Ecuador

Venezuela

Latin America

Algeria

Iran

Iraq

Kuwait

Libya

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights the O P E C members such as Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Algeria, Nigeria Angola, Venezuela, and Ecuador shaded in blue.

Member states of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), an international cartel founded in 1960 to coordinate petroleum production among its members

Countries

World

OPEC

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Members

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Caribbean

Spain

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

None

Mexico

North America

A world map shows the countries where Spanish is an official or de facto language. These countries are highlighted in light orange and include Spain, Central America, and the western region of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Chile).

Countries where Spanish is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Ethnologue

Spanish as Official or de facto Language

Australia

Fiji

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Australia & Oceania

Bahamas

Barbados

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Lucia

Trinidad and Tobago

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Japan

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Belize

Brazil

Guyana

Suriname

Mauritania

Mauritius

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Canada

United States

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Bahrain

Egypt

Israel

Jordan

Lebanon

Morocco

Oman

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

Yemen

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

In North America, Canada, Mexico, and most Central American and Caribbean countries saw change between 3 and 88 percent in the Gender Inequality Index. In the United States, the change was between 1 and 3 percent. In most South American countries, change was between 3 and 88 percent, except for Brazil (between 1 and 3 percent) and Venezuela (between 1 and –4 percent). In Europe, most countries had change between 3 and 88 percent. In Africa, most countries report no data. However, almost all of those for which there are data had change between 3 and 88 percent: Algeria, Libya, Gabon, Rwanda, Burundi, Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. Morocco had change between 1 and –4 percent. In Southwest, Central, and South Asia, most countries lack data. However, in Southwest Asia, Turkey, Armenia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, and United Arab Emirates are between 3 and 88 percent; Iran is between 1 and 3 percent; and Kuwait is between –4 and –8 percent. In Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan are between 3 and 88 percent. In South Asia, Nepal and Sri Lanka are between 3 and 88 percent. In Southeast and East Asia and Oceania, all countries for which there are data are between 3 and 88 percent, except for South Korea, which is between –8 and –42 percent.

Percent change in Gender Inequality Index values between 2011 and 2021, by country. The Gender Inequality Index measures achievement between women and men in three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market.

Change in Gender Inequality Index, 2011-2021

Percentage of change

Anthropogenic Biomes

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Biomes

Climate Zones

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Members	Spanish as Official or de facto Language	Change in Gender Inequality Index, 2011-2021
Value	Value	Class	Rank	Percentage of change