NAURU GENDER LANDSCAPE Gender data helps to inform smart development policy. This briefing provides Compared to: Base Year Region key indicators for Nauru which help in monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. The arrows indicate longer term >10% Higher Value progress on outcomes from a base year, while the color coded elements Equal/No Change compare the latest gender data in Nauru with its regional peers. >10% Lower Value Click the measures below to explore the World Bank Gender Data Portal. No Data Country Performance Peer Comparison Baseline Latest Latest Value Year Value Year EAP HIC World HUMAN ENDOWMENTS Female NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Learning-Adjusted Years of Schooling Male NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Female 35.0 2002 100.0 2019 93.4 95.1 78.0 Lower secondary completion rate (% of relevant group) Male 32.4 2002 73.3 2019 90.7 93.9 77.0 Female share of graduates from STEM programs, tertiary (%) 0.00 2008 NA NA NA NA NA Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 3.95 2011 3.52 2021 1.49 1.55 2.27 Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women 15-19) 78.3 2011 72.5 2021 20.2 11.2 42.5 Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate per 100,000 live births) NA NA NA NA 74.0 12.0 223 Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method (% of married women 25.1 2007 NA NA 70.2 NA 55.7 15-49) Mortality from chronic vascular disease, cancer, diabetes or Female NA NA NA NA 12.5 8.97 14.8 cardiorespiratory disease between 30 and 70 (%) Male NA NA NA NA 21.2 14.8 21.7 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Female NA NA NA NA 59.0 54.0 47.3 Labor force participation rate (% 15+, modeled ILO estimate) Male NA NA NA NA 73.6 68.0 72.5 Female NA NA NA NA 55.8 90.2 54.3 Wage and salaried workers (% of employment, modeled ILO estimate) Male NA NA NA NA 58.0 85.8 52.9 Female NA NA NA NA 20.4 2.11 25.3 Employment in agriculture (% of employment, modeled ILO estimate) Male NA NA NA NA 25.7 3.78 27.2 Share of youth not in education, employment or training (% of youth Female NA NA 51.3 2013 NA 12.6 NA population) Male NA NA 22.0 2013 NA 11.7 NA Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work (% of 24 Female NA NA NA NA NA NA NA hour day) Male NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 62.3 2011 70.2 2022 47.3 55.0 55.2 Female NA NA NA NA 80.7 96.7 71.9 Financial institution account (% 15+) Male NA NA NA NA 83.5 96.0 76.0 Female NA NA NA NA 5.60 2.11 5.27 Borrowed to start, operate, or expand a farm or business (% 15+) Male NA NA NA NA 8.05 4.29 7.58 Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) NA NA 36.5 2013 NA NA NA Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) NA NA NA NA 45.7 39.5 33.3 VOICE AND AGENCY Firms with female top manager (% of firms) NA NA NA NA 33.8 17.3 17.9 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 0.00 2011 10.5 2022 21.9 30.8 26.5 Women who were first married by 18 (% of women 20-24) 26.8 2007 NA NA NA NA NA Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in NA NA NA NA NA NA NA the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women 15-49) Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife (any of NA NA NA NA NA NA NA five reasons, %) Note: The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region includes 38 countries (all income levels), as classified by The World Bank Group. Nauru is a high income (HIC) country, which includes 83 countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita higher than $13,845 (calculated using the World Bank Atlas method). Data and definitions can be found on the Gender Data Portal. Data is as of September 13, 2023. Country Baseline provides a reference from 1990 to 2011. Latest Value shows the latest available value from 2012 onwards. The arrow icon repre- sents country increases or decreases over 10 percent relative to the base year. Peer Comparison shows how Nauru performs relative to its peers in the region, income group, and the world. Color coding represents values 10 percent above or below its peers in the region. NAURU GENDER LANDSCAPE Women, Business and Women, Business and the Law (WBL) 2022 presents an index covering 190 economies, structured around the life cycle of a working woman. In total, 35 the Law in Nauru questions are scored across eight indicators. Nauru scores NA out of 100, while the regional average across East Asia and Pacific is 75. Overall Mobility Workplace Pay Marriage Parent- Entrepre- Assets Pension hood neurship NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA A Closer Look at Gender Despite some progress, gender gaps, gender-based violence, and disadvantageous social norms facing women and girls persist, and gains in human capital of women Equality in Nauru and girls remain untapped. Turning human capital investments into economic gains means addressing multiple barriers to women‘s economic empowerment, including improving their voice and agency. —— Unpacking the Numbers in Nauru —— 51 in 100 8.5 times 3.5 children 51 percent of Men hold 8.5 times Women in Nauru young women are as many seats in the will on average have not in education, national parliament 3.5 children in their employment, or as women (2022) lifetimes (2021) training (2013) LEARN MORE The World Bank in Gender: This portal features the World Bank Gender Data Portal: This open data latest research, news, and events around gender tool shares the latest statistics and research to im- equality in international development. prove understanding and inform policy choices. 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