Statistical Indicators & Databases

Sex-disaggregated data and gender-sensitive indicators are important to diagnose the extent of gender disparities and to inform analytical work in different areas of policy. This site presents Bank-developed and external sources of gender-relevant indicators and databases, including statistical and law and policy databases.   

 GenderStats

 Regional Gender Databases and Country Profiles

 WB Data & Statistics

 Social Development Indicators

 MDG and Gender Equality

• UN Statistical Division (UNSD) Statistical Databases
• UN Statistics Division Database on MDG Indicators
  
• UN Agencies
  • International Labour Organization (ILO) LaborSta          
  • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Global HIV/AIDS Online Database
  • UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Childinfo 
  • UN Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report Statistics   
  • UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Progress of World’s Women 
  • UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics
  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Statistics
  • World Health Organization (WHO) Global Atlas of Infectious Diseases 

• Regional UN Commissions and Regional Development Bank
  • African Development Bank Gender Indicators on African Countries  
  • Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Database of Social Statistics and Indicators (BADEINSO) 
  • Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Gender Statistics 
  • UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) TransMONEE Database for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
  • UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Gender Statistics Website for Europe and North America 
  • UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Data Centre 
  • UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Gender Statistics Programmes  
    
    
• US Agencies and International Organizations
  
  • Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
  • Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Women in National Parliaments Archived Data
  • Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Women of Our World
  • Population Reference Bureau (PRB) World Population Datafinder
  • United Cities and Local Governments (IULA) Women Statistics
  • U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base
    
    
• Gender, Law and Policy Databases
  
  • Annual Review of Population Law 
  • Center for Reproductive Rights Country Profiles 
  • Cornell University Legal Information Institute
  • Emory University Islamic Family Law Project Legal Profiles
  • International Labour Organization (ILO) NATLEX 
  • The POLICY Project.HIV/AIDS Policy Compendium Database  
  • Social Security Programs Throughout the World
  • UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Database of Population and Family Planning Laws, Policies and Regulations