The Gender Equality Index is a composite indicator that measures the distance a society has to go to achieve full equality among women and men.
This indicator's objective is to reflect the reality of gender equality in important aspects of welfare and people's development.
Idescat produces the IIG for Catalonia in accordance with the methodology established by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).
The Index is based on 27 indicators, structured in a hierarchical manner in 6 domains, which are then divided into 13 sub-domains. The results offered are of 4 types:
- The Gender Equality Index (maximum aggregation level).
- The Index for each of the 6 domains of the analysis: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health.
- The Index for each of the 13 sub-domains in which the 6 aforementioned domains are broken down.
- 27 basic indicators, which are the basis for calculating the previous levels.
The results of the Gender Equality Index and its component parts (domains and sub-domains) are presented on a dimensionless scale, in an interval that goes from 1 to 100, where 1 means total inequality and 100 means total equality.
The results of the 27 basic indicators are shown by the total population, disaggregated by gender, and by the absolute difference between women and men. Each indicator has its own metric.
The index results for Catalonia are released for the year 2025 and, retrospectively, for the years 2024 and 2020.
