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Ratio of Estimated Female to Male Earned Income, by Country 2005

Highest female to male ratio Lowest female to male ratio
Country Ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio
Kenya 0.83 New Zealand 0.70 Saudi Arabia 0.15 Bahrain 0.33
Sweden 0.81 Bahamas 0.70 Oman 0.18 Algeria 0.33
Mozambique 0.81 Madagascar 0.70 Egypt 0.23 Syria 0.33
Burundi 0.78 Uganda 0.70 United Arab Emirates 0.24 Turkey 0.35
Norway 0.75 Lithuania 0.69 Morocco 0.25 Cape Verde 0.35
Cambodia 0.74 Vanuatu 0.68 Sudan 0.25 Malaysia 0.36
Rwanda 0.74 Guinea 0.68 Tunisia 0.28 Botswana 0.36
Denmark 0.73 Croatia 0.67 Pakistan 0.29 Kuwait 0.37
Papua New Guinea 0.73 Latvia 0.67 Swaziland 0.29 Georgia 0.37
Tanzania 0.73 Mali 0.67 Jordan 0.30 Western Samoa 0.38
Malawi 0.73 Burkina Faso 0.66 Yemen 0.30 Iran 0.38
Iceland 0.71 United Kingdom 0.65 Lebanon 0.31 Chile 0.39
Finland 0.71 Bulgaria 0.65 India 0.31 Mexico 0.39
Vietnam 0.71 Romania 0.65 Nicaragua 0.32 Belize 0.39
Ghana 0.71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.65 Guatemala 0.32 Eritrea 0.39
Australia 0.70 Chad 0.65 Côte d'Ivoire 0.32    
Source: Human Development Report, 2006, United Nations. Web: hdr.undp.org.

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