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Gender Profile of Ukraine
Fast Facts
| Indicator | Data | Source, date |
| Human Development Index | 0.779 74th of 189 countries (high standard of human development) | HDR, 2020 |
Gender Inequality Index SDG 5 | 0.234 52nd of 162 countries | HDR, 2020 |
| Socioeconomic empowerment | ||
Women hold seats in parliament SDG 5.5 | 21% | Parliament, 2019 |
Women hold management positions SDG 5.5 | 23% | JurFem, 2019 |
Women business owners SDG 5.5 | 46% | JurFem, 2019 |
Labour force participation rate SDG 8.5 | Women: 47% Men: 63% | HDR, 2020 |
Gender pay gap (monthly earnings) SDG 8.5 | Women earn on average 23% less than men 35% in postal and courier services 33% in financial and insurance services 30% in art, sports, entertainment, recreation | JurFem, 2019 |
Estimated gross national income per capita (purchasing power parity) SDG 8.5 | Women: $10,088 Men: $16,840 | HDR, 2020 |
Women with bank accounts SDG 5.5 | 61% of women ages 15 and older | HDR, 2020 |
Graduates from STEM programmes in tertiary education SDG 5.5 | Women: 29% Men: 71% | HDR, 2020 |
Among all tertiary graduates SDG 5.5 | Women: 14% in STEM Men: 38% in STEM | HDR, 2020 |
Paid maternity leave (for pregnancy and childbirth) SDG 1.3 | 126 days (70 days prior to the expected childbirth date and 56 days after childbirth) | (Article 179) (Article 18) |
Parental leave (for childcare) SDG 1.3 | Up to 3 years (may be taken by either parent, grandparents, or other relatives who provide care for the child) | (Article 179) (Article 18) |
Time spent on unpaid domestic chores SDG 5.4 | Women: 29 hours per week Men: 15 hours per week | UNFPA, 2018 |
Time spent on unpaid childcare SDG 5.4 | Women: 49 hours per week Men: 22 hours per week | UNFPA, 2018 |
| Health and family planning | ||
Life expectancy at birth SDG 3 | Women: 77 years Men: 67 years | HDR, 2020 |
Maternal mortality ratio SDG 3.1 | 19 deaths per 100,000 live births | HDR, 2020 |
Adolescent birth rate SDG 3.7 | 24 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 | HDR, 2020 |
Contraceptive prevalence, any method SDG 5.6 | 65% of married or in-union women of reproductive age (15-49 years) | HDR, 2020 |
Unmet need for family planning SDG 5.6 | 5% of married or in-union women of reproductive age (15-49 years) | HDR, 2020 |
Mortality rate attributed to noncommunicable disease SDG 3.4 | Women: 514.3 per 100,000 persons Men: 923.6 per 100,000 persons | HDR, country profile, 2020 |
Suicide rate SDG 3.4 | Women: 5 per 100,000 people Men: 35 per 100,000 people
Up to 7,000 per year 80% of suicides are by men |
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People living with HIV (aged 15-49) SDG 3.3 | Women: 100,000 (0.9 prevalence rate) Men: 140,000 (1.1 prevalence rate) PLHIV: 250,000 (1 prevalence rate) | UNAIDS, 2019 |
| Violence against girls and women | ||
Women married by age 18 (child marriage) SDG 5.3 | 9% of women ages 20-24 who are married or in union | HDR, 2020 |
Gender-based violence SDG 5.2 | 2 in 3 women have experienced psychological, physical, or sexual violence | OSCE, 2019 |
Violence against women ever experienced, by intimate partner SDG 5.2 | 26% of women ages 15 and older | HDR, 2020 |
Violence against women ever experienced, by nonintimate partner SDG 5.2 | 5% of women ages 15 and older | HDR, 2020 |
Sexual harassment SDG 5.2 | 1 in 2 women have experienced at least one form of sexual harassment | OSCE, 2019 |