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Discriminatory social institutions are defined as the formal and informal laws, attitudes and practices that restrict women’s and girls’ access to rights, justice and empowerment opportunities. These are captured in a multi-faceted approach by SIGI’s variables that combine qualitative and quantitative data, taking into account both the de jure and de facto discrimination of social institutions, through information on laws, attitudes and practices. The variables span all stages of a woman’s life in order to show how discriminatory social institutions can interlock and bind them into cycles of poverty and disempowerment.

SIGI – Social Institutions & Gender Index 2014

The 2014 edition of the SIGI shows that countries have made great strides in reducing discrimination through ambitious target setting and promising initiatives in transforming discriminatory social norms. However, gaps and challenges remain across some key areas affecting women’s socio-economic and political rights and freedom from violence. Download 2014 Synthesis Report, which includes a summary of the key results, including thematic and regional analyses.

This edition covers the 108 countries included in the classification below. Countries are grouped by level of discrimination, to assist the interpretation of the data and results. The table is interactive and allows sorting countries by region, alphabetically or by their level of discrimination in the SIGI.

• Click on a region to filter by region, or click on “Region” in the table to sort by region.
• Click on “country” to sort alphabetically.
• Click the "SIGI 2014 category" to sort by category.
• Click the "SIGI value 2014" to sort by value.
• Click on a country's name to access its individual country profile, with qualitative information.
• Click on the value of a sub-index for information on what the sub-index measures and how, and for key results, shown with a map and table.

