 28.2% | 41.8% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Seychelles | Not applicable | N/A | 40.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | Not applicable | N/A | 40.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Eritrea | Not applicable | N/A | 42.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Dominica | Not applicable | N/A | 42.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Asia | Central Asia | Uzbekistan | Not applicable | N/A | 42.2% | N/A | N/A | 23.5% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Cyprus | Low | 28.3% | 42.3% | 11.7% | 19.3% | 36.7% |
| Asia | Pacific | Samoa | Not applicable | N/A | 42.5% | 36.7% | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Zimbabwe | Medium | 32.4% | 42.8% | 20.2% | 34.3% | 30.9% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Republic of the Congo | Not applicable | N/A | 42.8% | N/A | N/A | 58.3% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | Not applicable | N/A | 43.5% | N/A | 12.7% | 14.6% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Burkina Faso | Medium | 32.4% | 44.9% | 35.5% | 32.9% | 13.8% |
| Europe | Southern Europe | Greece | Low | 27.1% | 45.1% | 9.3% | 33.3% | 16.6% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Costa Rica | Low | 27.9% | 45.7% | 24.8% | 27.5% | 10.5% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Paraguay | Medium | 32.8% | 46.1% | 22.1% | 31.7% | 29.8% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lesotho | Medium | 38.1% | 46.5% | 26.9% | 40.5% | 37.6% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Israel | Not applicable | N/A | 46.8% | N/A | 28.3% | 38.4% |
| Asia | Southern Asia | India | Medium | 34.0% | 46.9% | 29.3% | 36.9% | 21.2% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Angola | Not applicable | N/A | 47.2% | 19.0% | N/A | N/A |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Peru | Low | 24.5% | 47.7% | 26.6% | 5.5% | 12.9% |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Myanmar | High | 42.4% | 47.7% | 29.5% | 35.5% | 54.9% |
| Asia | Central Asia | Tajikistan | Medium | 32.4% | 47.8% | 20.2% | 34.1% | 25.1% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Kenya | Medium | 35.5% | 50.5% | 28.9% | 42.2% | 17.2% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Gabon | High | 40.1% | 50.5% | 37.3% | 45.5% | 25.6% |
| Asia | Pacific | Solomon Islands | Not applicable | N/A | 51.0% | 37.3% | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Cameroon | Very high | 51.8% | 51.1% | 26.3% | 77.7% | 45.4% |
| Asia | Southern Asia | Nepal | Medium | 36.2% | 52.3% | 13.7% | 34.7% | 40.2% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mauritius | Not applicable | N/A | 52.7% | N/A | 19.2% | 40.7% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Medium | 39.5% | 53.0% | 35.1% | 46.4% | 20.7% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Sierra Leone | High | 47.6% | 53.7% | 50.4% | 44.8% | 40.9% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Grenada | Not applicable | N/A | 53.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Uganda | High | 45.1% | 54.0% | 34.3% | 61.4% | 26.6% |
| Asia | Pacific | Papua New Guinea | Not applicable | N/A | 54.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Nigeria | High | 46.0% | 54.8% | 32.0% | 41.4% | 53.9% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Chad | High | 45.4% | 55.8% | 32.2% | 61.9% | 27.2% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Central African Republic | High | 43.4% | 56.4% | 24.5% | 35.1% | 54.2% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Madagascar | High | 47.5% | 57.2% | 31.6% | 39.2% | 59.4% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Kindgom of Eswatini | Not applicable | N/A | 59.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Ghana | Medium | 34.5% | 59.5% | 20.2% | 30.7% | 22.7% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Guinea-Bissau | Not applicable | N/A | 59.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Liberia | High | 47.5% | 60.0% | 33.5% | 41.5% | 52.8% |
| Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean | Mexico | Low | 29.0% | 60.4% | 15.6% | 17.5% | 14.6% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | South Sudan | Not applicable | N/A | 60.5% | N/A | N/A | 23.2% |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Indonesia | High | 41.6% | 63.1% | 21.9% | 36.5% | 40.4% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Togo | High | 49.5% | 63.1% | 24.7% | 43.5% | 62.0% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mali | High | 46.0% | 63.5% | 48.4% | 39.9% | 28.9% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Equatorial Guinea | Not applicable | N/A | 63.9% | 37.5% | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Senegal | Medium | 37.0% | 64.9% | 41.9% | 27.6% | 3.6% |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Philippines | Very high | 52.8% | 67.2% | 25.7% | 67.2% | 45.1% |
| Asia | Southern Asia | Sri Lanka | High | 43.0% | 67.6% | 24.5% | 45.6% | 28.6% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Djibouti | Not applicable | N/A | 72.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | Very high | 50.8% | 73.4% | 25.7% | 37.8% | 59.3% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Kuwait | Not applicable | N/A | 75.8% | N/A | 80.3% | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Somalia | Not applicable | N/A | 76.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | Not applicable | N/A | 78.6% | N/A | 64.6% | N/A |
| Asia | Southern Asia | Pakistan | Very high | 58.7% | 79.8% | 37.1% | 60.1% | 53.1% |
| Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | High | 47.6% | 79.9% | 9.4% | 35.0% | 52.8% |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Brunei Darussalam | Not applicable | N/A | 79.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | Not applicable | N/A | 79.9% | N/A | 41.2% | 61.3% |
| Asia | Southern Asia | Maldives | Not applicable | N/A | 80.0% | 29.0% | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | United Republic of Tanzania | High | 46.1% | 80.6% | 28.5% | 30.0% | 35.2% |
| Asia | South-eastern Asia | Malaysia | Not applicable | N/A | 80.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Comoros | Not applicable | N/A | 80.9% | 28.2% | N/A | N/A |
| Asia | Southern Asia | Afghanistan | Very high | 52.8% | 81.3% | 39.8% | 45.6% | 38.1% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Lebanon | Very high | 56.2% | 82.5% | 26.6% | 45.1% | 62.1% |
| Asia | Southern Asia | Bangladesh | Very high | 54.8% | 82.9% | 28.9% | 52.1% | 47.5% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Niger | Not applicable | N/A | 84.4% | N/A | N/A | 25.6% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Syrian Arab Republic | Not applicable | N/A | 86.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Asia | Western Asia | Oman | Not applicable | N/A | 86.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Asia | Western Asia | United Arab Emirates | Not applicable | N/A | 86.7% | N/A | 28.5% | N/A |
| Asia | Western Asia | Jordan | Very high | 57.3% | 86.9% | 25.2% | 43.4% | 63.1% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Iraq | Very high | 53.7% | 87.5% | 30.7% | 34.4% | 51.5% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Guinea | Very high | 56.7% | 87.7% | 56.9% | 28.2% | 44.4% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Gambia | Not applicable | N/A | 87.8% | 44.9% | N/A | 48.4% |
| Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mauritania | Not applicable | N/A | 88.1% | N/A | N/A | 52.2% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Saudi Arabia | Not applicable | N/A | 89.0% | N/A | 40.7% | N/A |
| Asia | Western Asia | West Bank and Gaza Strip | Not applicable | N/A | 89.2% | N/A | 64.9% | 59.4% |
| Asia | Western Asia | Yemen | Very high | 64.0% | 89.7% | 37.7% | 43.2% | 75.8% |
| Asia | Southern Asia | Islamic Republic of Iran | Very high | 58.3% | 89.9% | 29.1% | 22.5% | 75.1% |
| Africa | Northern Africa | Sudan | Not applicable | N/A | 89.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Asia | Western Asia | Qatar | Not applicable | N/A | 92.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Asia | Western Asia | Bahrain | Not applicable | N/A | 92.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
