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%)
By 2025, Gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data and knowledge are produced, analyzed and used to inform policymaking, advocacy and accountability for delivering gender equality and women's empowerment results in West and Central Africa Region (SP Outcome 6)
By 2025, Gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data and knowledge are produced, analyzed and used to inform policymaking, advocacy and accountability for delivering gender equality and women's empowerment results in West and Central Africa Region (SP Outcome 6)
Funding gap for the WCA regional project as a % of total project cost
Number of national plans and strategies that integrate gender statistics as an objective or strategy (CO)
- Complementary Indicator UNICEF
Number of countries demonstrating use of gender statistics, analysis, and policy relevant research (CO)
- Complementary Indicator UNICEF
SP 2.6.1: Number of National Strategies for the Development of Statistics that integrate a gender perspective, developed or implemented with UN-Women's support
SP 2.6.2a: Number of national reports on (a) the implementation of the SDGs from a gender perspective or (b) the status of women, men, girls and boys in the country, developed with UN-Women's support
SP 2.6.3: Number of national coordination mechanisms (i.e. multi-stakeholder governance mechanisms) governing the production of gender statistics established or strengthened with UN-Women's support
SP 2.6.4: Number of data producers and users with strengthened capacities in the collection, analysis, dissemination and use of gender statistics, including in improving Tier II and Tier III SDGs indicators, with UN-Women's support
SP 2.6.2b: Number of national reports on (a) the implementation of the SDGs from a gender perspective or (b) the status of women, men, girls and boys in the country, developed with UN-Women's support
Number of inter-agency coordination mechanism for gender statistics supported by UN-Women
Number of non-pathfinder countries that implement gender statistics initiatives with technical and/or financial support from UN-Women
Number of non-pathfinder countries who have completed a national assessment
Number of minimum sets of gender indicators developed with support from UN Women.
Number of inter-agency coordination mechanisms governing the production of multi-level disaggregated gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data, established or strengthened (CO)
Regional roster of thematic consultants and experts on gender statistics established with UN-Women support
Number of technical support queries completed
Number of countries in ESA/WCA supported by UN Women on (recent, less than 5 years) (a) time use survey and/or (b) a violence against women prevalence survey and/or (c) other specialized survey
Number of data producers and users with strengthened capacities in the collection, analysis, dissemination and use of gender statistics (CO)
Number of countries with institutionalized user-producer dialogues to increase accessibility, quality and demand for multi-level disaggregated gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data and knowledge (CO)
Number of gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data collection initiatives, including in emerging areas conducted or analyzed (CO)
Number of platforms/web-based databases for dissemination of multi-level disaggregated gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data and knowledge developed (CO)