Global Gender Gap Report

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The Global Gender Gap Report is an index designed to measure gender equality. It was first published in 2006 by the World Economic Forum. [1]

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Global Gender Gap Report 2020

It "assesses countries on how well they are dividing their resources and opportunities among their male and female populations, regardless of the overall levels of these resources and opportunities," the Report says. [2] "By providing a comprehensible framework for assessing and comparing global gender gaps and by revealing those countries that are role models in dividing these resources equitably between women and men, the Report serves as a catalyst for greater awareness as well as greater exchange between policymakers." [2]

According to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2023, it will take 131 years for the gender gap to close. [3] [4]

Methodology

The report's Gender Gap Index ranks countries regarding the gender inequality in four key areas: health, education, economy and politics.

Thirteen out of the fourteen variables used to create the index are from publicly available "hard data" indicators from international organizations, such as the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization. [6]

2025 Report

The 2025 report covered 148 economies. Papua New Guinea and Trinidad and Tobago returned to the index, and Gabon was included for the first time. [7] Several countries that were ranked in previous editions, are not covered in the 2025 edition. These include Afghanistan (last ranked in 2023), Bahamas (2021), Cuba (2021), Iraq (2021), Malawi (2023), Mauritania (2021), Myanmar (2023), Qatar (2024), Russia (2021), Syria (2021), Venezuela (2021), and Yemen (2021).

rankEconomyScore 2025 [8]
1Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 0.926
2Flag of Finland.svg Finland 0.879
3Flag of Norway.svg Norway 0.863
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 0.838
5Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 0.827
6Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 0.817
7Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 0.813
8Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 0.811
9Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0.803
10Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 0.801
11Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 0.799
12Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0.797
13Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 0.792
14Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 0.791
15Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 0.786
16Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 0.786
17Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 0.785
18Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 0.783
19Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 0.783
20Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 0.781
21Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 0.778
22Flag of Chile.svg Chile 0.777
23Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 0.776
24Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 0.775
25Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 0.774
26Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 0.774
27Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 0.773
28Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 0.772
29Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 0.770
30Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 0.769
31Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 0.768
32Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 0.767
33Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0.767
34Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 0.767
35Flag of France.svg France 0.765
36Flag of Albania.svg Albania 0.763
37Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 0.762
38Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 0.762
39Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 0.762
40Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 0.760
41Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 0.758
42Flag of the United States.svg United States 0.756
43Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 0.756
44Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 0.756
45Flag of Poland.svg Poland 0.750
46Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini 0.748
47Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 0.748
48Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 0.747
49Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 0.747
50Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 0.745
51Flag of Panama.svg Panama 0.741
52Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname 0.738
53Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 0.738
54Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 0.736
55Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 0.736
56Flag of Austria.svg Austria 0.735
57Flag of Peru.svg Peru 0.735
58Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 0.734
59Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 0.731
60Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 0.731
61Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 0.730
62Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 0.730
63Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 0.729
64Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 0.728
65Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 0.728
66Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 0.728
67Flag of Honduras (2022-present).svg Honduras 0.727
68Flag of Malta.svg Malta 0.727
69Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 0.724
70Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 0.723
71Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 0.720
72Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 0.720
73Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.717
74Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 0.713
75Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 0.710
76Flag of Israel.svg Israel 0.709
77Flag of Greece.svg Greece 0.709
78Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 0.709
79Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 0.707
80Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 0.707
81Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 0.706
82Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 0.706
83Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 0.706
84Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 0.705
85Flag of Italy.svg Italy 0.704
86Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste 0.704
87Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 0.703
88Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 0.703
89Flag of Belize.svg Belize 0.702
90Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia 0.699
91Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 0.699
92Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 0.698
93Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 0.697
94Flag of Romania.svg Romania 0.697
95Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 0.696
96Flag of Laos.svg Laos 0.692
97Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 0.692
98Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 0.689
99Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 0.688
100Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 0.688
101Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 0.687
102Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 0.686
103Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 0.686
104Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 0.684
105Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 0.684
106Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 0.682
107Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei 0.681
108Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 0.681
109Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu 0.679
110Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 0.678
111Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 0.677
112Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 0.677
113Flag of Benin.svg Benin 0.676
114Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 0.674
115Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros 0.672
116Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 0.670
117Flag of Angola.svg Angola 0.668
118Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0.666
119Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0.663
120Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 0.659
121Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 0.657
122Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 0.655
123Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 0.654
124Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 0.649
125Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 0.648
126Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 0.647
127Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire 0.647
128Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 0.646
129Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 0.646
130Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 0.645
131Flag of India.svg India 0.644
132Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 0.643
133Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 0.638
134Flag of Oman.svg Oman 0.637
135Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 0.633
136Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 0.632
137Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 0.628
138Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 0.626
139Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 0.625
140Flag of Mali.svg Mali 0.617
141Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 0.614
142Flag of Niger.svg Niger 0.613
143Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.601
144Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 0.595
145Flag of Iran.svg Iran 0.583
146Flag of Chad.svg Chad 0.571
147Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 0.570
148Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 0.567

