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Global Gender Gap Index — overall parity score (WEF)

Name: Global Gender Gap Index — overall parity score (WEF)
Creator: World Economic Forum (WEF)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, gender equality, parity, WEF, political empowerment, education, labor force, index

World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Index overall parity score (0–1), latest available year, comparing countries on economic, education, health, and politics.

Source: World Economic Forum (WEF)•163 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.7score (0–1)

Median: 0.7score (0–1)

Countries Covered

163

with available data

Highest

Iceland

0.9score (0–1)

Lowest

Barbados

0.6score (0–1)

Top 5 Countries

1Iceland0.9score (0–1)

2Norway0.9score (0–1)

3Finland0.9score (0–1)

4Sweden0.8score (0–1)

5Germany0.8score (0–1)

By Region

Oceania0.8score (0–1)(2 countries)

Europe0.8score (0–1)(32 countries)

South America0.7score (0–1)(7 countries)

North America0.7score (0–1)(4 countries)

Other0.7score (0–1)(84 countries)

Key Findings

•Scores cluster within a relatively narrow band globally, indicating persistent gaps even in high-performing countries.
•Political Empowerment is typically the lowest-scoring subindex worldwide and drives many countries’ lower overall scores.
•Top-performing countries tend to combine high education and health parity with sustained women’s representation in decision-making.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.6score (0–1))High (0.9score (0–1))

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.7score (0–1))

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Other (84)

Africa (9)

Asia (25)

About This Statistic

The Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI), published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), scores countries from 0 to 1 on how close they are to gender parity across four dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment. A score of 1.0 represents full parity (not “perfect outcomes,” but equality between women and men on the indicators used).