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Region	Country	SIGI 2014 Category	SIGI Value 2014	Discriminatory family code	Restricted physical integrity	Son bias	Restricted resources and assets	Restricted civil liberties
EAP	China, People's Rep.	Medium	0.1310	0.2885	0.1245	0.5577	0.4075	0.2812
EAP	Indonesia	Medium	0.1532	0.5611	0.2511	0.3891	0.1837	0.4504
EAP	Cambodia	Low	0.0477	0.0683	0.2600	0	0.2027	0.3538
EAP	Lao PDR	Medium	0.1445	0.2606	0.5321	0.0506	0.4075	0.4504
EAP	Myanmar	High	0.2935	0.4962	0.4890	0	0.5912	0.7952
EAP	Mongolia	Very Low	0.0344	0.0225	0.2583	0.1582	0.2048	0.1950
EAP	Philippines	Medium	0.1764	0.4929	0.2596	0.1391	0.5912	0.4504
EAP	Thailand	Low	0.1055	0.3770	0.2934	0.1532	0.3885	0.3538
EAP	Timor-Leste	High	0.2550	0.3882	0.5421	0.2270	0.5912	0.6552
EAP	Viet Nam	Medium	0.1864	0.3374	0.1856	0.4967	0.4075	0.6092
ECA	Armenia	High	0.2428	0.1909	0.1852	0.9880	0.2048	0.3538
ECA	Albania	High	0.2476	0.1822	0.2595	0.8766	0.4075	0.4504
ECA	Azerbaijan	High	0.2403	0.1300	0.2056	0.8586	0.1837	0.6092
ECA	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Very Low	0.0332	0.2436	0.0672	0.1496	0.2048	0.1950
ECA	Belarus	Very Low	0.0335	0.0250	0.3543	0.0598	0	0.1950
ECA	Georgia	Medium	0.2034	0.3551	0.2112	0.6236	0.4075	0.5398
ECA	Kazakhstan	Low	0.1196	0.0282	0.2175	0.1126	0.4075	0.6092
ECA	Kyrgyzstan	Medium	0.1597	0.1878	0.3770	0.2624	0.5912	0.4504
ECA	Moldova	Low	0.0663	0.3418	0.2188	0	0.2048	0.3538
ECA	FYR Macedonia	Medium	0.1345	0.1803	0.3910	0.5666	0.4075	0
ECA	Serbia	Very Low	0.0096	0.1093	0.1170	0.1504	0	0
ECA	Tajikistan	Medium	0.1392	0.3181	0.4137	0.5075	0.2027	0.3538
ECA	Ukraine	Low	0.0750	0.0414	0.1516	0.2429	0	0.5398
ECA	Uzbekistan	Medium	0.1474	0.2476	0.2966	0.1884	0.5912	0.4504
ECA	Belgium	Very Low	0.0015	0.0037	0.0315	0.0823	0	0
ECA	Bulgaria	Low	0.0449	0.1503	0.3926	0.0988	0	0.1950
ECA	Czech Republic	Very Low	0.0283	0.0012	0.0956	0.0854	0	0.3538
ECA	France	Very Low	0.0033	0.1001	0	0.0827	0	0
ECA	Italy	Very Low	0.0115	0.0025	0.1028	0.0966	0	0.1950
ECA	Lithuania	Low	0.0424	0.0012	0.2794	0.0931	0	0.3538
ECA	Latvia	Low	0.0511	0.0043	0.3465	0.1008	0	0.3538
ECA	Romania	Low	0.0686	0.1133	0.1700	0.0993	0	0.5398
ECA	Slovenia	Very Low	0.0036	0.0031	0.0891	0.1023	0	0
ECA	Spain	Very Low	0.0048	0.0855	0.0621	0.1143	0	0
ECA	Turkey	Low	0.1032	0.1585	0.1912	0.4035	0	0.5398
LAC	Argentina	Very Low	0.0106	0.0809	0.0147	0.0691	0.2048	0
LAC	Bolivia	Low	0.0579	0.3675	0.3206	0.0987	0.2048	0
LAC	Brazil	Low	0.0457	0.2315	0.1226	0.0364	0.1837	0.3538
LAC	Colombia	Low	0.0861	0.1748	0.1567	0.0662	0	0.6092
LAC	Costa Rica	Low	0.0506	0.2512	0.1544	0.0121	0.4075	0
LAC	Cuba	Very Low	0.0208	0.2419	0.0870	0	0	0.1950
LAC	Dominican Republic	Very Low	0.0367	0.3690	0.0957	0.0117	0	0.1950
LAC	Ecuador	Low	0.0422	0.1373	0.3736	0.1037	0.2048	0
LAC	Guatemala	Medium	0.1317	0.3953	0.3212	0.2566	0.2048	0.5398
LAC	Honduras	Low	0.1074	0.3890	0.1043	0.1443	0.3885	0.4504
LAC	Haiti	Medium	0.1466	0.5612	0.5009	0	0.2048	0.3538
LAC	Jamaica	Medium	0.1350	0.0031	0.2045	0.0270	0	0.7952
LAC	Nicaragua	Medium	0.1595	0.6302	0.1867	0.1081	0.3885	0.4504
LAC	Panama	Very Low	0.0375	0.2344	0.0147	0.0855	0	0.3538
LAC	Peru	Low	0.0826	0.4052	0.2096	0.0284	0.4075	0.1950
LAC	Paraguay	Low	0.0579	0.2880	0.0440	0.0291	0.4075	0.1950
LAC	El Salvador	Low	0.0489	0.1066	0.2674	0.1049	0.3885	0
LAC	Trinidad and Tobago	Very Low	0.0235	0.2504	0.1305	0	0	0.1950