Global Gender Gap Index 2006-2025

The highest possible score is 1.0 (equality or better for women, except for lifespan (106% or better for women) and gender parity at birth (94.4% or better for women [9] ) and the lowest possible score is 0. Data for some countries are unavailable. [10] [11] [12]

LocationYear [13] ^
CountryRegion2025 [7] 2024 [14] 2023 [15] 20222021 [16] 2020 [17] 201820172016 [18] 2015 [19] 201420132012201120102009200820072006
Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan South AsiaN/AN/A0.4050.4350.444N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Albania.svg Albania Europe0.7630.7800.7910.7870.7700.7690.7340.7280.7040.7010.68690.64120.66550.67480.67260.66010.65910.66850.6607
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Africa0.6140.6120.5730.6020.6330.6340.6290.6290.6420.6320.61820.59660.61120.59910.60520.61190.61110.60680.6018
Flag of Angola.svg Angola Africa0.6680.6680.6560.6380.6570.6600.6330.6400.6430.6370.63110.6659N/A0.66240.67120.63530.60320.60340.6039
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina South America0.7620.7720.7620.7560.7520.7460.7330.7320.7350.7340.73170.71950.72120.72360.71870.72110.72090.69820.6829
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia West Asia0.7310.7210.7210.6980.6730.6840.6780.6770.6690.6680.66220.66340.66360.66540.66690.66190.66770.6651N/A
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Oceania0.7920.780.7780.7380.7310.7310.7300.7310.7210.7330.74090.73900.72940.72910.72710.72820.72410.72040.7163
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Europe0.7350.7430.7400.7810.7770.7440.7180.7090.7160.7330.72660.74370.73910.71650.70910.70310.71530.70600.6986
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan West Asia0.6880.6850.6920.6870.6880.6870.6800.6760.6840.6750.67530.65820.65460.65770.64460.66260.68560.6781N/A
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Central AmericaN/AN/AN/AN/A0.7250.7200.7410.7430.7290.7280.72690.71280.71560.73400.71280.7179N/AN/AN/A
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain West Asia0.6840.6660.6660.6320.6320.6290.6270.6320.6150.6440.62610.63340.62980.62320.62170.61360.59270.59310.5894
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh South Asia0.7750.6890.7220.7140.7190.7260.7210.7190.6980.7040.69730.68480.66840.68120.67020.65260.65310.63140.6270
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Central America0.7860.7730.7690.7650.7690.7490.7530.7500.7390.7440.72890.73010.72320.71700.71760.72360.7188N/AN/A
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Europe0.7360.7330.7520.7500.7580.7460.7470.7440.7370.734N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Europe0.7730.7930.7960.7930.7890.7500.7380.7390.7450.7530.78090.76840.76520.75310.75090.71650.71630.71980.7078
Flag of Belize.svg Belize Central America0.7020.6960.6960.6950.6990.6710.6620.6920.6760.6680.67010.64490.64650.64890.65360.66360.66100.6426N/A
Flag of Benin.svg Benin Africa0.6760.6290.6160.6120.6530.6580.6540.6520.6360.625N/A0.58850.62580.58320.57190.56430.55820.56560.5780
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan South Asia0.6630.6510.6820.6370.6390.6350.6380.6380.6420.6460.63640.6651N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia South America0.7470.7460.7300.7340.7220.7340.7480.7580.7460.7490.70490.73400.72220.68620.67510.66930.66670.65740.6335
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe0.7170.7100.6980.7100.713N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana Africa0.7310.730.7190.7190.7160.7090.7150.7200.7150.7100.71290.67520.67440.68320.68760.70710.68390.67970.6897
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil South America0.7200.7160.7260.6960.6950.6910.6810.6840.6870.6860.69410.69490.69090.66790.66550.66950.67370.66370.6543
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Darussalam Southeast Asia0.6810.6840.6930.6800.6780.6860.6860.6710.6690.6840.67190.67300.67500.67870.67480.65240.6392N/AN/A
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Europe0.7060.7230.7150.7400.7460.7270.7560.7560.7260.7220.74440.70970.70210.69870.69830.70720.70770.70850.6870
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso Africa0.6590.6610.6760.6590.6510.6350.6290.6460.640.6510.65000.65130.64550.61530.61620.60810.60290.59120.5854
