SDGs
Gender equality is fundamental to delivering on the promises of the 17 SDG goals. This topic highlights all official SDG indicators in the database, as well as the Women, Business, and the Law indicators which feed into the data collection and validation processes for SDG 5.1.1
SDG Indicator 3.7.1
Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods
SDG Indicator 3.9.1
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution by sex and income group (age-standardized)
Per 100,000 population
SDG Indicator 3.9.2
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation, and lack of hygiene by sex and income group
Per 100,000 population
SDG Indicator 4.1.1
Percentage of pupils below minimum reading proficiency level at end of primary school by sex
SDG Indicator 5.1.1
A woman can get a job in the same way as a man
A woman can be head of household in the same way as a man
Can Get Job Same As Man
Yes
No
Can Be Head Of Household Same As Man
Yes
No
SDG Indicator 5.4.1
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work by sex
Indicators
- SDG 3.1.1: Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)
- SDG 3.1.1: Incidence of HIV (per 1,000 uninfected population)
- SDG 3.1.2: Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
- SDG 3.2.1: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
- SDG 3.4.1: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
- SDG 3.4.1: Cause of death (%)
- SDG 3.4.2: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
- SDG 3.5.2: Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
- SDG 3.6.1: Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
- SDG 3.7.1: Demand for family planning satisfied (% of married women with demand for family planning)
- SDG 3.7.2: Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
- SDG 3.9.1: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
- SDG 3.9.2: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
- SDG 3.9.3: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
- SDG 3.a.1: Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults)
- SDG 4.1.1: Pupils below minimum reading proficiency at end of primary (%). Low GAML threshold
- SDG 5.1.1: Law mandates equal remuneration for females and males for work of equal value (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: Law prohibits discrimination in employment based on gender (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: A woman can be head of household in the same way as a man (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: A woman can choose where to live in the same way as a man (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: A woman can get a job in the same way as a man (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: A woman can work at night in the same way as a man (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: A woman can work in a job deemed dangerous in the same way as a man (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: A woman can work in an industrial job in the same way as a man (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: There is legislation on sexual harassment in employment (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: There is legislation specifically addressing domestic violence (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: Paid leave is available to fathers (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: Paid leave of at least 14 weeks available to mothers (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.1.1: There is paid parental leave (1=yes; 0=no)
- SDG 5.2.1: Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of women age 15-49)
- SDG 5.3.1: Women who were first married by age 15 or 18 (% of women ages 20-24)
- SDG 5.3.2: Female genital mutilation prevalence (%)
- SDG 5.4.1: Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work (% of 24 hour day)
- SDG 5.5.1: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
- SDG 5.6.1: Women making their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care (% of women age 15-49)
- SDG 8.5.2: Unemployment (%)
- SDG 8.10.2: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider (% of population ages 15+)
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