Highlights

2007/2008 Report
HDR 2007 logo

The latest global Report on the theme of climate change has been launched on 27 November 2007.

Read more

2007/2008 Report

31Gender inequality in economic activity
Economic activity index (1990=100), female (aged 15 and older)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2005
1 Iceland 104
2 Norway 112
3 Australia 109
4 Canada 105
5 Ireland 150
6 Sweden 93
7 Switzerland 116
8 Japan 96
9 Netherlands 129
10 France 105
11 Finland 98
12 United States 105
13 Spain 132
14 Denmark 96
15 Austria 115
16 United Kingdom 104
17 Belgium 120
18 Luxembourg 124
19 New Zealand 113
20 Italy 104
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 114
22 Germany 114
23 Israel 122
24 Greece 121
25 Singapore 101
26 Korea (Republic of) 107
27 Slovenia 99
28 Cyprus 113
29 Portugal 113
30 Brunei Darussalam 98
31 Barbados 110
32 Czech Republic 85
33 Kuwait 141
34 Malta 159
35 Qatar 123
36 Hungary 91
37 Poland 83
38 Argentina 139
39 United Arab Emirates 152
40 Chile 114
41 Bahrain 103
42 Slovakia 87
43 Lithuania 87
44 Estonia 81
45 Latvia 78
46 Uruguay 123
47 Croatia 96
48 Costa Rica 137
49 Bahamas 105
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 113
52 Mexico 116
53 Bulgaria 69
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga 126
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 168
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman 149
59 Trinidad and Tobago 112
60 Romania 94
61 Saudi Arabia 118
62 Panama 131
63 Malaysia 105
64 Belarus 87
65 Mauritius 102
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97
67 Russian Federation 90
68 Albania 84
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 85
70 Brazil 127
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia 116
73 Kazakhstan 106
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 152
75 Colombia 135
76 Ukraine 86
77 Samoa 97
78 Thailand 87
79 Dominican Republic 127
80 Belize 139
81 China 94
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 67
84 Turkey 81
85 Suriname 92
86 Jordan 155
87 Peru 126
88 Lebanon 102
89 Ecuador 184
90 Philippines 115
91 Tunisia 138
92 Fiji 106
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 124
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 180
95 Paraguay 126
96 Georgia 73
97 Guyana 120
98 Azerbaijan 95
99 Sri Lanka 77
100 Maldives 233
101 Jamaica 83
102 Cape Verde 81
103 El Salvador 93
104 Algeria 158
105 Viet Nam 98
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 111
107 Indonesia 101
108 Syrian Arab Republic 135
109 Turkmenistan 94
110 Nicaragua 100
111 Moldova 92
112 Egypt 76
113 Uzbekistan 95
114 Mongolia 97
115 Honduras 162
116 Kyrgyzstan 94
117 Bolivia 129
118 Guatemala 116
119 Gabon 98
120 Vanuatu 99
121 South Africa 85
122 Tajikistan 89
123 Sao Tome and Principe 83
124 Botswana 79
125 Namibia 96
126 Morocco 110
127 Equatorial Guinea 106
128 India 94
129 Solomon Islands 98
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 101
131 Cambodia 96
132 Myanmar 99
133 Bhutan 134
134 Comoros 92
135 Ghana 92
136 Pakistan 117
137 Mauritania 98
138 Lesotho 81
139 Congo 98
140 Bangladesh 83
141 Swaziland 82
142 Nepal 104
143 Madagascar 100
144 Cameroon 92
145 Papua New Guinea 101
146 Haiti 97
147 Sudan 86
148 Kenya 93
149 Djibouti 94
150 Timor-Leste 109
151 Zimbabwe 92
152 Togo 93
153 Yemen 108
154 Uganda 99
155 Gambia 94
156 Senegal 92
157 Eritrea 95
158 Nigeria 95
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 97
160 Guinea 100
161 Rwanda 93
162 Angola 99
163 Benin 92
164 Malawi 100
165 Zambia 100
166 Côte d'Ivoire 89
167 Burundi 101
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 101
169 Ethiopia 98
170 Chad 102
171 Central African Republic 99
172 Mozambique 96
173 Mali 100
174 Niger 101
175 Guinea-Bissau 105
176 Burkina Faso 101
177 Sierra Leone 105

Source :
calculated on the basis of data on economically active rates from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2005. Key Indicators of the Labour Market. Fourth edition. CD-ROM. Geneva. [www.ilo.org/kilm]. Accessed July 2007.