List of sovereign states by male to female income ratio

Last updated February 10, 2024

The following list sorts countries by their estimated male to female income ratio according to the Gender Development Index of the United Nations. The ratio is determined by comparing the gross national income per woman with the gross national income per man in 2017.^[1]

* indicates "Gender inequality in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

2011 Gross National Income per capita (USD PPP) by country and gender
Country	Male	Female	Ratio
Yemen	2,308	149	15.490
Syria *	4,077	561	7.267
Jordan *	13,971	2,459	5.682
Afghanistan *	3,030	541	5.601
Algeria *	23,181	4,232	5.478
Pakistan *	8,786	1,642	5.351
Iran *	32,017	6,094	5.254
Iraq	29,250	6,039	4.843
Palestine *	8,216	1,802	4.559
Oman *	49,282	11,246	4.382
Saudi Arabia *	73,945	17,422	4.244
Egypt *	16,489	4,081	4.073
Lebanon *	21,182	5,523	3.835
Libya *	17,472	4,623	3.779
Sudan *	6,455	1,785	3.616
Morocco *	11,561	3,197	3.616
India *	9,729	2,722	3.574
Tunisia	16,152	4,537	3.560
United Arab Emirates *	84,130	24,973	3.369
East Timor	10,282	3,301	3.115
Bahrain *	55,130	18,774	2.937
Mauritania	5,221	1,936	2.697
Maldives	18,501	7,064	2.619
Bangladesh *	5,285	2,041	2.589
Sri Lanka *	16,581	6,462	2.566
Kuwait *	93,476	39,570	2.362
São Tomé and Príncipe	4,112	1,780	2.310
Qatar *	135,961	59,164	2.298
Guyana	10,295	4,543	2.266
Mauritius	27,986	12,558	2.229
Turkey *	34,313	15,576	2.203
South Korea *	49,297	22,572	2.184
Dominican Republic	18,975	8,909	2.130
Western Samoa	7,909	3,778	2.093
Guatemala	9,869	4,768	2.070
Mexico *	22,873	11,065	2.067
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15,856	7,723	2.053
Kyrgyzstan *	4,369	2,159	2.024
Georgia	12,481	6,177	2.021
Nicaragua *	6,930	3,434	2.018
Azerbaijan *	21,152	10,089	2.010
Cuba	10,045	5,001	2.009
Argentina	24,789	12,395	2.000
Indonesia	14,385	7,259	1.982
Tajikistan	4,392	2,233	1.967
Fiji	10,963	5,604	1.956
Tonga *	7,314	3,769	1.941
Armenia	12,281	6,358	1.932
Suriname	17,449	9,132	1.911
Myanmar *	7,355	3,860	1.905
Mali *	2,560	1,345	1.903
Chile	28,809	15,137	1.903
Panama	25,102	13,229	1.897
Venezuela *	13,976	7,401	1.888
Japan *	51,326	27,209	1.886
Bolivia *	8,737	4,686	1.864
Senegal	3,101	1,691	1.834
Malta	44,446	24,255	1.832
Costa Rica	18,851	10,419	1.809
Ecuador	13,307	7,388	1.801
Great Britain *	50,485	28,043	1.800
Peru *	15,140	8,446	1.793
Cape Verde	7,683	4,295	1.789
Turkmenistan *	20,083	11,240	1.787
Gabon	20,825	11,789	1.766
Uzbekistan	8,264	4,687	1.763
Italy	45,326	25,767	1.759
Uganda *	2,109	1,212	1.750
Brazil	17,566	10,073	1.744
North Macedonia	15,897	9,114	1.744
Ivory Coast	4,409	2,529	1.743
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13,306	7,643	1.741
Ukraine *	10,513	6,082	1.729
Hong Kong *	75,577	43,813	1.725
Djibouti *	4,286	2,491	1.721
Comoros	1,764	1,027	1.718
Kazakhstan	28,815	16,814	1.714
Estonia	37,043	21,896	1.692
