Sexism and structural violence in the capitalist world system

Gender empowerment index (UNDP) (combines female access to parliamentary and
executive power, top-jobs and income)


Norway  0,83    
Iceland 0,80    
Sweden  0,79    
Denmark 0,79    
Finland 0,76    
Germany 0,76    
Netherlands     0,74    
Canada  0,74    
New Zealand     0,73    
Belgium 0,73    
Australia       0,71    
Austria 0,71    
United States   0,71    
Switzerland     0,68    
United Kingdom  0,66    
Bahamas 0,63    
Barbados        0,63    
Portugal        0,62    
Spain   0,61    
Venezuela       0,60    
Ireland 0,59    
Trinidad and Tobago     0,58    
Israel  0,55    
Costa Rica      0,55    
Latvia  0,54    
Czech Republic  0,54    
Estonia 0,54    
Slovakia        0,53    
Lithuania       0,53    
El Salvador     0,53    
Italy   0,52    
Botswana        0,52    
Slovenia        0,52    
Croatia 0,52    
Mexico  0,51    
Poland  0,51    
Colombia        0,51    
Singapore       0,51    
Dominican Republic      0,50    
Belize  0,49    
Japan   0,49    
Hungary 0,49    
Ecuador 0,48    
Philippines     0,48    
Uruguay 0,47    
Panama  0,47    
Malaysia        0,47    
Honduras        0,46    
Greece  0,46    
Peru    0,45    
Chile   0,44    
Suriname        0,43    
Russian Federation      0,43    
Bolivia 0,42    
Ukraine 0,42    
Mauritius       0,42    
Paraguay        0,41    
Romania 0,40    
Eritrea 0,40    
Tunisia 0,40    
Fiji    0,38    
Swaziland       0,38    
Korea, Rep. of  0,32    
Turkey  0,32    
Syrian Arab Republic    0,32    
Sri Lanka       0,31    
Bangladesh      0,30    
Egypt   0,27    
Jordan  0,22    
Niger   0,12    


% of people not expected to survive age 60, 1998 (UNDP-data)


Japan   8,20    
Malta   8,40    
Iceland 8,40    
Sweden  8,70    
Australia       8,90    
Greece  8,90    
Italy   9,00    
Norway  9,10    
Hong Kong, China (SAR)  9,20    
Israel  9,30    
Netherlands     9,30    
Canada  9,30    
United Kingdom  9,80    
Switzerland     9,80    
Ireland 10,00   
Cyprus  10,00   
Belgium 10,10   
Spain   10,10   
Kuwait  10,30   
Luxembourg      10,60   
Singapore       10,60   
Germany 10,70   
Austria 10,90   
United Arab Emirates    11,00   
Brunei Darussalam       11,00   
New Zealand     11,10   
Finland 11,30   
France  11,30   
Costa Rica      11,60   
Barbados        11,60   
Portugal        12,60   
United States   12,60   
Denmark 12,80   
Jamaica 13,30   
Cuba    13,40   
Belize  13,70   
Chile   13,80   
Albania 13,90   
Macedonia, TFYR 14,00   
Czech Republic  14,20   
Slovenia        14,60   
Fiji    14,60   
Bahrain 14,60   
Trinidad and Tobago     15,00   
Panama  15,10   
Sri Lanka       15,30   
Uruguay 15,50   
Qatar   15,60   
Malaysia        16,10   
Solomon Islands 16,20   
Slovakia        16,40   
Croatia 16,40   
Argentina       16,50   
Korea, Rep. of  16,70   
Saudi Arabia    16,80   
Venezuela       17,00   
Poland  17,30   
Georgia 17,50   
Bahamas 17,50   
Oman    17,70   
Samoa (Western) 17,70   
China   18,00   
Bulgaria        18,30   
Algeria 18,50   
Mauritius       18,70   
Mexico  18,90   
Lebanon 19,00   
Dominican Republic      19,00   
Jordan  19,50   
Tunisia 19,60   
Paraguay        19,70   
Armenia 19,80   
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya  19,80   
Suriname        19,90   
Turkey  20,10   
Romania 20,70   
Syrian Arab Republic    20,70   
Colombia        20,70   
Iran, Islamic Rep. of   21,30   
Cape Verde      21,30   
Ecuador 21,50   
Hungary 21,60   
Philippines     21,80   
Azerbaijan      22,10   
Honduras        22,80   
Egypt   23,00   
Morocco 23,00   
Peru    23,00   
Vanuatu 23,10   
Lithuania       23,30   
El Salvador     23,40   
Estonia 23,80   
Viet Nam        23,90   
Ukraine 24,10   
Nicaragua       24,30   
Latvia  25,00   
Uzbekistan      25,10   
Tajikistan      25,30   
Kyrgyzstan      25,40   
Moldova, Rep. of        25,70   
Kazakhstan      25,80   
Thailand        25,80   
Mongolia        25,90   
Belarus 26,10   
Indonesia       26,70   
Pakistan        26,70   
Brazil  26,80   
Turkmenistan    27,60   
Maldives        27,60   
Guyana  28,20   
Russian Federation      29,70   
India   29,70   
Guatemala       31,10   
Iraq    31,50   
Bolivia 32,80   
Myanmar 33,40   
Bhutan  33,80   
Swaziland       34,50   
Ghana   34,90   
Comoros 36,80   
Bangladesh      37,90   
Yemen   38,00   
Madagascar      38,80   
Nepal   39,10   
Papua New Guinea        41,20   
Mali    43,20   
Lesotho 43,30   
Sudan   43,40   
Mauritania      44,40   
Lao People's Dem.  Rep. 44,90   
Benin   46,20   
Cameroon        46,20   
Cambodia        46,60   
Senegal 47,00   
Gabon   48,60   
Djibouti        49,00   
Equatorial Guinea       49,40   
Haiti   49,60   
South Africa    50,50   
Eritrea 51,50   
Niger   51,60   
Nigeria 52,20   
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 52,40   
Namibia 52,40   
Gambia  53,70   
Guinea  54,40   
Angola  54,40   
Chad    56,10   
Kenya   56,30   
Guinea-Bissau   57,70   
Togo    58,90   
Congo   59,40   
Mozambique      60,90   
Tanzania, U. Rep. of    61,10   
Côte d'Ivoire   63,40   
Burkina Faso    64,30   
Central African Republic        64,70   
Ethiopia        65,50   
Burundi 67,80   
Botswana        68,30   
Sierra Leone    69,50   
Rwanda  70,70   
Malawi  72,50   
Zimbabwe        74,50   
Uganda  76,30   
Zambia  79,50   

Kind regards, 

Arno Tausch

PS: you can arrive at such figures by using the 'sort' procedure of the
EXCEL program, applied to my recently forwarded UNDP-data-set