World Bank Group data aims to address persistent gender data gaps as part of its 2016-2023 Gender Equality Strategy. The database hosts the latest sex-disaggregated statistics covering demography, education, health, economic opportunities, public life, and agency. This dataset is sourced from the World Bank's data portal and was last updated on HDX in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze gender gaps in economic opportunities based on sex-disaggregated data mentioned in the description
- Track progress on development outcomes related to health and education based on gender statistics
- Model the relationship between gender equality and productivity or institutional effectiveness based on core development concepts
Strengths
- Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
- Sourced from the authoritative World Bank Group, which is scaling up commitments to gender data.
- Covers multiple domains including demography, education, health, and economic opportunities as stated in the description.
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 2026-04-28 10:42:51.601684; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Russian Federation