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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
Country
GEI, percentage evolution (2004 -2007)
Rwanda
17.65
Ecuador
17.28
Cape Verde
15.01
Guatemala
14.60
Spain
14.42
Lesotho
11.73
Yemen
10.60
Panama
10.54
Belize
10.26
El Salvador
9.77
Peru
9.39
Belgium
9.38
Colombia
8.78
Sierra Leone
8.77
Ethiopia
8.64
Norway
7.98
Malta
7.88
Belarus
7.77
Israel
7.37
Venezuela
7.34
Nepal
7.23
Bahamas
7.04
China
6.35
Bolivia
6.22
Niger
6.07
Netherlands
5.96
Greece
5.95
Ireland
5.66
Mozambique
5.54
Sweden
5.51
Croatia
5.48
Australia
5.29
Cyprus
5.19
Zambia
5.18
Finland
4.82
Burundi
4.71
Syria
4.70
Oman
4.69
Iceland
4.61
Argentina
4.59
Tunisia
4.54
Mauritius
4.30
Fiji
4.29
Togo
4.26
Switzerland
4.12
Malawi
4.10
United Kingdom
4.02
Brazil
3.88
Algeria
3.86
Kazakhstan
Philippines
3.84
Lebanon
3.51
Côte d'Ivoire
3.50
Senegal
3.25
Namibia
3.24
Barbados
3.11
Dominican Republic
2.92
Portugal
2.90
Swazilandia
2.39
Mali
2.09
Azerbaijan
1.98
Jordan
1.91
Lithuania
1.69
France
1.46
Bahrain
1.43
Mexico
New Zealand
1.38
Chile
1.35
Viet Nam
1.30
Costa Rica
1.24
Burkina Faso
1.22
Romania
1.19
Hungary
1.14
United Arab Emirates
0.61
Luxembourg
0.57
Latvia
0.32
Moldova
0.02
Ukranie
0.01
Italy
South Africa
-0.05
Kuwait
-0.06
Macedonia
-0.21
Korea. Rep.
-0.56
Slovenia
-0.57
Zimbabwe
-0.68
Trinidad and Tobago
-0.90
Indonesia
-0.99
Japan
-1.09
Estonia
-1.16
Pakistan
-1.73
Cambodia
-1.75
Canada
-2.15
Gabon
-2.49
Ghana
-2.56
Madagascar
-2.59
Thailand
-2.81
Jamaica
-2.90
Kenya
-2.97
Laos
Denmark
-3.03
Honduras
-3.21
Albania
-3.33
Russia
-3.55
Morocco
-3.63
Georgia
-3.67
Poland
-3.74
Bulgaria
-3.75
Benin
-4.09
Saudi Arabia
-4.16
Chad
-4.47
Sri Lanka
-4.50
Armenia
-4.63
Nicaragua
-4.97
Gambia
-5.28
Kyrgyzstan
-5.75
Mongolia
-6.35
United States of America
-6.59
Eritrea
-7.61
Bangladesh
-9.23
Egypt
-9.74
Malaysia
-9.75
Botswana
-9.97
Central African Republic
-10.54
Turkey
-12.76
Angola
-20.65
*For the measurement of GEI trends necessary values were imputed in order to ensure comparability.