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi Africa0.7560.7570.7630.7770.7690.7450.7410.7550.7680.7480.75650.73970.73380.7270N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Southeast Asia0.6820.6850.6950.6900.6850.6940.6830.6760.6580.6620.65200.65090.64570.64640.64820.64100.64690.63530.6291
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon Africa0.6970.6930.6930.6920.6920.6860.7140.6890.6840.682N/A0.65600.62910.60730.61100.61080.60170.59190.5865
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada North America0.7670.7610.770.7720.7720.7720.7710.7690.7310.7400.74640.74250.73810.74070.73720.71960.71360.71980.7165
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde Africa0.7690.7550.7610.7360.7160.7250.7020.6860.7290.7170.71330.71220.7180N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Chad.svg Chad Africa0.5710.5760.5700.5790.5930.5960.5800.5750.5870.5800.57640.55880.55940.53340.53300.54170.52900.53810.5247
Flag of Chile.svg Chile South America0.7770.7810.7770.7360.7160.7230.7170.7040.6990.6980.69750.66700.66760.70300.70130.68840.68180.64820.6455
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China East Asia0.6860.6840.6780.6820.6820.6760.6730.6740.6760.6820.68300.69080.68530.68660.68810.69070.68780.66430.6561
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia South America0.7580.7450.7510.7100.7250.7580.7290.7310.7270.7250.71220.71710.69010.67140.69270.69390.69440.70900.7049
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros Africa0.6720.6630.6640.631N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Central America0.7860.7850.7930.7960.7860.7820.7490.7270.7360.7320.71650.72410.72250.72660.71940.71800.71110.70140.6936
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire Africa0.647N/AN/A0.6320.6370.6060.6270.6110.5970.6060.58740.58140.57850.57730.5691N/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Europe0.7280.7230.730N/A0.7330.7200.7120.7110.70.7080.70750.70690.70530.70060.69390.69440.69670.72100.7145
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Central AmericaN/AN/AN/AN/A0.7460.7460.7490.7450.740.7400.73170.75400.74170.73940.72530.71760.71950.7169N/A
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus West Asia0.7060.7050.6780.6960.7070.6920.6840.6840.6840.6710.67410.68010.67320.65670.66420.67060.66940.65220.6430
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Europe0.6860.6840.6850.7100.7110.7060.6930.6880.690.6870.67370.67700.67670.67890.68500.67890.67700.67180.6712
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa0.6010.6090.6120.5750.576N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Europe0.7910.7890.780.7640.7680.7820.7780.7760.7540.7670.80250.77790.77770.77780.77190.76280.75380.75190.7462
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Central America0.7300.7060.7040.7030.6990.7000.7010.6970.6760.6860.69060.68670.66590.66820.67740.68590.67440.67050.6639
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador South America0.7740.7880.7370.7430.7390.7290.7290.7240.7260.7380.74550.73890.72060.70350.70720.72200.70910.68810.6433
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Africa0.6250.6290.6260.6350.6390.6290.6140.6080.6140.5990.60640.59350.59750.59330.58990.58620.58320.58090.5786
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Central America0.7090.6950.7140.7270.7380.7060.6900.7050.7020.7060.68630.66090.66300.65670.65960.69390.68750.68530.6837
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Europe0.7990.7740.7820.7330.7330.7510.7340.7310.7470.7490.70170.69970.69770.69830.70180.70940.70760.70080.6944
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini Africa0.7480.7440.7450.7280.729N/AN/A0.6700.6650.670N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia Africa0.7100.7090.7110.7100.6910.7050.6560.6560.6620.6400.61440.61980.62000.61360.60190.59480.58670.59910.5946
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Oceania0.6470.6420.650.6760.6740.6780.669N/AN/A0.6450.62860.62860.62850.62550.62560.6414N/AN/AN/A
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Europe0.8790.8750.8630.8600.8610.8320.8210.8230.8450.8500.84530.84210.84510.83830.82600.82520.81950.80440.7958
