In 2024, Ecuador scored 0.71 in the gender gap index area of economic participation and opportunity. This means that women are around 29 percent less likely to have equal economic participation and opportunities than men. That year, the country scored 0.58 in wage equality for similar work, which shows a gender gap of approximately 42 percent (women are 42 percent less likely to receive an equal wage for similar work in comparison to men). Political empowerment is the gender gap category where Ecuador scores the worst.
Gender gap index in the area of economic participation and opportunity in Ecuador in 2024, by category
* Based on constant international U.S. dollars at 2017 values.
** Including other indicators which are not shown in the graph.
Figures have been rounded. The index scores shown in the graph may slightly differ to the original three-decimal scores.
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World Economic Forum. (June 11, 2024). Gender gap index in the area of economic participation and opportunity in Ecuador in 2024, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/803797/ecuador-gender-gap-labor-market-category/
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