This portal provides access to data on Sustainable Development Goals indicators on African Countries. Datasets are compiled from national and international sources and are updated on a regualr basis. Please visit us or register to get notificaiton when new data is available.
By Indicator
By Country
ASPxperienceStringId.Loading
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
5.1.1 Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex
Countries (23), Periods (2018 - 2022), Data points (196)
5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
5.2.1 Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age
Countries (43), Periods (2005 - 2018), Data points (326)
5.2.2 Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence
No data available
5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
Countries (50), Periods (2005 - 2021), Data points (142)
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
Countries (27), Periods (2004 - 2021), Data points (40)
5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location
Countries (8), Periods (2000 - 2018), Data points (352)
5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.5.1 Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments
Countries (54), Periods (2000 - 2023), Data points (3739)
5.5.2 Proportion of women in managerial positions
Countries (44), Periods (2000 - 2022), Data points (414)
5.6 Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences
5.6.1 Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
Countries (37), Periods (2006 - 2021), Data points (272)
5.6.2 Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education
Countries (47), Periods (2019 - 2022), Data points (1051)
5.a Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
5.a.1 (a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
Countries (33), Periods (2009 - 2022), Data points (282)
5.a.2 Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
Countries (22), Periods (2020 - 2022), Data points (22)
5.b Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
5.b.1 Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex
Countries (25), Periods (2013 - 2021), Data points (170)
5.c Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
5.c.1 Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment
Countries (32), Periods (2018 - 2021), Data points (42)
ECA SROs
Central Africa
Eastern Africa
North Africa
Southern Africa
West Africa
Regional Economic Communities
ECCAS
ECOWAS
IGAD
SADC
AMU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
EAC
Other groupings
Africa
B5
ECA countries of focus
Island economies
Land-locked countries
Land-locked LDCs
Least developed countries
Mineral-rich countries
Non-Oil LDCs
Non-Oil Producing
Oil LDCs
Oil producing economies
Sahel
Small Island states
Sub-Saharan Africa
ASPxperienceStringId.Loading