Gender: Gender Gap

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EconomyYearGender Gap (Female - Male)Saved to start, operate, or expand a farm or business, female (% age 15+)Saved to start, operate, or expand a farm or business, male (% age 15+)
Afghanistan2017N/A2%11.5%
Albania2017N/A5.3%8.3%
Algeria2017N/A8.4%19.1%
American Samoa2017N/AN/AN/A
Andorra2017N/AN/AN/A
Angola2017N/AN/AN/A
Antigua and Barbuda2017N/AN/AN/A
Argentina2017N/A6.8%14.6%
Armenia2017N/A6.3%11.7%
Aruba2017N/AN/AN/A
Australia2017N/A6.2%11.5%
Austria2017N/A7.5%10.4%
Azerbaijan2017N/A3.2%7.8%
Bahamas, The2017N/AN/AN/A
Bahrain2017N/A12.5%18.2%
Bangladesh2017N/A7%8.5%
Barbados2017N/AN/AN/A
Belarus2017N/A6.7%5.7%
Belgium2017N/A3.8%11.2%
Belize2017N/AN/AN/A
Benin2017N/A18.1%24.7%
Bermuda2017N/AN/AN/A
Bhutan2017N/AN/AN/A
Bolivia2017N/A21.9%26%
Bosnia and Herzegovina2017N/A5.4%8.7%
Botswana2017N/A7.6%14.9%
Brazil2017N/A10%16.4%
British Virgin Islands2017N/AN/AN/A
Brunei Darussalam2017N/AN/AN/A
Bulgaria2017N/A6.9%9.5%
Burkina Faso2017N/A21.8%26.8%
Burundi2017N/AN/AN/A
Cabo Verde2017N/AN/AN/A
Cambodia2017N/A17.1%25.3%
Cameroon2017N/A19.5%27.3%
Canada2017N/A6.9%15.9%
Cayman Islands2017N/AN/AN/A
Central African Republic2017N/A14.1%16.5%
Chad2017N/A9.7%15.4%
Channel Islands2017N/AN/AN/A
Chile2017N/A13.3%21.2%
China2017N/A12.7%18.2%
Colombia2017N/A12.8%19.2%
Comoros2017N/AN/AN/A
Congo, Dem. Rep.2017N/A15.8%15.1%
Congo, Rep.2017N/A18.6%16.1%
Costa Rica2017N/A14.1%18.8%
Cote d'Ivoire2017N/A18.3%20.2%
Croatia2017N/A7.6%12.2%
Cuba2017N/AN/AN/A
Curacao2017N/AN/AN/A
Cyprus2017N/A6%9.6%
Czechia2017N/A13.7%20.1%
Denmark2017N/A7.1%14.7%
Djibouti2017N/AN/AN/A
Dominica2017N/AN/AN/A
Dominican Republic2017N/A16.5%25.7%
Ecuador2017N/A9.9%15.8%
Egypt, Arab Rep.2017N/A2.1%6.9%
El Salvador2017N/A10.6%14.8%
Equatorial Guinea2017N/AN/AN/A
Eritrea2017N/AN/AN/A
Estonia2017N/A16.6%21.8%
Eswatini2017N/AN/AN/A
Ethiopia2017N/A23.9%33.6%
Faroe Islands2017N/AN/AN/A
Fiji2017N/AN/AN/A
Finland2017N/A3.5%8%
France2017N/A5.4%9.5%
French Polynesia2017N/AN/AN/A
Gabon2017N/A16.8%17.3%
Gambia, The2017N/A18.1%15.3%
Georgia2017N/A0.3%5%
Germany2017N/A4.4%12.1%
Ghana2017N/A18.3%22.2%
Gibraltar2017N/AN/AN/A
Greece2017N/A2.1%3.4%
Greenland2017N/AN/AN/A
Grenada2017N/AN/AN/A
Guam2017N/AN/AN/A
Guatemala2017N/A16.7%20.8%
Guinea2017N/A17.3%14.7%
Guinea-Bissau2017N/AN/AN/A
Guyana2017N/AN/AN/A
Haiti2017N/A12.1%12.3%
Honduras2017N/A9.9%16.6%
Hong Kong SAR, China2017N/A5%8.2%
Hungary2017N/A6.5%7.8%
Iceland2017N/AN/AN/A
India2017N/A7.3%12%
Indonesia2017N/A15.9%24.2%
Iran, Islamic Rep.2017N/A13.4%19.6%
Iraq2017N/A5.7%16.8%
Ireland2017N/A14%17%
Isle of Man2017N/AN/AN/A
Israel2017N/A19.4%20.6%
Italy2017N/A1.1%7.6%
Jamaica2017N/AN/AN/A
Japan2017N/A9.8%24.8%
Jordan2017N/A3.9%10.5%
Kazakhstan2017N/A8.7%13.6%
Kenya2017N/A31.4%44%
Kiribati2017N/AN/AN/A
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.2017N/AN/AN/A
Korea, Rep.2017N/A32.6%36%
Kosovo2017N/A8.1%16.4%
Kuwait2017N/A4.8%13%
Kyrgyz Republic2017N/A6.9%10.4%
