Gender in Azerbaijan

228 indicators covering gender for Azerbaijan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Parenthood Score 80 2023 unchanged 39th
Can a Woman Travel Outside the Country in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 1st
Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 1st
Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 0 2023 170th
Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 0 2023 98th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 50 2023 122nd
Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 0 2023 110th
Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 0 2023 128th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 50 2023 unchanged 137th
Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index 85 2023 up 7.9% 68th
Women Business and the Law Index 85 2023 up 7.9% 68th
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 126.2% 2025 down 9.2% 60th
Share of female employment by economic sector 38.7% 2025 down 7.6% 44th
Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 18 2023 down 25.0% 127th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 39.6 2019 up 7.0% 74th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 42.1 2019 up 1.0% 48th
Total Fertility Rate 1.67 2022 down 16.5% 129th
Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 41.34 2024 up 78.5% 101st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 13.64 years 2019 92nd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 13.32 years 2019 90th
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% 185th
Women of reproductive age 2.72 million 2023 down 3.2% 85th
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 36.0% 2026 up 32.4% 169th
Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 62.7% 2020 down 3.3% 39th
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments 26 2026 up 23.8% 128th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 20.8% 2026 up 22.8% 134th
Share of women in ministerial positions 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 184th
Share of women in parliament 20.8% 2025 up 22.8% 123rd
Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 46.29 2021 up 74.3% 127th
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 20.7% 2016 down 45.5% 91st
Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 22.6% 2016 down 26.7% 106th
Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 20.8 2024 up 33.6% 121st
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.39 ratio 2026 up 11.4% 115th
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 126.0% 2022 down 5.9% 64th
Share of pregnant women who have anemia 34.1% 2023 up 1.2% 59th
Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 967.4 2023 down 2.8% 76th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia 35.6% 2023 up 0.6% 44th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, pregnant 34.1% 2023 up 1.2% 61st
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, non-pregnant 35.6% 2023 up 0.3% 43rd
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 35.6 2023 up 0.6% 43rd
Gender Development Index 0.961 2022 up 1.7% 102nd
Proportion of women in managerial positions - 13th ICLS 34.5% 2014 up 16.7% 82nd
Literacy rate, adult female 99.7% 2023 up 0.0% 3rd
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 98.0% 2024 up 292.0% 1st