The most gender equal nations are Iceland, Finland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden. The least gender equal countries are Chad, Iran, Congo, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The rankings by the World Economic Forum are based on factors including health, education, economic security and political power.
Australia is ranked 43rd for gender equality internationally. 3.9% are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. 28.3% were born overseas.
The Global Gender Gap Index
In a global perspective Iceland is considered the most gender equal country. Dominating this list is another four Nordic countries: Norway, Finland, and Sweden.
According to the Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2021, Yemen was the least gender equal country in the world. The Gender Inequality Index measures reflecting inequality in achievement between women and men in three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market.
In Africa, 70% of women are excluded financially. The continent has a US$42 billion financing gap between men and women.
In fact, Norway ranks as the country with the highest level of income equality, while also ranking second for gender equality worldwide. However, even though Norway is the fairest country, it still has much more work to truly become equal.
As of June 2021, about 12.98 million females and 12.75 million males lived in Australia. The population of both sexes has been increasing consistently with slightly more females than males.
Key facts. The national gender pay gap, on base salary, is 13.3%. For every $1 men make on average, Australian women make 87 cents. On average, women working full-time earned a base salary of $1,653.60 per week, while men working full-time earned $1,907.10.
Australia is the safest country in the world for women, according to data the consultancy New World Wealth released in its 2019 Global Wealth Migration Review. Australia has earned the top spot for women's safety for the second year in a row, followed by Malta, Iceland, New Zealand, and Canada.
The most self-identifying feminists live in Sweden, France, Italy, Britain, Australia, the US, Turkey, Denmark, Mexico, and Germany. But people who live in countries that are further along in achieving gender equality don't necessarily consider themselves feminists, according to a new survey.
Some of the best countries for women include Norway, Sweden, Finland, Canada, and Iceland. These countries have low rates of gender-based violence, high levels of education and healthcare, and robust laws that protect women's rights.
Worldwide gender pay gap statistics
In 2020, the European Union had the highest gender pay gap in Latvia at 22.3% and the lowest in Luxembourg at 0.7%. Korea has the largest gender pay gap in the world at 31.5% and Belgium has one of the smallest gaps at 3.4%.
In these twenty countries, which include North Korea, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar), Republic of Belarus, Turkmenistan, Republic of Uzbekistan and Tibet, citizens' most basic rights are denied and any attempts to oppose these regimes often result in torture, imprisonment and sometimes death.
Australia's Gini coefficient of 0.33 ranked 11th highest out of 33 OECD countries for which data were available. Chile had the least equal income distribution (Gini coefficient of 0.46) and Slovak Republic the most equal (Gini coefficient of 0.24) (OECD 2021h).
China's Gini coefficient, which measures inequality, has decreased significantly since the 2000s, but continues to hover above 0.46, which by international standards signals a high level of income inequality.
As within-country inequality has been rising, it now accounts for a much larger part of global inequality (about two-thirds in 2020, up from less than half in 1980). Looking ahead, how within-country inequality evolves will matter even more for global inequality.
The number of men and women in the world is roughly equal, though men hold a slight lead with 102 men for 100 women (in 2020). More precisely, out of 1,000 people, 504 are men (50.4%) and 496 are women (49.6%).
Bangladesh and Nepal lead regional performance, with over 69% of their gender gaps closed, while Afghanistan registered the region's and world's lowest level of overall gender parity, with a score of 43.5%.