Gender inequality in China

Woman selling textiles at an outdoor market
Zhuang woman in Guilin

In 2021, China ranked 48th out of 191 countries[1] on the United Nations Development Programme's Gender Inequality Index (GII). Among the GII components, China's maternal mortality ratio was 32 out of 100,000 live births. In education 58.7 percent of women age 25 and older had completed secondary education, while the counterpart statistic for men was 71.9 percent. Women's labour power participation rate was 63.9 percent (compared to 78.3 percent for men), and women held 23.6 percent of seats in the National People's Congress.[2] In 2019, China ranked 39 out of the 162 countries surveyed during the year.[1]

  1. ^ a b United Nations. "Gender Inequality Index". United Nations Human Development Reports. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Gender Inequality Index". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

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