Paraguay	10,486	6,212	1.688
Eswatini	9,641	5,722	1.685
El Salvador *	8,722	5,226	1.669
Jamaica	9,812	5,898	1.664
Israel *	40,910	24,620	1.662
Bhutan	9,889	6,002	1.648
Czech Republic	38,206	23,224	1.645
South Africa *	14,894	9,060	1.644
Ethiopia	2,136	1,304	1.638
New Zealand *	42,339	25,872	1.636
Uruguay	24,905	15,282	1.630
Slovakia	36,726	22,600	1.625
Niger *	1,119	691	1.619
Trinidad and Tobago	35,435	22,008	1.610
Gambia	1,870	1,168	1.601
Montenegro	20,692	12,967	1.596
Malaysia *	31,826	20,004	1.591
Poland	32,343	20,367	1.588
Hungary	31,413	19,931	1.576
Honduras *	5,159	3,277	1.574
Solomon Islands	2,281	1,450	1.573
Equatorial Guinea	23,258	14,869	1.564
Burkina Faso	2,014	1,289	1.562
Austria	55,591	35,626	1.560
Spain	41,850	26,954	1.553
Vanuatu	3,635	2,340	1.553
Central African Republic	809	521	1.553
Bulgaria	22,930	14,777	1.552
Croatia	27,164	17,507	1.552
Belgium	51,302	33,260	1.542
Luxembourg	78,737	51,154	1.539
Colombia	15,692	10,271	1.528
Belize *	8,655	5,689	1.521
Russia *	29,671	19,510	1.521
Ireland	64,916	42,771	1.518
China *	18,295	12,053	1.518
Greece	29,796	19,658	1.516
Lesotho *	3,940	2,608	1.511
United States *	66,208	43,899	1.508
Romania	27,358	18,217	1.502
Saint Lucia	14,101	9,388	1.502
Canada *	52,070	34,928	1.491
Chad	2,088	1,412	1.479
Netherlands	57,123	38,767	1.473
Botswana	18,521	12,613	1.468
Australia *	51,857	35,323	1.468
Germany *	54,843	37,689	1.455
Belarus	19,592	13,479	1.454
Guinea-Bissau	1,843	1,269	1.452
Serbia	15,474	10,672	1.450
Ghana	4,849	3,349	1.448
Albania	14,028	9,702	1.446
Latvia	29,924	20,822	1.437
France	46,218	32,518	1.421
Bahamas	31,397	22,156	1.417
Eritrea	2,048	1,451	1.411
Cameroon	3,878	2,751	1.410
Iceland	53,562	38,004	1.409
Switzerland	67,490	47,938	1.408
Portugal *	32,013	23,095	1.386
Mongolia *	11,759	8,482	1.386
Zambia	4,138	2,986	1.386
Haiti	1,937	1,400	1.384
Finland *	47,691	34,504	1.382
Brunei	88,204	63,939	1.380
Denmark	55,624	40,293	1.380
Singapore	95,809	69,508	1.378
Malawi *	1,235	897	1.377
Cyprus	36,543	26,580	1.375
Barbados	18,384	13,509	1.361
Zimbabwe *	1,948	1,431	1.361
Nigeria *	6,008	4,433	1.355
Lithuania	32,934	24,366	1.352
Kenya	3,398	2,529	1.344
Tanzania *	3,037	2,282	1.331
Congo	6,483	4,905	1.322
Madagascar *	1,544	1,173	1.316
Rwanda *	2,064	1,568	1.316
Liberia *	755	577	1.308
Cambodia *	3,878	2,970	1.306
Moldova	6,318	4,849	1.303
Togo	1,643	1,265	1.299
Benin	2,329	1,795	1.297
Angola *	6,546	5,063	1.293
Guinea *	2,328	1,804	1.290
Sweden	53,777	41,743	1.288
South Sudan *	1,083	843	1.285
Slovenia	34,341	26,898	1.277
Laos	6,789	5,354	1.268
Sierra Leone *	1,387	1,096	1.266
DR Congo	889	703	1.265
Papua New Guinea *	3,789	3,002	1.262
Philippines	10,705	7,582	1.259
Norway	75,731	60,153	1.259
Thailand *	17,327	13,793	1.256
Nepal *	2,738	2,219	1.234
Vietnam	6,383	5,345	1.194
Namibia	9,907	8,895	1.114
Mozambique	1,135	1,052	1.079
Burundi	594	807	0.736

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