Global Gender Gap Report 202576Contextual Indicators General indicators GDP , current US$ billions Gross domestic product (GDP) at purchaser’s prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Period: 2023 or most recent year. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. ........................................................................................................... GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) Per capita value for gross domestic product (GDP) expressed in current international dollars converted by purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor. Period: 2023 or most recent year. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. ........................................................................................................... Total population, million people Estimate of the number of people of all ages living in a country, regardless of residency status or citizenship (except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin). Period: 2023 or most recent year. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. ........................................................................................................... Population sex ratio (female/male), % Ratio of the number of females (thousands) to males (thousands) in the population of a society. World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division’s World Population Prospects. Period: 2023 or most recent year. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. ........................................................................................................... Population growth rate, % Year-on-year percentage change in total population, calculated based on current and previous year. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Period: 2023 or most recent year. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. ........................................................................................................... Work participation & leadership Gender wage gap The gender wage gap is defined as the difference between male and female median wages divided by male median wages. For more details, refer to https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/average-annual-wages.html. Period: 2023 or most recent year. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). ........................................................................................................... Share of women’s membership on boards, % Share of board members of listed companies that are women. “Board members” refers to all members of the highest decision-making body in the given company, such as the board of directors for a company in a unitary system or the supervisory board in the case of a company in a two-tier system. Period: 2022. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). ........................................................................................................... Firms with female majority ownership, % Percentage of firms answering, “More than 50%” to the question, “What percentage of the firm is owned by females?”. For African countries surveyed in 2009-2011, this indicator is the percentage of companies answering, “Majority are women” or “All women” to the question, “Are the owners of the firm?”. For more details refer to: https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/content/dam/enterprisesurveys/documents/methodology/Indicator-Descriptions.pdf. Period: 2024 or most recent year. Source: World Bank Enterprise Survey. Firms with female top managers, % Percentage of firms in the private sector that have females as top managers. “Top manager” refers to the highest-ranking manager or CEO of the establishment. This person may be the owner if he/she works as the manager of the firm. The results are based on surveys of more than 100,000 private firms. Period: 2024 or most recent year. Source: World Bank Enterprise Survey. ........................................................................................................... Share of workers in informal sector, % Ratio of employment of women/men in the informal sector to the total employment (irrespective of the informality/formality) of women/ men. Employment in the informal sector refers all persons who, during a given reference period, were employed in at least one informal sector enterprise, irrespective of their status in employment and whether it was

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