The 2024 SDG Gender Index is presented as a downloadable PDF report from Equal Measures 2030. The page describes it as the third iteration of the Index, with observed data for 2015, 2019, and 2022. It also states that the next update will add data for 2024.

The report explains the SDG Gender Index scoring system and says the index uses observed global average scores for 2015, 2019, and 2022. The PDF is the official 2024 index publication from Equal Measures 2030.

The JRC-COIN audit states that it evaluates the 2024 SDG Gender Index’s data quality and statistical soundness, including key modelling assumptions used in the index. This is a primary technical source connected to the 2024 index release.

The 2024 SDG Gender Index is described as a multidimensional index benchmarking gender equality across 139 countries, covering 96% of the world’s women and girls. This is the main official page for the 2024 index and is the most likely place where downloadable materials and datasets are hosted.

The 2024 SDG Gender Index dataset is available for download in .csv format via the ‘Explore the data’ section of the Equal Measures 2030 website. The accompanying data dictionary describes the variables included in the downloadable files, including fields related to index scores, pace of change, and scenarios toward 2030 targets. One of the variables listed in the data documentation is a measure of the annual change required for countries to reach SDG Gender Index targets by 2030, expressed as a ‘required annual change’ in index points per year.

The 2024 Index measures progress on gender equality in 139 countries using three reference years (2015, 2019 and 2022). This secondary source provides an independent description of the index and references downloadable findings materials.

Equal Measures 2030 says the forthcoming 2024 Index will measure progress in gender equality across the SDGs and will include new data and visualizations. This confirms the existence of a 2024 index publication, though not the presence of a specific dataset field called “required annual change.”

The **Data Hub Developer profile** for "Equal Measures 2030" describes the SDG Gender Index as "the most comprehensive tool to measure progress towards gender equality by 2030" and notes that datasets related to the Index can be accessed through the JRC Composite Indicators Data Explorer.[4] The profile lists available resources and API parameters but, in the visible metadata and structure previews, the common fields relate to country codes, index scores, and component indicators; there is no visible field explicitly labeled "required annual change" in the shown schema.[4]

The 2022 SDG Gender Index report says the index covers 56 key indicators across 14 of the 17 SDGs and tracks progress between 2015 and 2020. This earlier edition provides context for how Equal Measures 2030 structures and publishes its index data.

The **2022 SDG Gender Index** page explains the earlier version of the Equal Measures 2030 index and describes how it measures progress and gaps toward achieving gender equality by 2030, including indicators and index scores.[3] It refers to downloadable datasets and methodological notes but, in the publicly accessible description, does not mention any variable called "required annual change"; instead, analysis focuses on overall scores, regional patterns, and whether countries are on track or off track.[3]

The **Gender + Environment Data Alliance (GEDA)** databases page lists the "Equal Measures 2030 SDG Gender Index" as a database it uses and links to the 2022 SDG Gender Index resource.[5] The description emphasizes that the index "tracks progress towards gender equality across the Sustainable Development Goals" and is produced by Equal Measures 2030, but it does not reference a dataset variable named "required annual change"; the focus is on index scores, indicators, and country coverage.[5]

The report "Data-Driven Advocacy for Gender Equality Beyond Beijing +25" describes the Equal Measures 2030 initiative and its SDG Gender Index, explaining how the index and its data are used for advocacy.[8] It notes that EM2030 offers "accessible data tools" and that advocates can download and analyze index data, but the text does not list or describe any specific data fields such as "required annual change"; instead, it discusses composite scores and trends in gender equality measures.[8]

In a post presenting headline findings from the 2024 SDG Gender Index, Equal Measures 2030 highlights that ‘no country is currently on track to achieve a score of 100 by 2030, based on our analysis of required annual change in index scores between now and the SDG deadline’. The post explains that the required annual change metric is calculated for each country and underpins the index’s assessment of whether existing trends are sufficient to meet gender equality goals.

Equal Measures 2030 describes the SDG Gender Index as a tool for measuring progress toward gender equality and producing data-driven accountability. This is background on the index methodology, not evidence of a downloadable field named “required annual change.”

The Paris21 Gender Data Network entry lists Equal Measures 2030’s 2024 SDG Gender Index under its library, showing it was disseminated as a data/resource publication. This supports the existence of related downloadable resources but does not specify dataset fields.

The LinkedIn post preview says “Ready to download” in connection with the 2024 SDG Gender Index, indicating downloadable content was associated with the release. This is weakly corroborative and does not verify any dataset column names.

Oxfam’s briefing on Equal Measures 2030 describes the evolution of the SDG Gender Index as an advocacy tool. It notes that beyond static measurements, later iterations of the index introduce dynamic measures such as pace of change and ‘required annual change’ to reach SDG targets by 2030. These additional variables are made available in EM2030’s downloadable datasets so that advocates can quantify how far off-track countries are and what scale of annual improvement is needed.

An overview titled "EM2030 SDG Gender Index: Data, Insights & Action" describes the structure and purpose of the Equal Measures 2030 SDG Gender Index, including its use of indicators aligned to the SDGs and the production of composite scores to highlight progress and gaps.[9] The text refers to country rankings and index scores and mentions tracking change over time, but it does not identify any field explicitly named "required annual change" in the underlying datasets; change is generally characterized as improvements or declines in index scores over time.[9]

The 2024 report is the authoritative source for the index, but the search results provided here do not include a data portal or file listing that can verify whether the downloadable dataset contains a field labeled “required annual change.”

A commentary on the 2024 SDG Gender Index explains that EM2030 has added ‘required annual change’ estimates to its dataset, indicating how many index points per year a country would need to gain from 2022 to 2030 to meet SDG gender equality ambitions. The author notes that these new variables are documented in the index’s data dictionary and can be downloaded together with country scores, pace of change, and scenario projections.

The "Global SDG–Gender Panel Dataset" on Mendeley Data compiles harmonized country-year observations for SDG-related gender indicators and allows comparison of development outcomes across countries and over time.[6] While this dataset concerns SDG and gender-related indicators, it is a separate academic panel dataset and not the official EM2030 SDG Gender Index; in its variable descriptions, there is no field named "required annual change" related to Equal Measures 2030’s index, indicating that such a variable is not standard in SDG-gender datasets generally.[6]

The World Bank Gender Data Portal states users can “Download the Full Dataset” and provides tools to explore and download gender indicators. This is not about the SDG Gender Index specifically, but it is relevant as a comparison for how gender-data portals expose downloadable datasets.

An independent "Global Gender Equality Indicators" CSV dataset hosted on Kaggle aggregates gender equality indicators from the World Bank and other official sources for multiple years.[10] In its sample schema, typical fields include country, year, indicator values, and sometimes annual percentage changes, but there is no standard field labeled "required annual change"; this suggests that such a label would be specific to a particular organization’s methodology and is not a generic SDG or gender equality data field.[10]

The Human Development Reports page for the Gender Inequality Index includes a “Download GII dataset” link, showing that comparable gender index products provide downloadable datasets. This is contextual evidence only and not specific to Equal Measures 2030.