2: Country Profiles

Azerbaijan

Gender Gap Index 2012

Rank Score
(out of 135 countries)
(0.00 = inequality, 1.00 = equality)

99

0.655

Key Indicators

country score

Economy

Total population (millions)

9.17

Population growth (%)

1.19

0.80

GDP (US$ billions)

21.23

0.60

GDP (PPP) per capita

8,913

0.40

1.00

sample average

0.00 = inequality
1.00 = equality

0.20

Health

0.00

Education

Politics

Rank Score

Sample Female-toaverage
Female Male male ratio

Gender Gap Subindexes

Economic Participation and Opportunity..............74 0.649 0.599

Female-to-male ratio

Labour force participation .....................................16 0.91 0.68 65 71 0.91

Wage equality for similar work (survey).................41 0.71 0.64 0.71
Estimated earned income (PPP US$)......................88

0.52

0.53 6,974 13,361

Legislators, senior officials and managers...........108 0.08 0.25

0.52

7 93 0.08

Professional and technical workers.........................1 1.00 0.63 54 46 1.17

0.00 = INEQUALITY

Educational Attainment........................................84 0.983 0.932

1.00 = EQUALITY

1.50

1.00 = EQUALITY

1.50

1.00 = EQUALITY

1.50

1.00 = EQUALITY

1.50

Female-to-male ratio

Literacy rate..........................................................49 1.00 0.87 100 100 1.00

Enrolment in primary education...........................103 0.99 0.97 84 85 0.99
Enrolment in secondary education.......................100 0.97 0.90 78 81 0.97
Enrolment in tertiary education..............................93 0.98 0.88 19 19 0.98
0.00 = INEQUALITY

Health and Survival............................................135 0.920 0.956

Female-to-male ratio

Sex ratio at birth (female/male)...........................135 0.88 0.92 0.88

Healthy life expectancy .......................................112 1.02 1.04 60 59 1.02
0.00 = INEQUALITY

Political Empowerment......................................113 0.066 0.195

Female-to-male ratio

Women in parliament.............................................79 0.19 0.23 16 84 0.19

Women in ministerial positions............................124 0.03 0.19

3 97 0.03

Years with female head of state (last 50)...............58 0.00 0.17

0 50 0.00
0.00 = INEQUALITY

The Global Gender Gap Report 2012

2: Country Profiles

Azerbaijan

ECONOMIC
EDUCATIONAL
HEALTH AND
POLITICAL

OVERALL PARTICIPATION ATTAINMENT SURVIVAL EMPOWERMENT

Rank Score

Gender Gap Index 2012 (out of 135 countries)

99 0.655

74 0.649

84 0.983

135 0.920

113 0.066

Gender Gap Index 2011 (out of 135 countries)

91 0.658

70 0.642

73 0.989

132 0.933

103 0.066

Gender Gap Index 2010 (out of 134 countries)

100 0.645

73 0.635

93 0.967

134 0.929

113 0.047

Gender Gap Index 2009 (out of 134 countries)

89 0.663

47 0.686

94 0.970

132 0.937

119 0.058

Gender Gap Index 2008 (out of 130 countries)

61 0.686

4 0.786

91 0.967

129 0.931

114 0.058

Gender Gap Index 2007 (out of 128 countries)

59 0.678

19 0.732

82 0.971

127 0.926

85 0.083

Gender Gap Index 2006 (out of 115 countries)

Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score

Rank Score

Evolution 20062012
1.0
Economic Participation and Opportunity
Educational Attainment
Health and Survival
Political Empowerment

0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Additional Data
Economic Empowerment

Social Institutions and Political Rights

Female adult unemployment rate (% of female labour force)...............7

Male adult unemployment rate (% of male labour force).....................5
Share of women in wage employment in the nonagricultural sector (% of total non-agricultural employment) ..........44
Inheritance rights of daughters2.....................................................0.50
Inheritance rights of widows2.........................................................0.50
Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms).................11
Womens access to land ownership2..............................................0.50
Womens access to credit2.............................................................0.50
Womens access to property other than land2.................................0.50
Womens access to finance programmes3...........................................1
Ability of women to rise to positions of enterprise leadership1........5.08

Parental authority in marriage2.......................................................0.00

Parental authority after divorce2.....................................................0.00
Female genital mutilation2..............................................................0.00
Existence of legislation punishing acts
of violence against women in case of domestic violence2............0.25
Year women received right to vote.................................................1918
Quota type.........................................................................................
Existence of legislation prohibiting
gender-based discrimination.........................................................Yes

Education
Female teachers, primary education (%)............................................88
Female teachers, secondary education (%)........................................66
Female teachers, tertiary education (%).............................................52
Female school life expectancy, primary to secondary (years) ............10
Male school life expectancy, primary to secondary (years) ................11

Marriage and Childbearing

Singulate mean age at marriage for women (years)..........................23
Early marriage (% women, aged 1519)............................................11
Fertility rate (births per woman)......................................................2.20
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19)...............41
Antenatal care coverage, at least one visit (%)..................................77
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%).................................88
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)4................ 43 [27-67]
Contraceptive prevalence, married women (%, any method)..............51
Female HIV prevalence, aged 1549 (%)........................................0.10
Male HIV prevalence, aged 1549 (%)............................................0.10
Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between
birth and age 1 per 1,000 live births).............................................39
Overall population sex ratio (male/female)......................................0.98

Childcare Ecosystem
Length of maternity leave......................................... 126 calendar days
Maternity leave benefits
(% of wages paid in covered period).............................................100
Provider of maternity coverage.................................... Social insurance
Length of paternity leave.............................................. 14 days, unpaid
Paternity leave benefits
(% of wages paid in covered period)........................................ Unpaid
Daycare options............................................Public and private daycare
assistance, homecare assistance with allowance

1 Survey data, responses on a 1-to-7 scale (1 = worst score, 7 = best score)

2 Data on a 0-to-1 scale (1 = worst score, 0 = best score)
3 Data on a 1-to-5 scale (1 = worst score, 5 = best score)
4 Bracketed numbers show the range between the uncertainties, estimated to
contain the true maternal mortality ratio with a 95% probability

The Global Gender Gap Report 2012