Gender in Democratic Republic of Congo

201 indicators covering gender for Democratic Republic of Congo.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
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 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 up 33.3% 1st
Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 0 2023 145th
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? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
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 up 100.0% 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? 0 2023 161st
Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 1st
Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 0 2023 123rd
Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 0 2023 165th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 40 2023 up 100.0% 161st
Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 1 2023 1st
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 1 2023 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 100 2023 up 100.0% 1st
Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 100 2023 up 100.0% 1st
Women Business and the Law Index 78.75 2023 up 85.3% 108th
Women Business and the Law Index 78.75 2023 up 85.3% 108th
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 62.6% 2025 up 1.6% 175th
Share of female employment by economic sector 67.4% 2025 down 1.5% 13th
Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 427 2023 down 24.7% 13th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 32.7 2019 down 3.0% 151st
Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 35.7 2019 up 5.6% 116th
Total Fertility Rate 6.11 2022 down 6.9% 4th
Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 6.38 2020 up 1.9% 173rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 8.52 years 2013 up 27.8% 160th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 10.68 years 2013 up 14.3% 145th
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 25.0% 2025 up 208.6% 74th
Women of reproductive age 23.56 million 2023 up 40.0% 16th
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 32.8% 2026 up 56.9% 177th
Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 35.7% 2020 up 1.6% 85th
Share of women in ministerial positions 25.0% 2024 up 142.7% 75th
Share of women in parliament 12.8% 2025 up 43.1% 161st
Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 6.86 2020 up 101.2% 188th
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 33.9% 2016 up 14.2% 47th
Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 43.1% 2016 down 5.2% 44th
Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 13 2024 up 22.1% 160th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.25 ratio 2026 unchanged 145th
Share of pregnant women who have anemia 45.1% 2023 up 0.2% 25th
Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 9,259 2023 up 29.7% 10th
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 40 2023 down 6.5% 28th
Gender Development Index 0.891 2022 up 10.0% 151st
Literacy rate, adult female 53.8% 2023 down 14.5% 75th
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 78.0% 2024 up 254.5% 60th
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male 75.0% 2024 up 435.7% 55th
Gender Inequality Index 0.605 2022 down 7.8% 13th
Suicide Rate 8.77 2021 up 8.5% 66th
Female migrants 51.8% 2020 up 0.2% 54th
Age at first marriage, female 20.9 2014 down 0.5% 147th
Proportion of Women in Ministerial Level Positions 25 2024 up 142.7% 75th
Prevalence of anaemia in non-pregnant women (aged 15-49) 21.9% 2019 down 1.4% 34th
Number of pregnant women (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 527 2019 up 26.4% 6th
Prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women (aged 15-49) 23.6% 2019 up 1.7% 34th
Mean hemoglobin level of non-pregnant women 122 2019 up 1.7% 162nd