Flag of France.svg France Europe0.7650.7810.7560.7910.7840.7810.7790.7780.7550.7610.75880.70890.69840.70180.70250.73310.73410.68240.6520
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia, The Africa0.6740.6790.6510.6410.6440.6280.6420.6490.6670.674N/AN/A0.66300.67630.67620.67520.66220.64210.6448
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia West Asia0.7290.7160.7080.7310.7320.7080.6770.6790.6810.6870.68550.67500.66910.66240.65980.66800.66540.66650.6700
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Europe0.8030.810.8150.8010.7960.7870.7760.7780.7660.7790.77800.75830.76290.75900.75300.74490.73940.76180.7524
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Africa0.7030.7010.6880.6720.6660.6730.6880.6950.7050.7040.66610.68110.67780.68110.67820.67040.66790.67250.6653
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Europe0.7090.7140.6930.6890.6890.7010.6960.6920.680.6850.67840.67820.67160.69160.69080.66620.67270.66480.6540
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Central America0.7060.6970.6590.6640.6550.6660.6680.6670.6660.6670.68210.63040.62600.62290.62380.62090.60720.61440.6067
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea Africa0.5950.6010.6170.6470.6600.6420.6560.6590.640.618N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana South America0.7680.765N/A0.7520.728N/AN/AN/AN/A0.7020.70100.70850.71190.70840.70900.7108N/AN/AN/A
Flag of Honduras (2022-present).svg Honduras Central America0.7270.7260.7350.7050.7160.7220.7060.7110.690.6880.69350.67730.67630.69450.69270.68930.69600.66610.6483
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Europe0.6840.6860.6890.6990.6880.6770.6740.6700.6690.6720.67590.67420.67180.66420.67200.68790.68670.67310.6698
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Europe0.9260.9350.9120.9080.8920.8770.8580.8780.8740.8810.85940.87310.86400.85300.84960.82760.79990.78360.7813
Flag of India.svg India South Asia0.6440.6410.6430.6290.6250.6680.6650.6690.6830.6640.64550.65510.64420.61900.61550.61510.60600.59360.6011
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Southeast Asia0.6920.6860.6970.6970.6880.7000.6910.6910.6820.6810.67250.66130.65910.65940.66150.65800.64730.65500.6541
Flag of Iran.svg Iran West Asia0.5830.5790.5750.5760.5820.5840.5890.5830.5870.5800.58110.58420.59270.58940.59330.58390.60210.59030.5803
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq West AsiaN/AN/AN/AN/A0.535N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Europe0.8010.8020.7950.8040.8000.7980.7960.7940.7970.8070.78500.78230.78390.78300.77730.75970.75180.74570.7335
Flag of Israel.svg Israel West Asia0.7090.6990.7010.7270.7240.7180.7220.7210.7190.7120.70050.70320.69890.69260.69570.70190.69000.69650.6889
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Europe0.7040.7030.7050.7200.7210.7070.7060.6920.7190.7260.69730.68850.67290.67960.67650.67980.67880.64980.6456
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Central America0.7620.6550.6500.7490.7410.7350.7240.7170.7240.7030.71280.70850.70350.70280.70370.70130.69800.69250.7014
Flag of Japan.svg Japan East Asia0.6660.7580.7790.6500.6560.6520.6620.6570.660.6700.65840.64980.65300.65140.65240.64470.64340.64550.6447
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan West Asia0.6550.6630.6470.6390.6830.6230.6050.6040.6030.5930.59680.60930.61030.61170.60480.61820.62750.62030.6109
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Central Asia0.6980.6520.6460.7190.7100.7100.7120.7130.7180.7190.72100.72180.72130.70100.70550.70130.69760.69830.6928
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Africa0.6890.7100.7210.7290.6920.6710.7000.6940.7020.7190.72580.68030.67680.64930.64990.65120.65470.65080.6486
Flag of South Korea.svg Korea, Rep. East Asia0.6870.7120.7080.6890.6870.6720.6570.6500.6490.6510.64030.63510.63560.62810.63420.61460.61540.64090.6157
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait West Asia0.6460.6360.6510.6320.6210.6500.6300.6790.6240.6460.64570.62920.63200.63220.63180.63560.63580.64090.6341
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyz Republic Central Asia0.6960.7000.7000.7000.6810.6890.6910.6910.6870.6930.69740.69480.70130.70360.69730.70580.70450.66530.6742
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Upper limiting value of the Gender Gap Index

