Sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics for Australia compiled by the World Bank Group. The database covers demography, education, health, economic opportunities, public life, and agency. It was last updated on 2026-04-27 as part of the World Bank's Gender Equality Strategy 2016-2023.
Use Cases
- Analyzing gender gaps in economic participation based on the described access to economic opportunities data.
- Modeling relationships between education outcomes and gender using the described sex-disaggregated education statistics.
- Tracking progress on gender representation in public life and decision-making as described in the database scope.
- Studying demographic and health indicators through a gender lens based on the described coverage areas.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative World Bank Group.
- Explicitly focuses on sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics across multiple domains.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from the World Bank's data portal.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-27 18:11:42.497669; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia