High income OECD countries Compared by People > Gender empowerment

DEFINITION: Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). The GEM measures the participation of women and men in political decision-making. This index also has four indicators: female members of the Legislature, female participation in selected positions in public and private sector, female participation in academic and technical work, and estimated income. Both indexes are based on data collected by the UN and are processed to enable comparison.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Norway	0.837	2002
2	Iceland	0.833	2002
3	Sweden	0.824	2002
4	Denmark	0.821	2002
5	Finland	0.803	2002
6	Netherlands	0.781	2002
7	Canada	0.777	2002
=8	Germany	0.765	2002
=8	New Zealand	0.765	2002
10	Australia	0.759	2002
11	United States	0.757	2002
12	Austria	0.745	2002
13	Switzerland	0.718	2002
14	Belgium	0.706	2002
15	Spain	0.702	2002
16	United Kingdom	0.684	2002
17	Ireland	0.675	2002
18	Portugal	0.638	2002
19	Israel	0.596	2002
20	Poland	0.59	2002
21	Slovenia	0.585	2002
22	Estonia	0.568	2002
23	Czech Republic	0.56	2002
24	Slovakia	0.545	2002
25	Italy	0.539	2002
26	Japan	0.527	2002
27	Greece	0.512	2002
28	Chile	0.474	2002
29	South Korea	0.378	2002

Citation

"Countries Compared by People > Gender empowerment. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/group-stats/High-income-OECD-countries/People/Gender-empowerment

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