Lao PDR2017N/A12.6%14.8%
Latvia2017N/A5.6%9.2%
Lebanon2017N/A5.4%12.3%
Lesotho2017N/A4.6%7.6%
Liberia2017N/A33.9%36.9%
Libya2017N/A16.9%39%
Liechtenstein2017N/AN/AN/A
Lithuania2017N/A12.8%15.5%
Luxembourg2017N/A5.5%9.3%
Macao SAR, China2017N/AN/AN/A
Madagascar2017N/A22.8%28.9%
Malawi2017N/A14.8%27.4%
Malaysia2017N/A13.2%15.6%
Maldives2017N/A13.1%14.7%
Mali2017N/A18.6%25%
Malta2017N/A4.5%16.3%
Marshall Islands2017N/AN/AN/A
Mauritania2017N/A15.3%20%
Mauritius2017N/A6.5%15.5%
Mexico2017N/A8.4%16.5%
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.2017N/AN/AN/A
Moldova2017N/A9.6%12.3%
Monaco2017N/AN/AN/A
Mongolia2017N/A8.5%9.2%
Montenegro2017N/A6.3%11.9%
Morocco2017N/A1.3%5.2%
Mozambique2017N/A9%13.3%
Myanmar2017N/A15%21.1%
Namibia2017N/A21.9%28.5%
Nauru2017N/AN/AN/A
Nepal2017N/A15.5%18%
Netherlands2017N/A5%10.8%
New Caledonia2017N/AN/AN/A
New Zealand2017N/A9.4%17.7%
Nicaragua2017N/A19.5%18.5%
Niger2017N/A11.4%11.9%
Nigeria2017N/A25.2%34.6%
North Macedonia2017N/A5%10.3%
Northern Mariana Islands2017N/AN/AN/A
Norway2017N/A7.3%19.5%
Oman2017N/AN/AN/A
Pakistan2017N/A3.5%14.7%
Palau2017N/AN/AN/A
Panama2017N/A12.8%19.9%
Papua New Guinea2017N/AN/AN/A
Paraguay2017N/A8.8%12.3%
Peru2017N/A10.2%19%
Philippines2017N/A24.7%27.1%
Poland2017N/A6.9%10.1%
Portugal2017N/A11.1%20.3%
Puerto Rico2017N/AN/AN/A
Qatar2017N/AN/AN/A
Romania2017N/A9.6%7.2%
Russian Federation2017N/A4.6%6.8%
Rwanda2017N/A16.5%18.4%
Samoa2017N/AN/AN/A
San Marino2017N/AN/AN/A
Sao Tome and Principe2017N/AN/AN/A
Saudi Arabia2017N/A10.8%19.7%
Senegal2017N/A13.8%18.3%
Serbia2017N/A10.9%12.1%
Seychelles2017N/AN/AN/A
Sierra Leone2017N/A16%18.3%
Singapore2017N/A7.6%10.9%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2017N/AN/AN/A
Slovak Republic2017N/A15%21.8%
Slovenia2017N/A14.7%27.4%
Solomon Islands2017N/AN/AN/A
Somalia2017N/AN/AN/A
South Africa2017N/A10.8%15.2%
South Sudan2017N/A11.4%11.4%
Spain2017N/A15.4%20%
Sri Lanka2017N/A5.9%10.1%
St. Kitts and Nevis2017N/AN/AN/A
St. Lucia2017N/AN/AN/A
St. Martin (French part)2017N/AN/AN/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines2017N/AN/AN/A
Sudan2017N/AN/AN/A
Suriname2017N/AN/AN/A
Sweden2017N/A4.6%11.6%
Switzerland2017N/A8.9%16.6%
Syrian Arab Republic2017N/AN/AN/A
Tajikistan2017N/A11.5%15%
Tanzania2017N/A20.8%24.9%
Thailand2017N/A22.9%32.8%
Timor-Leste2017N/AN/AN/A
Togo2017N/A16.3%17.7%
Tonga2017N/AN/AN/A
Trinidad and Tobago2017N/A18.8%27.6%
Tunisia2017N/A6.6%15.5%
Turkiye2017N/A11.6%12.7%
Turkmenistan2017N/A14.2%16.2%
Turks and Caicos Islands2017N/AN/AN/A
Tuvalu2017N/AN/AN/A
Uganda2017N/A27.1%32.1%
Ukraine2017N/A6.2%9.1%
United Arab Emirates2017N/A13.5%18%
United Kingdom2017N/A8.2%10.3%
United States2017N/A11.4%19.6%
Uruguay2017N/A7.1%13.4%
Uzbekistan2017N/A4.3%12.5%
Vanuatu2017N/AN/AN/A
Venezuela, RB2017N/A10.7%19.1%
Vietnam2017N/A21.1%21.4%
Virgin Islands (U.S.)2017N/AN/AN/A
West Bank and Gaza2017N/A2.4%4%
Yemen, Rep.2017N/AN/AN/A
Zambia2017N/A28.2%32.1%
Zimbabwe2017N/A18.7%26.3%

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