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Social Watch Gender Equity Index

GEI values in 2007

Recent GEI trends (2004-2007)

Countries with the best GEI performance, 2007

Countries with the worst GEI performance, 2007

GEI average values by region

GEI average values in relation to country income levels

GEI dimension values:
the 10 most equitable countries

GEI dimension values:
the 10 least equitable countries

GEI percentage variation by geographical region (2004-2007)

GEI percentage variation by income group (2004-2007)

The 10 countries with the greatest GEI regression

The 10 countries with the greatest GEI progress

The geography of inequity

GEI performance by region has North America in first place (74), Europe second (72), Latin America and the Caribbean third (65) and East Asia and the Pacific fourth (62). The regions with the lowest GEI values are, in descending order, Central Asia (60), Sub-Saharan Africa (54), South Asia (52) and the Middle East and North Africa (48). The GEI trends show that although North America has the highest GEI values it is the region that has most regressed in recent years.

GEI average values by region