OECD Dashboard on Gender Gaps
An international comparison focused on gender equality challenges, outcomes, and policies
Dashboard
Evolution Country comparison
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The OECD Gender Dashboard gives a snapshot of how a country’s gender equality policies and outcomes compare to that of other OECD
countries across policy domains. It will be a supporting tool to report the progress on the implementation of the OECD gender
recommendations.
Education and skills Employment, entrepreneurship & trade Public life and policy tools Technology, knowledge & resources Health
Education and skills
Mean PISA score in mathematics by gender
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Girls Boys
500
490
480
470
2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Mean PISA score in reading by gender
OECD
Girls Boys
520
500
480
2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
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Share of population aged 25-64 who attained tertiary education, by gender
In %, OECD
Women Men
50
45
40
35
30
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Share of women among all tertiary graduates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
In %
OECD
33
32
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2
Employment, entrepreneurship & trade
Labour force participation rate among 15-64-years-olds, by gender
In %, OECD
Women Men
90
80
70
60
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
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Gender wage gap
In % of median wages of men
OECD
20
18
16
14
12
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Share of women on boards of the largest publicly listed companies
In %
OECD
32
30
28
26
24
22
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Share of self-employed who are own-account workers
In %, OECD
Women Men
12
10
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Share of self-employed who are employers
In %, OECD
Women Men
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Attitudes toward working mothers and gendered job rights
% of population, 2018 or latest available year
OECD
40
30
20
10
0
Men should have more right to a job than women When a mother works for pay, the ch
Gender gap in unpaid care and housework
In minutes per day, 2021 or latest available year
OECD
300
200
100
0
Men Women
Public life and policy tools
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Share of women in lower or single houses of parliament
In %, as of 1st of January
OECD
36
34
32
30
28
26
2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Discrimination against women in social institutions
SIGI score: 0 = no discrimination; 100 = absolute discrimination, 2023 or latest available year
40
20
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Share of aid targeting gender equality
In % of bilateral allocable ODA commitments that include gender equality objectives (as principal or significant)
OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
60
40
20
0
2012-13 2014-15 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21
Technology, knowledge & resources
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Share of 16-24 year-olds who can program, by gender
In %, 2023 or latest available year
OECD
30
20
10
0
Women Men
Health & well-being
Prevalence of physical and/or sexual violence against women by an intimate partner over the past 12 mont
In % of ever-partnered women aged 15 years and more, 2018 or latest available year
5
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Intimate-partner violence over the past 12 months
Maternal mortality
Deaths per 100 000 live births
OECD
13
12
11
10
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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