This statistic is interesting because it separates “level of development” from “equality”: some high-income countries still score comparatively lower due to political representation gaps, while several middle-income countries rank highly thanks to strong education and health parity and improving economic participation. The index is widely cited and updated annually using internationally comparable datasets and harmonized definitions.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Iceland	0.9score (0–1)
2	Norway	0.9score (0–1)
3	Finland	0.9score (0–1)
4	Sweden	0.8score (0–1)
5	Germany	0.8score (0–1)
6	Andorra	0.8score (0–1)
7	Estonia	0.8score (0–1)
8	Ireland	0.8score (0–1)
9	Switzerland	0.8score (0–1)
10	Spain	0.8score (0–1)
11	Belgium	0.8score (0–1)
12	Rwanda	0.8score (0–1)
13	Denmark	0.8score (0–1)
14	Costa Rica	0.8score (0–1)
15	Ecuador	0.8score (0–1)
16	United Kingdom	0.8score (0–1)
17	France	0.8score (0–1)
18	Netherlands	0.8score (0–1)
19	South Africa	0.8score (0–1)
20	Australia	0.8score (0–1)
21	New Zealand	0.8score (0–1)
22	Chile	0.8score (0–1)
23	Uruguay	0.8score (0–1)
24	Luxembourg	0.8score (0–1)
25	Angola	0.8score (0–1)
26	Canada	0.8score (0–1)
27	Lithuania	0.8score (0–1)
28	Jamaica	0.8score (0–1)
29	Cuba	0.8score (0–1)
30	Latvia	0.8score (0–1)
31	Portugal	0.8score (0–1)
32	Panama	0.8score (0–1)
33	Singapore	0.7score (0–1)
34	Fiji	0.7score (0–1)
35	United States of America	0.7score (0–1)
36	Moldova, Republic of	0.7score (0–1)
37	Philippines	0.7score (0–1)
38	Mexico	0.7score (0–1)
39	Dominican Republic	0.7score (0–1)
40	Trinidad and Tobago	0.7score (0–1)
41	Colombia	0.7score (0–1)
42	Peru	0.7score (0–1)
43	Bahamas	0.7score (0–1)
44	Bulgaria	0.7score (0–1)
45	Israel	0.7score (0–1)
46	Slovenia	0.7score (0–1)
47	Eswatini	0.7score (0–1)
48	Ukraine	0.7score (0–1)
49	Poland	0.7score (0–1)
50	Cape Verde	0.7score (0–1)
51	Namibia	0.7score (0–1)
52	Belize	0.7score (0–1)
53	Hungary	0.7score (0–1)
54	Greece	0.7score (0–1)
55	Kyrgyzstan	0.7score (0–1)
56	Romania	0.7score (0–1)
57	Paraguay	0.7score (0–1)
58	Kazakhstan	0.7score (0–1)
59	United Republic of Tanzania	0.7score (0–1)
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.7score (0–1)
61	Croatia	0.7score (0–1)
62	Serbia	0.7score (0–1)
63	Uganda	0.7score (0–1)
64	Burundi	0.7score (0–1)
65	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.7score (0–1)
66	Benin	0.7score (0–1)
67	Republic of The Gambia	0.7score (0–1)
68	Malawi	0.7score (0–1)
69	Bahrain	0.7score (0–1)
70	Republic of the Congo	0.7score (0–1)
71	Gabon	0.7score (0–1)
72	Italy	0.7score (0–1)
73	Kenya	0.7score (0–1)
74	Mozambique	0.7score (0–1)
75	Thailand	0.7score (0–1)
76	Uzbekistan	0.7score (0–1)
77	Argentina	0.7score (0–1)
78	Botswana	0.7score (0–1)
79	Brazil	0.7score (0–1)
80	Chad	0.7score (0–1)
81	Equatorial Guinea	0.7score (0–1)
82	North Korea	0.7score (0–1)
83	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.7score (0–1)
84	Liberia	0.7score (0–1)
85	Madagascar	0.7score (0–1)
86	Malaysia	0.7score (0–1)
87	Maldives	0.7score (0–1)
88	Montenegro	0.7score (0–1)
89	New Caledonia	0.7score (0–1)
90	Papua New Guinea	0.7score (0–1)
91	Russian Federation	0.7score (0–1)
92	Seychelles	0.7score (0–1)
93	Suriname	0.7score (0–1)
94	Tajikistan	0.7score (0–1)
95	Togo	0.7score (0–1)
96	Cayman Islands	0.7score (0–1)
97	Central African Republic	0.7score (0–1)
98	El Salvador	0.7score (0–1)
99	Guatemala	0.7score (0–1)
100	Guyana	0.7score (0–1)
101	Honduras	0.7score (0–1)
102	Lesotho	0.7score (0–1)
103	Mongolia	0.7score (0–1)
104	Nicaragua	0.7score (0–1)
105	Senegal	0.7score (0–1)
106	Slovakia	0.7score (0–1)
107	Vietnam	0.7score (0–1)
108	Somalia	0.7score (0–1)
109	Zimbabwe	0.7score (0–1)
110	Sudan	0.7score (0–1)
111	Turkmenistan	0.7score (0–1)
112	Venezuela	0.7score (0–1)
113	Zambia	0.7score (0–1)
114	Ethiopia	0.7score (0–1)
115	Bolivia	0.7score (0–1)
116	Belarus	0.7score (0–1)
117	South Korea	0.7score (0–1)
118	Czech Republic	0.7score (0–1)
119	Afghanistan	0.7score (0–1)
120	People's Republic of China	0.7score (0–1)
121	Georgia	0.7score (0–1)
122	Sierra Leone	0.7score (0–1)
123	Ghana	0.7score (0–1)
124	Cote d'Ivoire	0.7score (0–1)
125	Indonesia	0.7score (0–1)
126	Austria	0.7score (0–1)
127	Guinea	0.7score (0–1)
128	Nigeria	0.7score (0–1)
129	Bangladesh	0.7score (0–1)
130	Myanmar	0.7score (0–1)
131	Cambodia	0.7score (0–1)
132	Albania	0.7score (0–1)
133	Cameroon	0.7score (0–1)
134	Nepal	0.7score (0–1)
135	Brunei Darussalam	0.7score (0–1)
136	Djibouti	0.7score (0–1)
137	Sri Lanka	0.7score (0–1)
138	Bhutan	0.7score (0–1)
139	Eritrea	0.7score (0–1)
140	Cyprus	0.7score (0–1)
141	Japan	0.7score (0–1)
142	Armenia	0.7score (0–1)
143	United Arab Emirates	0.7score (0–1)
144	Algeria	0.6score (0–1)
145	Haiti	0.6score (0–1)
146	Tunisia	0.6score (0–1)
147	India	0.6score (0–1)
148	Qatar	0.6score (0–1)
149	Egypt	0.6score (0–1)
150	Saudi Arabia	0.6score (0–1)
151	Jordan	0.6score (0–1)
152	Kuwait	0.6score (0–1)
153	Libya	0.6score (0–1)
154	Türkiye	0.6score (0–1)
155	Morocco	0.6score (0–1)
156	Oman	0.6score (0–1)
157	Solomon Islands	0.6score (0–1)
158	Lebanon	0.6score (0–1)
159	Iraq	0.6score (0–1)
160	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.6score (0–1)
161	Yemen	0.6score (0–1)
162	Pakistan	0.6score (0–1)
163	Barbados	0.6score (0–1)

Showing 163 of 163 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #gender equality #parity #WEF #political empowerment #education #labor force #index

Data Source

This data comes from World Economic Forum (WEF) (2024).

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