Fig 1.
Levels of deviation from gender parity based on the absolute Basic Index of Gender Inequality (BIGI) scores for 134 nations (representing 6.8 billion people).
Black indicates countries without data.
Fig 2.
Cumulative deviation from gender parity (y-axis) related to the cumulative distribution of world population (6.8 billion people in 134 nations).
This shows, for example, that 50% of the studied population lives in a nation with less than 4% deviation from gender parity.
Fig 3.
The Basic Index of Gender Inequality (BIGI, x-axis) as a function of the Human Development Index (HDI, y-axis).
BIGI is the average of 3 components: Ratio in healthy life span, ratio in overall life satisfaction, and ratio in educational opportunities during childhood (see Materials and Methods for details). Deviation from zero implies the extent of gender inequality. The plot shows the largest contributor to the overall score for each nation: Purple dots indicate healthy life span is the most important component, green dots indicate educational opportunities, and red dots indicate overall life satisfaction. The Ns indicate for each level of HDI how many nations have a BIGI score greater than 0, and how many less than 0.
Fig 4.
Gaps in the three main components of the BIGI as a function of human development (y-axis).
The color coding is as in Fig 3. A: Education gap (note that the outlier point in the low HDI range is Lesotho). B: Overall life satisfaction gap. C: Healthy life span gap. As in Fig 3, negative values indicate disadvantages of men, and positive values disadvantages of women.
Fig 5.
Relation between the Basic Index of Gender Inequality (BIGI) and the Gender-related Development Index (GDI).
The GDI is the ratio of the HDI for women to HDI for men. Color coding as in Fig 3.
Fig 6.
The sex ratio in overweight and obesity (BME > 25, y-axis), with numbers below 1 showing that fewer women than men are overweight/obese.
Color coding as in Fig 3. A: BIGI scores and the sex ratio in overweightness/obesity. B: GGGI scores and the sex ratio in overweightness/obesity.
Fig 7.
The relation between BIGI and alcohol consumption.
Color coding as in Fig 3. A: BIGI and the gender ratio among heavy drinkers. B: BIGI and general alcohol consumption. C: The healthy life span component of BIGI and general alcohol consumption.
Fig 8.
Maternal death during live births rate as a function of BIGI (A) and GGGI (B). Color coding as in Fig 3.