Social Sustainability
Sex-Disaggregated Data
Definition
Sex-disaggregated data is data collected, analysed and reported separately for women and men (and where relevant further broken down by age, location and other characteristics). It is the minimum standard for gender analysis: without it, differences in access to resources, services, work and risk remain statistically invisible. The SDG framework requires systematic disaggregation across indicators, and UN Women tracks data gaps across the goals.
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Overview
How it is used
The requirement structures SDG monitoring, gender budgeting, programme design and evaluation, and corporate reporting on workforce composition and pay gaps.
Why it matters
What is not counted by sex cannot be corrected by policy; sex-disaggregated data is the diagnostic instrument of gender equality.