
UNDP in Ukraine
Gender Profile of Ukraine
Fast Facts
Indicator |
Data |
Source, date |
Human Development Index |
0.779 74th of 189 countries (high standard of human development) |
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Gender Inequality Index SDG 5 |
0.234 52nd of 162 countries |
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Socioeconomic empowerment |
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Women hold seats in parliament SDG 5.5 |
21% |
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Women hold management positions SDG 5.5 |
23% |
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Women business owners SDG 5.5 |
46% |
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Labour force participation rate SDG 8.5 |
Women: 47% Men: 63% |
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Gender pay gap (monthly earnings) SDG 8.5 |
Women earn on average 23% less than men 35% in postal and courier services 33% in financial and insurance services 30% in art, sports, entertainment, recreation |
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Estimated gross national income per capita (purchasing power parity) SDG 8.5 |
Women: $10,088 Men: $16,840 |
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Women with bank accounts SDG 5.5 |
61% of women ages 15 and older |
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Graduates from STEM programmes in tertiary education SDG 5.5 |
Women: 29% Men: 71% |
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Among all tertiary graduates SDG 5.5 |
Women: 14% in STEM Men: 38% in STEM |
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Paid maternity leave (for pregnancy and childbirth) SDG 1.3 |
126 days (70 days prior to the expected childbirth date and 56 days after childbirth) |
(Article 179) (Article 18) |
Parental leave (for childcare) SDG 1.3 |
Up to 3 years (may be taken by either parent, grandparents, or other relatives who provide care for the child) |
(Article 179) (Article 18) |
Time spent on unpaid domestic chores SDG 5.4 |
Women: 29 hours per week Men: 15 hours per week |
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Time spent on unpaid childcare SDG 5.4 |
Women: 49 hours per week Men: 22 hours per week |
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Health and family planning |
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Life expectancy at birth SDG 3 |
Women: 77 years Men: 67 years |
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Maternal mortality ratio SDG 3.1 |
19 deaths per 100,000 live births |
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Adolescent birth rate SDG 3.7 |
24 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
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Contraceptive prevalence, any method SDG 5.6 |
65% of married or in-union women of reproductive age (15-49 years) |
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Unmet need for family planning SDG 5.6 |
5% of married or in-union women of reproductive age (15-49 years) |
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Mortality rate attributed to noncommunicable disease SDG 3.4 |
Women: 514.3 per 100,000 persons Men: 923.6 per 100,000 persons |
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Suicide rate SDG 3.4 |
Women: 5 per 100,000 people Men: 35 per 100,000 people
Up to 7,000 per year 80% of suicides are by men |
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People living with HIV (aged 15-49) SDG 3.3 |
Women: 100,000 (0.9 prevalence rate) Men: 140,000 (1.1 prevalence rate) PLHIV: 250,000 (1 prevalence rate) |
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Violence against girls and women |
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Women married by age 18 (child marriage) SDG 5.3 |
9% of women ages 20-24 who are married or in union |
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Gender-based violence SDG 5.2 |
2 in 3 women have experienced psychological, physical, or sexual violence |
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Violence against women ever experienced, by intimate partner SDG 5.2 |
26% of women ages 15 and older |
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Violence against women ever experienced, by nonintimate partner SDG 5.2 |
5% of women ages 15 and older |
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Sexual harassment SDG 5.2 |
1 in 2 women have experienced at least one form of sexual harassment |