Where does your country rank on the Girl’s Opportunity Index?
The study covers only 144 countries where reliable data are available.
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Out of the 144 countries worldwide included in the study, Your country is ranked ranking no in the Girls' Opportunity Index.
Among the index number income group countries, Your country is ranked ranking no. The index ranks the best and worst countries for girls.
Among the index number income group countries, Your country is ranked ranking no. The index ranks the best and worst countries for girls.
Girls' Opportunity Index
Compared with countries of the same income group
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Girls' Opportunity Index
Compared with all 144 countries included in the study
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The higher a country ranks on the index, the more opportunities that girls have to shape their futures. The bigger the index score, the increasingly worse the country is for a girl. The index is constructed with five commonly used indicators, which are also part of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals monitoring framework. The study covers only 144 countries where reliable data are available. Click next to see your country's performance in each of the indicators.
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Your country is ranked ranking no among index number income group countries in terms of the rate of child marriage among girls which is measured by the percentage of women age 20-24 who were first married before 18.
Child Marriage
Data source: UNICEF
Countries with the same child marriage rate share the same ranking. Their positions in the chart are insignificant.
Countries with the same child marriage rate share the same ranking. Their positions in the chart are insignificant.
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Your country is ranked ranking no among index number income group countries in terms of adolescent fertility rate which is measured by the number of births per 1,000 women age 15 to 19 in the country.
Adolescent fertility rate
Data source: UN Population Division
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Your country is ranked ranking no among index number income group countries in terms of the maternal mortality ratio which is measured by the number of deaths per 100,000 live births.
Maternal mortality ratio
Data source: World Bank
Countries with the same maternal mortality ratio share the same ranking. Their positions in the chart are insignificant.
Countries with the same maternal mortality ratio share the same ranking. Their positions in the chart are insignificant.
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Your country is ranked ranking no among index number income group countries in terms of women's representation in parliament which is measured by the percentage of seats held by women in national parliament.
Percentage of women's representation in parliament
Data source: Inter-Parliamentary Union
Countries with the same percentage of women's representation in parliament share the same ranking. Their positions in the chart are insignificant.
Countries with the same percentage of women's representation in parliament share the same ranking. Their positions in the chart are insignificant.
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Your country is ranked ranking no among index number income group countries in terms of the percentage of girls in their age group that completed lower-secondary school.
Girls' completion rate in lower-secondary school
Data source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
According to the US National Center for Education Statistics, lower-secondary school is equivalent to grades 7 through 9 in the US.
Countries with the same completion rate share the same ranking. Their positions in the chart are insignificant.
According to the US National Center for Education Statistics, lower-secondary school is equivalent to grades 7 through 9 in the US.
Countries with the same completion rate share the same ranking. Their positions in the chart are insignificant.
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The Girls' Opportunity Index is constructed and published by Save the Children, an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries. The index is inlcluded in a report entittled "Every Last Girl" published on Oct 11, 2016, the International Day of the Girl Child. Further details of methodology and technical note of the index can be found in the report. The classification of countries by income is based on the World Bank's definition.
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