Research Article

The Correlation between Gender Inequalities and Their Health Related Factors in World Countries: A Global Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

The list of ten countries with the highest and the lowest gender inequality index by WHO regions.

CountryRegionGender inequality

IraqEastern Mediterranean0.803
YemenEastern Mediterranean0.791
NigerAfrica0.737
MaliAfrica0.722
Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica0.722
MauritaniaAfrica0.718
AfghanistanEastern Mediterranean0.709
Saudi ArabiaEastern Mediterranean0.682
Papua New GuineaWestern Pacific0.682
Central African RepublicAfrica0.679

SwedenEurope0.065
DenmarkEurope0.068
NetherlandsEurope0.077
NorwayEurope0.083
SwitzerlandEurope0.084
FinlandEurope0.102
GermanyEurope0.105
Republic of KoreaWestern Pacific0.118
SpainEurope0.118
IcelandEurope0.121