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The Global Gender Gap Report was first published in 2006 by the World Economic Forum. The 2012 report covers 135 major and emerging economies (navigate a map of the Global Gender Gap index).

The Report’s Gender Gap Index ranks countries according to their gender gaps and their scores can be interpreted as the percentage of the inequality between women and men that has been closed. Information about gender imbalances to the advantage of women is explicitly prevented from affecting the score.[1] The three highest ranking countries have closed over 84% of their gender gaps, while the lowest ranking country has closed only a little over 50% of its gender gap. 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[2] says. “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.” [3]

The Report examines four critical areas of inequality between men and women in 130 economies around the globe, over 93% of the world’s population:

  • 1. Economic participation and opportunity – outcomes on salaries, participation levels and access to high-skilled employment
  • 2. Educational attainment – outcomes on access to basic and higher level education
  • 3. Political empowerment – outcomes on representation in decision-making structures
  • 4. Health and survival – outcomes on life expectancy and sex ratio

Thirteen out of the 14 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. [4]

Global Gender Gap Index 2011 scores *picture is 2008 scores not 2011. 2011 archive version needs to replace the current one. Pakistan is meant to be red not yellow. USA is meant to be blue not yellow. See 2011 numbers on this page.*

Global Gender Gap Index rankings

The table is initially sorted according to the 2012 ranking. The highest possible score is 1 (equality) and the lowest possible score is 0 (inequality). Data for some countries is unavailable.

