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%)
Latin America and the Caribbean democratic institutions are strengthened, and States advance towards gender parity in political participation at all decision-making levels
Latin America and the Caribbean democratic institutions are strengthened, and States advance towards gender parity in political participation at all decision-making levels
Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
Complementary
Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
Complementary
UN Women Country Offices, institutional partners and civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean enhanced their capacities to promote women’s full and effective participation in public life, including through the adoption, reform and implementation of legal and policy frameworks
Data reported for 2022 results against this indicator was obtained as part of a learning process on social norms and therefore may not accurately reflect the results obtained. Internal reviews of data collected on social norms across relevant indicators, coupled with external reviews, are informing the design of UN Women’s principled approach to social & gender norms change. This will be reflected in changes to the indicators to be introduced in the Mid-Term Review of the Strategic Plan.
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
Changes attributed to UN Women in skills and capacities of individuals or institutions in Uruguay to design or implement institutional reforms, strategies or policies to promote Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment and women’s full and effective participation in public life
Latin America and the Caribbean democratic institutions are strengthened, and States advance towards gender parity in political participation at all decision-making levels
In 2023, this outcome has important progress, even though no new laws or reforms to advance gender balance in decision-making were adopted in the current year, progress was made in setting parity as a key pillar for the strengthening of democracies and the advance of gender equality agendas in the region. UN Women advocated for the full exercise of women’s political rights, focusing on the promotion of legal measures and institutional mechanisms to ensure parity representation in decision-measures, a comprehensive mitigation of violence against women in politics, as inclusive political financing, through advocacy, capacity-building and knowledge production initiatives, contributing to build consensus towards parity democracies, including within the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament ( Declaration ), the Ibero-American Congress of Municipalities ( Declaration ), as well as the Association of Women Electoral Magistrates of the Americas ( Agreements ). At country level, progress was made especially in Uruguay in support to the legislative debate on the parity bill , which is expected to be considered by parliament in March 2024. Both through coordinated UN System’s advocacy , as through UN Women specific technical assistance and incidence within sessions of the Commission on Human Rights and Gender Equality of the Senate, arguments in favor of a parity law were strengthened.Disclaimer and notes
References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).