National Geographic USA - 11.2019

Working women without

access to financial accounts

Working women with access

to financial accounts

Women not in paid work with

access to financial accounts

49.4

65.1

100%

Global
averages

Inclusion index

Best Worst

0.9 0.1 No data

Developed

Economies

East Asia and

the Pacific

Central and Eastern Europe

and Central Asia

0

United

States

Norway

United States

0.75

Yemen

0.14

Afghanistan

Niger 0.35

0.34

Namibia

0.7

China

0.66

Sweden

0.87

Women’s level of inclusion in economic, social, and political

spheres is a critical measure of a country’s basic human

rights. Countries such as Rwanda, Moldova, Turkmenistan,

Armenia, and Benin have recently made notable gains in

women’s education, financial access, or representation

in the national legislature.

Employment

The global gender gap in employ-

ment spans 30 percentage points,

with exceptions: Ninety-three

percent of Rwandan women work.

Financial access

Two out of every three women

worldwide hold some form of

financial account. Only one in 10

does in conflict-ridden countries.

AIMING FOR INCLUSION

MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD

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