Wef: Global Gender Gap Report 2009 : Canada

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Canada

Rank

Score (0.000 = inequality, 1.000 = equality)

Gender Gap Index 2009 (out of 134 countries)

25

0.720

Gender Gap Index 2008 (out of 130 countries)

31

0.714

Gender Gap Index 2007 (out of 128 countries)

18

0.720

0.80

0.8

Gender Gap Index 2006 (out of 115 countries)

14

0.716

0.60

0.6

0.40

0.4

0.20

0.2

Economy

Key Indicators Total population (millions) .....................................................................32.98 Population growth (%) .............................................................................1.00 GDP (US$ billions).................................................................................867.40 GDP (PPP) per capita...........................................................................36,260

Health

Rank

Score

Sample average

10

0.764

0.594

Labour force participation .........................................22 Wage equality for similar work (survey) .................21 Estimated earned income (PPP US$).......................34 Legislators, senior officials, and managers............28 Professional and technical workers ..........................1

0.90 0.75 0.65 0.59 1.00

0.69 0.66 0.52 0.30 0.84

38

0.998

0.930

Literacy rate ...................................................................1 Enrolment in primary education..................................1 Enrolment in secondary education ..........................87 Enrolment in tertiary education ..................................1

1.00 1.00 0.99 1.00

0.87 0.97 0.92 0.87

60

0.978

0.960

Sex ratio at birth (female/male) ................................89 Healthy life expectancy..............................................67

0.94 1.06

0.93 1.04

62

0.138

0.169

Women in parliament..................................................43 Women in ministerial positions.................................69 Years with female head of state (last 50) ................36

0.28 0.19 0.01

0.22 0.17 0.14

Economic Participation and Opportunity

0.00 = inequality 1.00 = equality

Education

0.00

Mean age of marriage for women (years) ..............................................27 Fertility rate (births per woman) ............................................................1.50 Year women received right to vote ............................................1917, 1960 Overall population sex ratio (male/female)..........................................0.98

Gender Gap Subindexes

country score sample average

1.00

Politics

Female

Male

Female-tomale ratio

Female-to-male ratio

75 83 — — 26,055 40,000 37 63 56 44

0.90 0.75 0.65 0.59 1.29 0.00 = INEQUALITY

Educational Attainment

100 99 — 53

1.00 = EQUALITY

1.50

1.00 = EQUALITY

1.50

1.00 = EQUALITY

1.50

1.00 1.00 0.99 1.36 Female-to-male ratio

— 74

— 70

0.94 1.06 0.00 = INEQUALITY

Political Empowerment

1.50

Female-to-male ratio

100 100 — 72

0.00 = INEQUALITY

Health and Survival

1.00 = EQUALITY

Female-to-male ratio

22 16 0

78 84 50

0.28 0.19 0.01 0.00 = INEQUALITY

Additional Data Maternity and Childbearing

Employment and Earnings

Births attended by skilled health staff (%) ......................................100 Contraceptive prevalence, married women (%)...............................74 Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)...........................................5 Length of paid maternity leave........................................17-18 weeks† Maternity leave benefits (% of wages paid) .......................................1 Provider of maternity coverage........Federal and State Employment Insurance Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births ..................................7 Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women aged 15–19) ..........................................................................................14

Female adult unemployment rate (%)..............................................5.60 Male adult unemployment rate (%) .................................................6.35 Women in non-agricultural paid labour (% of total labour force).....................................................................50 Ability of women to rise to enterprise leadership*.......................5.42

Education and Training Female teachers, primary education (%) ..........................................— Female teachers, secondary education (%).....................................— Female teachers, tertiary education (%) ...........................................43

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Country Profiles

Basic Rights and Social Institutions** Paternal versus maternal authority .................................................0.00 Female genital mutilation...................................................................0.00 Polygamy ..............................................................................................0.00 Existence of legislation punishing acts of violence against women .................................................................................0.25 *Survey data, responses on a 1-to-7 scale (1 = worst score, 7 = best score) **Data on a 0-to-1 scale (1 = worst score, 0 = best score) † Depending on the province

Global Gender Gap Report 2009

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