International Women’s Day: Mapping Financial Inequality by Gender

The International Women's Day report maps financial inequality across the globe by gender, using visualizations developed with the CARTO Builder tool and its cloud-native Location Intelligence platform. The analysis highlights significant differences in access to financial services between men and women worldwide, with most countries showing greater male participation. Inequality is particularly prevalent in regions such as Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and certain parts of Asia and Africa, where women have lower rates of receiving a wage, accessing a bank account, owning a debit or credit card, borrowing money for medical purposes, making savings, saving specifically for old age, having a housing loan, accessing emergency funds, and sending/receiving digital payments. Despite these disparities, some countries exhibit greater equality in certain areas, such as the "borrowed for medical purposes" indicator, where more women participate. The report emphasizes the importance of data visualization and spatial analysis in understanding and addressing financial inequality, and offers resources and support through CARTO's Spatial Data Catalog and grant scheme.