Topic · World Bank · WHO · OECD
Social
Poverty, inequality, unemployment, and governance indicators.
- 6
- Indicators
- 217
- Countries with data
Social · mid shelf
6 social indicators in the mid pack - Madagascar currently tops female labor participation.
- 6
- social indicators
- #1
- Madagascar · Female Labor Participation
- mid
- shelf vs other topics
Each indicator below shows the current top five; open any one for the full world ranking with the data year for every country.
High-income share among 217 countries with social data
World Bank income-group counts among countries that have at least one ranking row for an indicator in this topic. Segments sum to 217 - coverage shape, not a living-standard ranking.
Reading Social
Social sits in the mid pack of the eight topic shelves (6 indicators). Cross-check at least two measures before treating any single ranking as the story.
Social groups 6 indicators (Female Labor Participation, GINI Index, Intentional Homicides, Male Labor Participation, and more) drawn from World Bank Open Data. Poverty, inequality, unemployment, and governance indicators. Madagascar currently leads female labor participation at 82.9%.
The mid-width shelf is where complementary measures start to disagree usefully - for example a strong access rate next to a weaker outcome. Read Female Labor Participation against at least one neighbour before quoting a single rank.
Income-group coverage (217 countries with data) leans high-income. That can compress variation on finance-linked indicators while outcome rates still stretch across lower-income reporters.
Source: World Bank Open Data
Nearby shelves by indicator count
Closest topic widths to this 6-indicator shelf (not a fixed roster).
- Education · 6 indicators
- Demographics · 7 indicators
- Environment · 5 indicators
Female Labor Participation
% of female 15+| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madagascar | 82.9% |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 82.3% |
| 3 | Nigeria | 80.7% |
| 4 | Tanzania | 80.3% |
| 5 | Burundi | 79.7% |
GINI Index
index (0-100)| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia | 59.1 |
| 2 | Botswana | 54.9 |
| 3 | Eswatini | 54.6 |
| 4 | Colombia | 54.4 |
| 5 | South Africa | 54.1 |
Intentional Homicides
per 100,000 people| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.3 |
| 2 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 64.2 |
| 3 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.3 |
| 4 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 49.9 |
| 5 | Jamaica | 49.4 |
Male Labor Participation
% of male 15+| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 95.8% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 91.6% |
| 3 | Kuwait | 88.7% |
| 4 | Oman | 88.1% |
| 5 | Madagascar | 88.1% |
Net Migration
people| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1.3M |
| 2 | Ukraine | 1.1M |
| 3 | Syrian Arab Republic | 546,494 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 417,114 |
| 5 | Canada | 368,599 |
Poverty (< $2.15/day)
% of population| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 85.3% |
| 2 | Mozambique | 81.4% |
| 3 | South Sudan | 76.5% |
| 4 | Malawi | 75.4% |
| 5 | Burundi | 74.2% |
Next read: Education (6 indicators) · full female labor participation ranking . Reporting years differ by country and indicator; unavailable values are omitted rather than estimated.
What to do with these Social indicators
A single shelf rarely tells the whole story -- use it as a starting point, not a verdict.
- Open the full female labor participation ranking to see every country, not just the top rows shown here. Female Labor Participation ranking
- Put any two countries side by side across every tracked indicator. Compare countries
- Browse the education shelf (6 indicators) for the next adjacent topic. Education
Reporting years differ by country and indicator; unavailable values are omitted rather than estimated.
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