Maryland Maryland is the best state for gender equality in the United States. The mid-Atlantic state came in first place overall for education and ranked fourth for representation and power.
Wyoming's state nickname, "The Equality State", originated because Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote. Wyoming gained its statehood July 10th, 1890. It is the 44th state in the Union.
Australia is ranked 43rd for gender equality internationally. 3.9% are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
Maryland ranks No. 1 in a new U.S. News & World Report analysis comparing outcomes in gender parity. Rounding out the top 5 states are Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont and Illinois. Idaho falls in last place, followed by Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Utah and Wyoming.
Australia ranks 18th among 42 mostly wealthy OECD countries in terms of household income inequality, according to the European economic agency's measures. The report's authors warn that a disconnect between economic and wages growth is a driver of income and wealth inequality.
Australia ranks amongst the highest in the world for quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties and political rights.
Australian society is based on the principles of egalitarianism. As an egalitarian society, Australia and Australians believe that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. We value and respect freedom of dignity, religion and respect the rule of law.
Las Vegas, Nevada. America's playground boasts the highest equality scores in our rankings, buoyed by a perfect LGBTQ equality score, a top five gender pay equality score, and the third-highest racial equality score.
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Sweden as well as Germany and the Netherlands were the nations offering full equal rights for men and women, at least from a legal perspective.
A legacy of the Age of Enlightenment, the motto "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" first appeared during the French Revolution.
According to the Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2021, Yemen was the least gender equal country in the world. The Gender Inequality Index measures reflecting inequality in achievement between women and men in three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market.
Measuring gender equality
The 2020 Global Gender Gap Report from the World Economic Forum ranks progress toward equality in 153 countries around the world. The U.S. is in a disappointing 53rd place, compared to 25th place for Mexico and 19th place for Canada.
Australia is a highly developed country with a mixed economy. As of 2023, Australia was the 13th-largest national economy by nominal GDP (gross domestic product), the 19th-largest by PPP-adjusted GDP, and was the 20th-largest goods exporter and 24th-largest goods importer.
Australia has plentiful supplies of natural resources, including the second largest accessible reserves of iron ore in the world, the fifth largest reserves of coal and significant gas resources. For a long time, commodities have made up a sizeable share of our exports.
Australians are the richest people in the world, with a median wealth three times that of the average American, a new report has shown.
Forbes' real-time data shows that as of June 2023, there are 47 Australian billionaires on the list of the world's richest people.
Consistent with the findings of our Inequality in Australia 2020 report, wealth is still very unequally distributed in 2021-22. * The highest 10% of households by wealth has an average of $6.1 million or 46% of all wealth. *The next 30% have an average of $1.7 million or 38% of all wealth.
Over half of the Australian population are women as of 2018. Many of these women experience inequality in numerous aspects of their lives because of their gender. Women often have fewer choices and opportunities compared to men because of their gender.
The most self-identifying feminists live in Sweden, France, Italy, Britain, Australia, the US, Turkey, Denmark, Mexico, and Germany. But people who live in countries that are further along in achieving gender equality don't necessarily consider themselves feminists, according to a new survey.
Based on a comparison of 178 countries in 2022, Qatar ranked the highest in male population as a percentage of total population with 75.7% followed by United Arab Emirates and Oman. On the other end of the scale was Russia with 45.7%, Ukraine with 45.8% and Latvia with 45.8%.
The number of men and women in the world is roughly equal, though men hold a slight lead with 102 men for 100 women (in 2020). More precisely, out of 1,000 people, 504 are men (50.4%) and 496 are women (49.6%).