LAC	Venezuela, BR	Very Low	0.0388	0.2455	0.0941	0.0071	0	0.3538
MENA	Egypt	Very High	0.4280	0.6665	0.7372	0.3741	0.5912	0.8140
MENA	Iraq	High	0.2630	0.7035	0.3346	0.3834	0.5912	0.4601
MENA	Jordan	High	0.3118	0.5274	0.3150	0.6790	0.5912	0.6092
MENA	Lebanon	High	0.2896	0.6143	0.2488	0.1639	0.5912	0.7952
MENA	Morocco	Low	0.1052	0.4610	0.3159	0.1573	0.3885	0.1950
MENA	Syrian Arab Republic	Very High	0.4162	0.6914	0.2597	0.4311	0.5912	1
MENA	Tunisia	Medium	0.1985	0.4314	0.1597	0.4782	0.5912	0.4504
MENA	Yemen	Very High	0.5634	0.7942	0.8485	0.3414	0.5912	1
SA	Afghanistan	High	0.3223	0.7315	0.5473	0.4643	0.5912	0.4601
SA	Bangladesh	Very High	0.3899	0.9730	0.3322	0.5830	0.5912	0.4504
SA	Bhutan	Low	0.1142	0.3238	0.2946	0.2964	0	0.5398
SA	India	High	0.2650	0.6439	0.3771	0.5415	0.5912	0.3538
SA	Sri Lanka	Medium	0.1894	0.4203	0.2680	0.1482	0.6206	0.5398
SA	Nepal	High	0.3228	0.1812	0.4082	1	0.5912	0.2554
SA	Pakistan	High	0.3012	0.6908	0.4127	0.6997	0.4075	0.4504
SSA	Angola	Medium	0.1719	0.4599	0.5041	0.0791	0.5912	0.1950
SSA	Burundi	Medium	0.1662	0.5602	0.5055	0.1745	0.4075	0.2554
SSA	Benin	High	0.2780	0.2763	0.4431	0.3677	0.5912	0.7952
SSA	Burkina Faso	High	0.2818	0.5418	0.7256	0.1910	0.5912	0.4504
SSA	Central African Republic	High	0.3284	0.5327	0.6134	0.0071	0.5912	0.7952
SSA	Cote d'Ivoire	High	0.2537	0.4954	0.5894	0.1857	0.5912	0.5398
SSA	Cameroon	High	0.2803	0.5023	0.5333	0.2066	0.7869	0.4504
SSA	Congo, Rep.	Medium	0.2033	0.5059	0.4724	0	0.4075	0.6092
SSA	Ethiopia	High	0.2450	0.2819	0.8661	0.0877	0.5912	0.1950
SSA	Gabon	Very High	0.4022	0.6456	0.5308	0.1745	0.7869	0.8140
SSA	Ghana	High	0.2988	0.3946	0.5490	0.3136	0.8043	0.5398
SSA	Guinea	High	0.3206	0.5413	0.9515	0.2253	0.3885	0.4504
SSA	Gambia	Very High	0.5239	0.5131	0.8509	0	1	0.7952
SSA	Guinea-Bissau	Medium	0.2110	0.4072	0.4931	0.0712	0.5912	0.5398
SSA	Kenya	Medium	0.2156	0.3501	0.6122	0.4397	0.5912	0.1950
SSA	Liberia	Very High	0.3827	0.5668	0.8906	0.0235	0.4075	0.7952
SSA	Lesotho	Low	0.0875	0.4266	0.4112	0.2115	0.2048	0
SSA	Madagascar	Low	0.1002	0.4888	0.3079	0	0.2048	0.3538
SSA	Mali	Very High	0.5163	0.8308	1	0.3048	0.4075	0.7952
SSA	Mozambique	Medium	0.1375	0.4180	0.3793	0	0.4075	0.4504
SSA	Mauritania	Very High	0.3953	0.7555	0.9938	0.1745	0.5912	0.1950
SSA	Malawi	Medium	0.2072	0.3984	0.3553	0.1745	0.5912	0.6092
SSA	Namibia	Low	0.1172	0.1709	0.3522	0.0668	0.5912	0.2812
SSA	Niger	Very High	0.4415	1	0.4059	0.1745	0.5912	0.8140
SSA	Nigeria	Very High	0.3910	0.6722	0.4765	0.2494	0.7626	0.7952
SSA	Rwanda	Medium	0.1338	0.2618	0.4081	0.1391	0.5912	0.2554
SSA	Sudan	Very High	0.5550	0.8381	0.9780	0.1425	0.8162	0.6552
SSA	Senegal	Medium	0.1985	0.5931	0.6337	0.0887	0.4075	0.2554
SSA	Sierra Leone	Very High	0.3720	0.3308	0.8549	0.0363	0.8043	0.6092
SSA	Somalia	Very High	0.4593	0.5958	0.9904	0.0891	0.7626	0.6092
SSA	Swaziland	Medium	0.2119	0.4943	0.3070	0	0.5912	0.6092
SSA	Chad	Very High	0.4665	0.9705	0.8185	0.0014	0.5912	0.6092
SSA	Togo	Medium	0.1860	0.3696	0.5487	0.1325	0.5912	0.3538
SSA	Tanzania	High	0.2504	0.7165	0.5414	0.1745	0.5912	0.2554
SSA	Uganda	Medium	0.2162	0.5093	0.5635	0.2990	0.5912	0.2554
SSA	Zimbabwe	Medium	0.1392	0.5700	0.3434	0.2950	0.4075	0
SSA	South Africa	Low	0.0599	0.0213	0.2163	0.2195	0.4075	0.1950
SSA	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Very High	0.4275	0.5169	0.5338	0.0691	0.9582	0.8140
SSA	Zambia	Very High	0.4488	0.5148	0.5623	0.1745	1	0.7952