The global gender composition varies dramatically and exhibits patterns influenced by myriad social, demographic and economic factors. The "Sex Ratio," defined as the number of males per every 100 females, is a powerful tool for analysis, providing insights into the sociopolitical climate of countries, addressing gender disparities, and informing policy-making. Comparing and contrasting the sex ratios of different countries offers a unique glimpse into the varied gender compositions worldwide. Within this framework, however, it's crucial to note that a balanced gender ratio isn't the end-all-be-all indicator of gender equality. Issues like gender pay gaps, access to education, reproductive health rights, and representation in politics and business play a significant role and coincide intricately with this numerical reflection. Here are a few key findings from the data:
Sex ratio, expressed as the number of males per 100 females, varies globally. The countries with the highest sex ratios are predominantly located in Middle East. At the top of the list is Qatar, with an impressive 266.0 males for every 100 females. This is closely followed by the United Arab Emirates, with a sex ratio of 228.2. The island nation of Bahrain ranks third, with 163.8 males per 100 females, followed by Oman and Kuwait with ratios of 157.0 and 156.1, respectively. Saudi Arabia has a sex ratio of 136.8, which makes it the sixth country with the highest sex ratio, while the Maldives closely follows with a ratio of 136.3. The South Asian country of Bhutan and the African country of Equatorial Guinea have very close values, with 112.5 and 112.0 males per 100 females respectively. Lastly, is Montserrat with a sex ratio of 111.8. 10 Countries with Highest Sex Ratio:
The countries with the lowest sex ratios, referring to the number of males for every 100 females, are Armenia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Belarus, Hong Kong, Ukraine, Latvia, Russia, Lithuania, and Macau. Armenia has the lowest sex ratio scoring only 81.9 males per 100 females. Following closely is Guadeloupe with a sex ratio of 82.7. Martinique and Belarus have a slightly higher ratio at 85.4 and 85.5 respectively. Hong Kong registers a sex ratio of 85.6, closely trailed by Ukraine with 86.2. Latvia's ratio is 86.3 males per 100 females, while Russia reports a sex ratio of 86.7. Climbing just above 88, we find Lithuania with a sex ratio of 88.4 and Macau having the highest of this group with 88.5 males for every 100 females. 10 countries with the lowest sex ratio:
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.1
#41
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.8
#83
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
103.8
#30
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.0
#133
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
104.4
#24
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.7
#137
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
96.0
#165
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
91.4
#198
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.0
#127
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
81.9
#220
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
89.1
#208
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.6
#105
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
96.9
#156
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.4
#149
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
91.6
#197
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
163.8
#3
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.4
#115
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
92.1
#193
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
85.5
#217
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.6
#142
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.2
#56
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.3
#74
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
93.2
#188
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
112.5
#8
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.6
#66
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.0
#155
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.5
#144
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
96.6
#158
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
92.7
#190
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
107.2
#17
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
94.2
#179
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.3
#92
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.6
#106
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.0
#130
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.5
#88
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.8
#102
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.9
#101
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.0
#45
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.0
#80
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.8
#63
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.5
#112
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
104.3
#26
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.4
#147
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.9
#62
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
91.2
#199
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.1
#78
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
94.9
#172
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.6
#107
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
92.0
#195
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.3
#75
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.0
#154
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.5
#111
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.0
#98
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.6
#110
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.1
#97
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.8
#64
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.7
#85
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.3
#36
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
90.9
#200
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
112.0
#9
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.3
#153
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
90.2
#203
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.6
#109
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.0
#60
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.6
#67
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.6
#143
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
93.6
#182
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.8
#104
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.3
#37
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
103.8
#31
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.0
#99
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
88.7
#210
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.4
#146
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.5
#87
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.8
#84
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
96.0
#163
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
111.0
#12
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.2
#76
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
82.7
#219
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.4
#53
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.0
#129
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.7
#138
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.5
#145
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
95.8
#166
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.2
#121
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.0
#44
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
85.6
#216
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
92.1
#192
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
105.2
#21
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
106.7
#19
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.4
#51
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.1
#40
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.3
#73
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.2
#123
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.1
#125
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.4
#90
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
95.1
#170
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.0
#42
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.5
#114
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
94.6
#176
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
107.7
#16
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
92.6
#191
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.3
#116
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
94.8
#173
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
156.1
#5
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
96.5
#159
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.6
#48
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
86.3
#214
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
94.2
#180
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.4
#150
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.1
#95
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.5
#35
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.3
#118
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
88.4
#212
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.3
#55
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
88.5
#211
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.5
#69
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
94.6
#177
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
104.6
#22
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
136.3
#7
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.0
#43
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
108.4
#15
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
104.4
#25
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
85.4
#218
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
96.0
#164
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.4
#152
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
89.9
#204
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
95.4
#168
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.2
#58
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
90.4
#202
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
96.1
#162
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.5
#113
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
95.0
#171
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
111.8
#10
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.4
#52
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
96.3
#160
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.1
#94
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
93.3
#186
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
103.4
#32
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
91.7
#196
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.8
#103
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.1
#96
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.3
#117
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.9
#34
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.1
#39
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
88.8
#209
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.8
#135
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.4
#91
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.8
#47
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
157.0
#4
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.9
#46
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
108.5
#14
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.5
#89
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.1
#79
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
106.8
#18
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.8
#65
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.1
#124
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
103.1
#33
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
93.6
#183
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
89.3
#207
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
89.5
#205
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
266.0
#1
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
93.2
#187
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
93.6
#184
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
86.7
#213
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
95.7
#167
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
93.6
#185
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.0
#132
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
90.6
#201
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.0
#100
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
104.1
#28
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
104.0
#29
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
94.8
#174
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.6
#86
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
136.8
#6
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
96.7
#157
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
92.0
#194
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
111.4
#11
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.4
#72
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
109.7
#13
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
95.4
#169
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.0
#61
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
104.5
#23
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.5
#70
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
94.7
#175
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.8
#82
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.0
#131
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
96.1
#161
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
93.0
#189
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.9
#81
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
99.3
#93
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.5
#49
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.6
#108
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.4
#71
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.2
#120
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.3
#54
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.7
#136
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
94.5
#178
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
104.1
#27
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.1
#59
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.9
#134
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.4
#151
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.6
#141
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.5
#68
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.2
#122
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.5
#50
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
105.6
#20
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.0
#126
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
86.2
#215
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
228.2
#2
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.6
#140
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.2
#119
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
93.9
#181
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
100.1
#77
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
101.2
#57
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
98.0
#128
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.6
#139
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
102.2
#38
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
97.4
#148
Metric
Value
Rank
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)
89.3
#206