Latvia
Gender Gap

World Economic Forum

Global Gender Gap Report

The Global Gender Gap Report benchmarks countries on their progress towards gender parity across four thematic dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.

2021
Rank: 20 (out of 156 countries)
Score: 0.778
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2020
Rank: 11 (out of 153 countries)
Score: 0.785

2017
Rank: 20 (out of 144 countries)
Score: 0,756

2016
Rank: 18 (out of 144 countries)
Score: 0.755


UN Women Latvia

Women Count Data Hub: Latvia

Globally, some progress on women’s rights has been achieved. In Latvia, 83.3% of legal frameworks that promote, enforce and monitor gender equality under the SDG indicator, with a focus on violence against women, are in place. The adolescent birth rate is 12.1 per 1,000 women aged 15–19 as of 2018, down from 16.1 per 1,000 in 2017. As of February 2021, 29% of seats in parliament were held by women.

Country Fact Sheet
> data.unwomen.org/country/latvia