Data on Gender

Gender-disaggregated data is essential to the planning and implementation of gender-informed development projects. The sources below provide up-to-date information on gender across a variety of sectors.

• eAtlas of Gender  allows users to map and graph dozens of gender indicators over time and across countries.
• The Enterprise Surveys database provides firm-level data on women's entrepreneurship and participation in the labor force.
• GenderStats  
  
  • A one stop source of information on gender at the country level.
  • A compilation of data on key gender topics from national statistics agencies, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys.
  • A work-in-progress because the database is continuously updated as new information becomes available.
• Key Gender Employment Indicators 
• Women, Business and the Law
  Women, Business and the Law presents indicators based on laws and regulations affecting women's prospects as entrepreneurs and employees in 128 economies across 6 topics.
• Assessing Vulnerability for Women and Children, March 2009
• Edstats
  Education Statistics was designed and developed by the World Bank's Education Group of the Human Development Network and the Development Economics Data Group drawing on data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, OECD and other international agencies. Its purpose is to compile education data from a variety of national and international sources in order to provide information on pertinent educational topics.
• MDG Indicators 
  The Millennium Development Goals commit the international community to an expanded vision of development, one that vigorously promotes human development as the key to sustaining social and economic progress in all countries, and recognizes the importance of creating a global partnership for development. The goals have been commonly accepted as a framework for measuring development progress.