Lebanon

Rank
(out of 135 countries)

Gender Gap Index 2011

Score
(0.00 = inequality, 1.00 = equality)

118

0.608
Economy

Key Indicators

country score
sample average

1.00

Total population (millions)

4.25

Population growth (%)

0.73

GDP (US$ billions)

0.80

0.40

28.52

GDP (PPP) per capita

12,525

0.00 = inequality
1.00 = equality

0.60

0.20

Health

Education

0.00

Politics

Score

Sample
average

Economic Participation and Opportunity ....... 123

0.448

0.588

Labour force participation.................................. 129

0.33

0.68

25

75

0.33

Wage equality for similar work (survey)............ 70

0.65

0.65

0.65

Estimated earned income (PPP US$) ............... 126

0.24

0.52

5,186 21,288

0.24

Legislators, senior officials, and managers .... 115

0.09

0.26

92

0.09

Professional and technical workers .................. 68

0.93

0.64

48

52

0.93

Rank

Female

Male

Female-tomale ratio

Gender Gap Subindexes

Female-to-male ratio

0.00 = INEQUALITY

Educational Attainment........................................ 90

0.977

0.928

Literacy rate ............................................................ 97

0.92

0.86

86

93

0.92

Enrolment in primary education ........................ 100

0.98

0.98

89

91

0.98

Enrolment in secondary education ....................... 1

1.00

0.90

79

71

1.11

Enrolment in tertiary education ............................. 1

1.00

0.86

57

48

1.19

Female-to-male ratio

0.00 = INEQUALITY

Health and Survival................................................. 1

0.980

0.956

Sex ratio at birth (female/male)............................. 1

0.94

0.92

0.95

Healthy life expectancy .......................................... 1

1.06

1.04

64

60

1.07

1.00 = EQUALITY 1.50

Female-to-male ratio

0.00 = INEQUALITY

Political Empowerment...................................... 128

0.028

0.185

Women in parliament .......................................... 125

0.03

0.22

97

0.03

Women in ministerial positions ......................... 105

0.07

0.18

93

0.07

Years with female head of state (last 50) .......... 52

0.00

0.16

50

0.00

1.00 = EQUALITY 1.50

Female-to-male ratio

0.00 = INEQUALITY

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1.00 = EQUALITY 1.50

1.00 = EQUALITY 1.50

Global Gender Gap Report 2011

Lebanon
OVERALL
Rank

Score

ECONOMIC
PARTICIPATION

EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT

Rank

Rank

Score

Gender Gap Index 2011 (out of 135 countries)

118 0.608

123 0.448

Gender Gap Index 2010 (out of 134 countries)

116

0.608

124

0.448

91

Gender Gap Index 2009 (out of 134 countries)

Gender Gap Index 2008 (out of 130 countries)

Gender Gap Index 2007 (out of 128 countries)

Gender Gap Index 2006 (out of 115 countries)

Score

HEALTH AND
SURVIVAL
Rank

90 0.977

Score

POLITICAL
EMPOWERMENT
Rank

Score

1 0.980

128 0.028

0.977

0.980

127

0.028

Evolution 20062011
Economic Participation and Opportunity
Educational Attainment
Health and Survival
Political Empowerment

0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Additional Data
Economic Empowerment

Social Institutions and Political Rights

Female adult unemployment rate (% of female labour force) .......10

Male adult unemployment rate (% of male labour force) ................9
Women in non-agricultural paid labour
(% of total labour force) ....................................................................14
Inheritance practices in favour of male heirs2 ..............................0.50
Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) ............36
Womens access to land ownership2 .............................................0.00
Womens access to bank loans2 ......................................................0.50
Womens access to property other than land2 .............................0.00
Womens access to finance programmes3 .........................................3
Ability of women to rise to positions of
enterprise leadership1 ....................................................................4.33

Paternal versus maternal authority2................................................0.50

Female genital mutilation2 .................................................................0.00
Acceptance or legality of polygamy2 ..............................................0.50
Existence of legislation punishing acts
of violence against women2 ..........................................................0.75
Year women received right to vote ................................................1952
Quota type ..............................................................................................
Existence of legislation prohibiting
gender-based discrimination ..........................................................

Education
Female teachers, primary education (%) ..........................................86
Female teachers, secondary education (%) .....................................55
Female teachers, tertiary education (%) ...........................................38
Female school life expectancy, primary to secondary (years)......11
Male school life expectancy, primary to secondary (years) .........11

Childcare Ecosystem
Length of maternity leave ..........................................................7 weeks
Maternity leave benefits (% of wages paid) ...................................100
Provider of maternity coverage ............................................. Employer
Length of paternity leave .....................................................................
Paternity leave benefits (% of wages paid) .....................................
Daycare options ....................................................................................

Marriage and Childbearing

Mean age of marriage for women (years) ........................................27
Early marriage (% women, aged 1519) ...........................................
Fertility rate (births per woman).......................................................1.90
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women, aged 1519) ....18
Antenatal care coverage, at least one visit (%) ...............................96
Births attended by skilled health staff (%) ........................................98
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)4 ...............26 [14-48]
Contraceptive prevalence, married women (%) ..............................58
Female HIV prevalence, aged 1549 (%) ........................................0.10
Male HIV prevalence, aged 1549 (%) ............................................0.20
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) ........................................11
Overall population sex ratio (male/female) ....................................0.96

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Survey data, responses on a 1-to-7 scale (1 = worst score, 7 = best score)

Data on a 0-to-1 scale (1 = worst score, 0 = best score)
Data on a 1-to-5 scale (1 = worst score, 5 = best score)
Bracketed numbers show the range between the uncertainties, estimated
to contain the true maternal mortality ratio with a 95% probability

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