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. 2020 Jul 17;4(1):28–57. doi: 10.1057/s42214-020-00054-w

Table 5.

Comparison of Nicaragua and Mozambique gender equality scores, 2017–2018

Mozambique Nicaragua World
Overall SDG and SDG 5 scores and ranks
 UNDP GII Score (higher → less gender equality) 0.552 0.456 0.441
 UNDP GII Country Rank (out of 160 countries) 138 106
 WEF GGGI Score (higher → more gender equality) 0.741 0.814 0.680
 WEF GGGI Country Rank (out of 144 countries) 29 6
 OECD SIGI Score (higher → less gender equality) .24 .19 .29
 OECD SIGI Country Rank (out of 120 countries) 55 30
 SDSN SDG 5 Score (higher → more gender equality) 60.0 82.1 60.17
 SDSN SDG 5 Country Rank (out of 162 countries) 81 14
 EM 2030 SDG 5 Score (higher → more gender equality) 61.1 73.4 62.0
 EM 2030 SDG 5 Country Rank (out of 129 countries) 114 84
UNDP GII Indicators
 Female labor force participation rate (%, age 15+) 82.5 50.3 48.7
 Male labor force participation rate (%, age 15+) 74.6 84.0 75.3
 Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births) 489 150 216
 Adolescent birth rate (births per 1000 women aged 15–19) 135.2 85.4 44.0
 Share of seats in parliament (% held by women) 39.6 45.7 23.5
 Female population, some secondary education (%, age 25+) 16.1 48.3 62.5
 Male population, some secondary education (%, age 25+) 27.3 46.6 70.9
WEF GGGI targets/indicators
 Economic participation and opportunity 0.789 0.702 0.65
 Educational attainment 0.857 1.00 0.96
 Health and survival 0.977 0.98 0.97
 Political empowerment 0.34 0.576 0.20
SDSN SDG 5 Indicators
 Unmet demand for contraception 56.8 7.2 NA
 Female/male mean years of schooling 54.3 106.3 NA
 Female/male labor force participation rate 110.6 59.9 NA
 Seats held by women in national parliaments 39.6 45.7 NA

Bold text highlights the score of the country (Mozambique or Nicaragua) that performs better on each indicator.

Sources: EM 2030 (2019), OECD (2019), Sachs et al. (2019), UNDP (2018), and WEF (2018).