CPIA gender equality rating (1=low to 6=high) by country
The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These...
What the numbers show
CPIA gender equality rating (1=low to 6=high) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 4.5 1=low to 6=high in Armenia; the lowest is 1 1=low to 6=high in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.5 1=low to 6=high, and the mean is 3.36 1=low to 6=high.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 33.3%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 40.0%).
CPIA gender equality rating (1=low to 6=high): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 1 | Georgia | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Moldova | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 1 | Rwanda | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 1 | Vietnam | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Burundi | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Benin | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | falling |
| 9 | Bolivia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 9 | Cape Verde | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 9 | Fiji | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Ghana | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Cambodia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Saint Lucia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Lesotho | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Madagascar | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 9 | Nicaragua | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Togo | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Samoa | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 28 | Djibouti | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 28 | Gambia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Grenada | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 28 | Honduras | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 28 | Kenya | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Laos | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 28 | Maldives | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 28 | Mozambique | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Malawi | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Senegal | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 28 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 28 | East Timor | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Tanzania | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Kosovo | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Angola | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Cameroon | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 49 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 49 | Congo | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Comoros | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Dominica | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 49 | Eritrea | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Micronesia (country) | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 49 | Guinea | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 49 | Guyana | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 49 | India | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 49 | Kiribati | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 49 | Liberia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Marshall Islands | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Mali | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 49 | Mauritania | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 49 | Niger | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 49 | Nigeria | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Nepal | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Tonga | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Tuvalu | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Uganda | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 49 | Zambia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 74 | Central African Republic | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 74 | Haiti | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 74 | Pakistan | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Papua New Guinea | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Sudan | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Chad | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Myanmar | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 81 | Somalia | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | South Sudan | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 83 | Yemen | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 85 | Afghanistan | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IBRD only 4.25 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 4.12 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia 4.12 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.12 1=low to 6=high
- Post-demographic dividend 4 1=low to 6=high
- Late-demographic dividend 3.83 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia 3.7 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 3.7 1=low to 6=high
- Other small states 3.56 1=low to 6=high
- Upper middle income 3.44 1=low to 6=high
- Middle income 3.42 1=low to 6=high
- Lower middle income 3.42 1=low to 6=high
- Small states 3.38 1=low to 6=high
- IDA blend 3.37 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 3.33 1=low to 6=high
- Early-demographic dividend 3.32 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean 3.3 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.3 1=low to 6=high
- Caribbean Small States 3.29 1=low to 6=high
- Pacific island small states 3.28 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Eastern and Southern 3.25 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Western and Central 3.25 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.25 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.25 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.25 1=low to 6=high
- Low & middle income 3.25 1=low to 6=high
- IDA & IBRD total 3.24 1=low to 6=high
- IDA total 3.24 1=low to 6=high
- World 3.24 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 3.21 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific 3.21 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.21 1=low to 6=high
- IDA only 3.2 1=low to 6=high
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.18 1=low to 6=high
- Least developed countries 3.08 1=low to 6=high
- Pre-demographic dividend 3.07 1=low to 6=high
- High income 3 1=low to 6=high
- Low income 2.85 1=low to 6=high
- Arab World 2.43 1=low to 6=high
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2 1=low to 6=high
About this data
The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The CPIA gender equality rating criterion assesses the extent to which the country has enacted and put in place institutions and programs to enforce laws and policies that: (a) promote equal access for men and women to human capital development; (b) promote equal access for men and women to productive and economic resources; and (c) give men and women equal status and protection under the law. For the human capital development dimension, the focus is on primary completion and access to secondary education, access to health care during delivery and to family planning, and adolescent fertility rate. For access to economic and productive resources, the focus is on labor force participation, land tenure and property and inheritance rights. For Agency for change and equalization of status and protection under the law the focus is on individual and family rights and personal security (violence against women, trafficking, or sexual harassment) and political participation.