1. Economic participation and opportunity
RatioLimit [20] Weight [21] Value
Labour force participation1.00.1990.199
Wage equality for similar work1.00.3100.310
Estimated earned income1.00.2210.221
Legislators, senior officials and managers1.00.1490.149
Professional and technical workers1.00.1210.121
Sum1.01.0
2. Educational attainment
RatioLimit [20] Weight [21] Value
Literacy rate1.00.1910.191
Enrolment in primary education1.00.4590.459
Enrolment in secondary education1.00.2290.229
Enrolment in tertiary education1.00.1210.121
Sum1.01.0
3. Health and survival
RatioLimit [20] Weight [21] Value
Sex ratio at birth0.944 [22] 0.6930.654
Healthy life expectancy1.060 [23] 0.3070.325
Sum1.00.980
4. Political empowerment
RatioLimit [20] Weight [21] Value
Women in parliament1.00.3100.310
Women in ministerial positions1.00.2470.247
Years with female head of state1.00.4430.443
Sum1.01.0
Compilation
1. Economic participation and opportunity1.000
2. Educational attainment1.000
3. Health and survival0.980
4. Political empowerment1.000
Sum3.980

Gender Gap Index: 3.98 / 4 = 0.9949

This is the upper limiting value of the Gender Gap Index (limes superior) for the female-to-male ratio and for the male-to-female ratio.

Criticisms and challenges

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Cover of the 2008 report

The index is designed to "measure gender-based gaps in access to resources and opportunities in countries rather than the actual level of the available resources and opportunities in those countries." [18]

In an academic publication from 2010, Beneria and Permanyer criticized the Global Gender Gap Index for only capturing inequality in certain aspects of women's lives therefore making it an incomplete measure of gender inequality. [24]

In an academic publication from 2019, Stoet and Geary discussed several limitations of the Index. For example, in the current ranking methodology, no country can, by definition, be more favorable for women than for men. This causes the Index to undervalue issues that disproportionately men. [25] According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2021, the index do not penalize a country where women outperform men in certain aspect and consider that parity is achieved in life expectancy only if women live five years longer than men. [16]

See also

Notes

    References

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    5. 2014 report, page 5
    6. 2008 Report, p. 5
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    9. 2016 Report, Page 6
    10. Ricardo Hausmann; Laura D. Tyson; Saadia Zahidi, eds. (2012). The Global Gender Gap Report 2012 (PDF) (Report). World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
    11. "The Global Gender Gap Report 2013" (PDF). World Economic Forum. pp. 12–13.
    12. "Global Gender Gap Report 2014 - Reports - World Economic Forum". Global Gender Gap Report 2014.
    13. Years of report publication. Values may reflect data collected the previous year.
    14. "Global Gender Gap Report 2024". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 2025-09-30. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
    15. "Global Gender Gap Report 2023". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 2025-09-01. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
    16. 1 2 "Global Gender Gap Report 2021" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
    17. "Global Gender Gap Report 2020" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
    18. 1 2 "Global Gender Gap Report 2017 - Rankings". World Economic Forum. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
    19. "Global Gender Gap Report 2015 - Rankings". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
    20. 1 2 3 4 The Global Gender Gap Report 2018 (GGGR), p. 5, Construction of the Index, § 2. Data truncation at equality benchmark: As a second step, these ratios are truncated at the "equality benchmark”. For all indicators, except the two health indicators, this equality benchmark is considered to be 1, meaning equal numbers of women and men.
      GGGR 2018, p. 42, Country Score Card: … To calculate the Index, all ratios were truncated at the parity benchmark of 1 and thus the highest score possible is 1.
    21. 1 2 3 4 GGGR 2018, p. 6; Table 2: Calculation of weights within each subin-dex
    22. GGGR 2018, p. 5, Construction of the Index, § 2. Data truncation at equality benchmark: … In the case of sex ratio at birth, the equality benchmark is set at 0.944,
      GGGR 2018, p. 42, Country Score Card: … except for the sex ratio at birth (0.944)
    23. GGGR 2018, p. 5, Construction of the Index, § 2. Data trun-cation at equality benchmark: … the case of healthy life expectancy the equality benchmark is set at 1.06.
      GGGR 2018, p. 42, Country Score Card: … and the healthy life expectancy (1.06) indicators.
    24. Beneria, L., Permanyer, I.,(2010). The Measurement of Socio-economic Gender Inequality Revisited, Development and Change, 41:3, pp.375-399
    25. Stoet, Gijsbert; Geary, David C. (2019-01-03). "A simplified approach to measuring national gender inequality". PLOS ONE. 14 (1) e0205349. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205349 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   6317789 . PMID   30605478.

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