Gender Equality

SDG Target 5.4

Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure, and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate.

Global Progress for Gender Equality
Unpaid domestic and care work by sex and region
Proportion of unpaid time for:
Scatter plot of unpaid and domestic care work by sex and region 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 5%10%15%20%25%30% 0%
WOMEN
MEN
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 represents a Country
Deviation from Gender Equality
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Global average
(3.2:1)
Target
(1:1)
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Globally, women spend 3.2 times as many hours as men performing domestic and care work, with the largest gap between men and women on average being in the North African and West Asian groups of countries. Updated statistics that include the addition of India increased the unpaid care work ratio in Central Asia and South Asia from 4.5 to 5.0 and slightly increased the global average from 2021 to 2022.

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