What is the difference in goal 5: gender equality between Bhutan and Malaysia?

0 5 year moving average, with Bhutan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Malaysia?

20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as GOAL 5: Gender Equality (5 year moving average). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Malaysia: GOAL 5: Gender Equality

Bhutan

0.5 5 year moving average

in 2023

Malaysia

0.5 5 year moving average

in 2023

Bhutan rank

80th

Malaysia rank

80th

GOAL 5: Gender Equality over time

Bhutan
Malaysia

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 0.5 5 year moving average against 0.5 5 year moving average in Malaysia, a difference of 0 5 year moving average.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Malaysia ahead.

Bhutan ranks 80th and Malaysia ranks 80th of 214 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.2363 5 year moving average	0.3295 5 year moving average	0.0932 5 year moving average	Malaysia
2010s	0.3769 5 year moving average	0.2608 5 year moving average	0.1161 5 year moving average	Bhutan
2020s	0.3708 5 year moving average	0.4437 5 year moving average	0.073 5 year moving average	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goal 5: gender equality, Bhutan or Malaysia?: Bhutan, at 0.5 5 year moving average against 0.5 5 year moving average in Malaysia as of 2023.
What is the difference in goal 5: gender equality between Bhutan and Malaysia?: 0 5 year moving average, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Malaysia?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Malaysia rank globally for goal 5: gender equality?: Bhutan ranks 80th and Malaysia ranks 80th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as GOAL 5: Gender Equality (5 year moving average). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: GOAL 5: Gender Equality (5 year moving average)
Unit: 5 year moving average
Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 4,300 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

SDG Goal 5 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database