Countries With the Lowest Gender Scores

Every country with a figure for gender score, ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are Yemen, Rep. (-1.6), Sudan (-1.21) and Kuwait (-1.02). The middle country of the 186 has 0.453.

What this measures

Gender score, in typical gaps (standard deviations). Source: PlaceStats. For this measure, higher is better.

The average of 5 measures from 3 publishers. Each measure is first put on a common scale: 0 is the average country in an average year, and 1 is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation). Each is turned so that higher is better. Measures are averaged within each publisher first, so a publisher with many measures does not count for more. Members: Women's political empowerment, Women ministers, Women in parliament, Women in management, Married by 18.

A standard deviation is a typical gap between places.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2012–2025. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on gender score

• Countries With the Highest Gender Scores
• Gender score by country: trend over time and what it goes with

Related rankings

• Countries With the Lowest Gender Wage Gaps
• Countries With the Lowest Gender Inequality Index
• Countries With the Lowest Gender Development Index
• Countries With the Lowest Women's Political Empowerment
• Countries With the Lowest Women Ministers
• Countries With the Lowest Women in Parliament
• Countries With the Lowest Women in Management
• Countries With the Lowest Married by 18

A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.