Female underrepresentation in Indonesia's new government shows there is still a long road ahead to gender equality in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country, say critics.

Due to higher female mortality, the global ratio at birth is considered to be 103-106 boys to 100 girls. The world's sex ratio, according to 2017 data, is 102 males to 100 females.

And the female-to-male gender ratio will continue to decline. If we take a deeper look at the statistics, in 2021, 50.42% of the world’s population consisted of males and 49.58% were females.

After all, with an astounding ratio of 306.6 males to a 100 females, Qatar holds the number one spot among countries with the highest male to female ratio in the world in 2018.

Indonesia’s Islamic Schools: More Female Friendly 4 minute read Carla Power / Cirebon September 23, 2009 12:00 AM EDT ...