World Bank Income Classification:Low Income
The World Bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high income. For this purpose it uses gross national income (GNI) per capita data in U.S. dollars, converted from local currency using the World Bank Atlas method, which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations.
Least Developed Country:Yes
Since 1971, the United Nations has recognized LDCs as a category of States that are deemed highly disadvantaged in their development process, for structural, historical and also geographical reasons. Three criteria are used: per capita income, human assets, and economic vulnerability.
Gender Inequality Index:0.575
GII is a composite metric of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. A low GII value indicates low inequality between women and men, and vice-versa.
Gender Development Index:0.723
GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, education, and command over economic resources.
Population:209,497,025
Source of population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision
Male:19,976,265 (9.5%)
Female:189,520,760 (90.5%)
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Operating officially in China since 1998, UN Women primarily works on the following thematic impact areas: (i) governance and participation in public life, (ii) women’s economic empowerment; and (iii) ending violence against women, and (iv) global partnerships, aligned to UN Women’s SP and the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for China (UNSDCF) (2021-2025). Our programmes in these impact areas are further supported and catalyzed through our work on communications and advocacy, strategic partnerships and organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
As part of the UN Country Team in China, UN Women is a key partner for implementation of the UNSDCF in China, a core instrument for providing a coherent, strategic direction for UN development activities by all UN entities in support for China’s 14th Five Year Plan (2021-2025), the Outline of Women’s Development in China (2021-2030), and several other nationals policy instruments.
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