National Geographic USA - 11.2019

0

7. 6 1 3. 4

Global

average

One country

Number of

countries

1

18

59

47

32

8

2

United

States

Estonia

Portugal Germany

Turkey

Timor-Leste

Haiti Argentina

Yemen United Arab Emirates

Bhutan Sri Lanka

South Africa

Hong Kong, China

Burkina Faso

Latin America and

the Caribbean

Middle East and South Asia

North Africa

Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa Mauritius

Developed

Economies

East Asia and

the Pacific

Latin America and

the Caribbean

South Asia

Middle East and

North Africa

Sub-Saharan

Africa

Central and Eastern
Europe and Central Asia

0 years 5 10 15

Developed

Economies*

Central and Eastern Europe

and Central Asia

East Asia

and the

Pacific

Middle

East and

North Africa

South

Asia

Sub-Saharan

Africa

Latin

America

and the

Caribbean

0% 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-49 50+

Women in national legislatures

100%

80.9

91.3

27

Global

average

Finland, Kuwait,

Libya, U.A.E.

United States

South

Sudan

Representation in government

The average share of women in national legislatures

is 21.5 percent worldwide. At the current pace,

it will take 52 years to reach gender parity.

Cell phone use

Phones can expand

access to economic

opportunities

and promote

independence.

Women in war-torn Yemen

have the world’s lowest level of

financial inclusion (1.7 percent)

and employment (5.3 percent).

Some 35 percent of people in sub-Saharan

Africa are not covered by 3G+ networks, which

inhibits mobile banking and can perpetuate

male control of female incomes.

Education

Many countries have excellent rates of completion for

girls at the primary school level but fall short in the qual-

ity of secondary school education and graduation rates.

*27 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING U.S., CANADA, WESTERN EUROPEAN NATIONS, AUSTRALIA, AND JAPAN (PER GEORGETOWN DATA SET, BASED ON UN CRITERIA)