2012 Rank Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1  Iceland 0.7813 0.7836 0.7999 0.8276 0.8496 0.8530 0.8640
2  Finland 0.7958 0.8044 0.8195 0.8252 0.8260 0.8383 0.8451
3  Norway 0.7994 0.8059 0.8239 0.8227 0.8404 0.8404 0.8403
4  Sweden 0.8133 0.8146 0.8139 0.8139 0.8024 0.8044 0.8159
5  Ireland 0.7335 0.7457 0.7518 0.7597 0.7773 0.7830 0.7839
6  New Zealand 0.7509 0.7649 0.7859 0.7880 0.7808 0.7810 0.7805
7  Denmark 0.7462 0.7519 0.7538 0.7628 0.7719 0.7778 0.7777
8  Philippines 0.7516 0.7629 0.7568 0.7579 0.7654 0.7685 0.7757
9  Nicaragua 0.6566 0.6458 0.6747 0.7002 0.7176 0.7245 0.7697
10   Switzerland 0.6997 0.6924 0.7360 0.7426 0.7562 0.7627 0.7672
11  Netherlands 0.7250 0.7383 0.7399 0.7490 0.7444 0.7470 0.7659
12  Belgium 0.7078 0.7198 0.7163 0.7165 0.7509 0.7531 0.7652
13  Germany 0.7524 0.7618 0.7394 0.7449 0.7530 0.7590 0.7629
14  Lesotho 0.6807 0.7078 0.7320 0.7495 0.7678 0.7666 0.7608
15  Latvia 0.7091 0.7333 0.7397 0.7416 0.7429 0.7399 0.7572
16  South Africa 0.7125 0.7194 0.7232 0.7709 0.7535 0.7478 0.7496
17  Luxembourg 0.6671 0.6786 0.6802 0.6889 0.7231 0.7216 0.7439
18  United Kingdom 0.7365 0.7441 0.7366 0.7402 0.7460 0.7462 0.7433
19  Cuba N/A 0.7169 0.7195 0.7176 0.7253 0.7394 0.7417
20  Austria 0.6986 0.7060 0.7153 0.7031 0.7091 0.7165 0.7391
21  Canada 0.7165 0.7198 0.7136 0.7196 0.7372 0.7407 0.7381
22  United States 0.7042 0.7002 0.7179 0.7173 0.7411 0.7412 0.7373
23  Mozambique N/A 0.6883 0.7266 0.7195 0.7329 0.7251 0.7350
24  Burundi N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.7270 0.7338
25  Australia 0.7163 0.7204 0.7241 0.7282 0.7271 0.7291 0.7294
26  Spain 0.7319 0.7444 0.7281 0.7345 0.7554 0.7580 0.7266
27  Barbados N/A N/A 0.7188 0.7236 0.7176 0.7170 0.7232
28  Uganda 0.6797 0.6833 0.6981 0.7067 0.7169 0.7220 0.7228
29  Costa Rica 0.6936 0.7014 0.7111 0.7180 0.7194 0.7266 0.7225
30  Bolivia 0.6335 0.6574 0.6667 0.6693 0.6751 0.6862 0.7222
31  Kazakhstan 0.6928 0.6983 0.6976 0.7013 0.7055 0.7010 0.7213
32  Argentina 0.6829 0.6982 0.7209 0.7211 0.7187 0.7236 0.7212
33  Ecuador 0.6433 0.6881 0.7091 0.7220 0.7072 0.7035 0.7206
34  Lithuania 0.7077 0.7234 0.7222 0.7175 0.7132 0.7131 0.7191
35  Cape Verde N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.7180
36  Malawi 0.6437 0.6480 0.6664 0.6738 0.6824 0.6850 0.7166
37  Bahamas N/A N/A N/A 0.7179 0.7128 0.7340 0.7156
38  Slovenia 0.6745 0.6842 0.6937 0.6982 0.7047 0.7041 0.7132
39  Sri Lanka 0.7199 0.7230 0.7371 0.7402 0.7458 0.7212 0.7122
40  Panama 0.6935 0.6954 0.7095 0.7024 0.7072 0.7042 0.7122
41  Namibia 0.6864 0.7012 0.7141 0.7167 0.7238 0.7177 0.7121
42  Guyana N/A N/A N/A 0.7108 0.7090 0.7084 0.7119
43  Trinidad and Tobago 0.6797 0.6859 0.7245 0.7298 0.7353 0.7372 0.7116
44  Mongolia 0.6821 0.6731 0.7049 0.7221 0.7194 0.7140 0.7111
45  Moldova 0.7128 0.7172 0.7244 0.7104 0.7160 0.7083 0.7101
46  Tanzania 0.7038 0.6969 0.7068 0.6797 0.6829 0.6904 0.7091
47  Portugal 0.6922 0.6959 0.7051 0.7013 0.7171 0.7144 0.7071
48  Venezuela 0.6664 0.6797 0.6875 0.6839 0.6863 0.6861 0.7060
49  Croatia 0.7145 0.7210 0.6967 0.6944 0.6939 0.7006 0.7053
50  Serbia N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.7037
51  Jamaica 0.7014 0.6925 0.6980 0.7013 0.7037 0.7028 0.7035
52  Bulgaria 0.6870 0.7085 0.7077 0.7072 0.6983 0.6987 0.7021
53  Poland 0.6802 0.6756 0.6951 0.6998 0.7037 0.7038 0.7015
54  Kyrgyz Republic 0.6742 0.6653 0.7045 0.7058 0.6973 0.7036 0.7013
55  Singapore 0.6550 0.6609 0.6625 0.6664 0.6914 0.6914 0.6989
56  Israel 0.6889 0.6965 0.6900 0.7019 0.6957 0.6926 0.6989
57  France 0.6520 0.6824 0.7341 0.7331 0.7025 0.7018 0.6984
58  Madagascar 0.6385 0.6461 0.6736 0.6732 0.6713 0.6797 0.6982
59  Russian Federation 0.6770 0.6866 0.6994 0.6987 0.7036 0.7037 0.6980
60  Estonia 0.6944 0.7008 0.7076 0.7094 0.7018 0.6983 0.6977
61  Macedonia, FYR 0.6983 0.6967 0.6914 0.6950 0.6996 0.6966 0.6968
62  Brazil 0.6543 0.6637 0.6737 0.6695 0.6655 0.6679 0.6909
63  Colombia 0.7049 0.7090 0.6944 0.6939 0.6927 0.6714 0.6901
64  Ukraine 0.6797 0.6790 0.6856 0.6896 0.6869 0.6861 0.6894
65  Thailand 0.6831 0.6815 0.6917 0.6907 0.6910 0.6892 0.6893
66  Vietnam N/A 0.6889 0.6778 0.6802 0.6776 0.6732 0.6867
67  Romania 0.6797 0.6859 0.6763 0.6805 0.6826 0.6812 0.6859
68  Timor-Leste N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.6855
69  China 0.6561 0.6643 0.6878 0.6907 0.6881 0.6866 0.6853
70  Slovak Republic 0.6757 0.6797 0.6824 0.6845 0.6778 0.6797 0.6824
71  Ghana 0.6653 0.6725 0.6679 0.6704 0.6782 0.6811 0.6778
72  Kenya 0.6486 0.6508 0.6547 0.6512 0.6499 0.6493 0.6768
73  Czech Republic 0.6712 0.6718 0.6770 0.6789 0.6850 0.6789 0.6767
74  Honduras 0.6483 0.6661 0.6960 0.6893 0.6927 0.6945 0.6763
75  Brunei Darussalam N/A N/A 0.6392 0.6524 0.6748 0.6787 0.6750
76  Uruguay 0.6549 0.6608 0.6907 0.6936 0.6897 0.6907 0.6745
77  Botswana 0.6897 0.6797 0.6839 0.7071 0.6876 0.6832 0.6744
78  Peru 0.6619 0.6624 0.6959 0.7024 0.6895 0.6796 0.6742
79  Cyprus 0.6430 0.6522 0.6694 0.6706 0.6642 0.6567 0.6732
80  Italy 0.6456 0.6498 0.6788 0.6798 0.6765 0.6796 0.6729
81  Hungary 0.6698 0.6731 0.6867 0.6879 0.6720 0.6642 0.6718
82  Greece 0.6540 0.6648 0.6727 0.6662 0.6908 0.6916 0.6716
83  Paraguay 0.6556 0.6659 0.6379 0.6868 0.6804 0.6818 0.6714
84  Mexico 0.6462 0.6441 0.6441 0.6503 0.6577 0.6604 0.6712
85  Georgia 0.6700 0.6665 0.6654 0.6680 0.6598 0.6624 0.6691
86  Bangladesh 0.6270 0.6314 0.6531 0.6526 0.6702 0.6812 0.6684
87  Chile 0.6455 0.6482 0.6818 0.6884 0.7013 0.7030 0.6676
88  Malta 0.6518 0.6615 0.6634 0.6635 0.6695 0.6658 0.6666
89  Dominican Republic 0.6639 0.6705 0.6744 0.6859 0.6774 0.6682 0.6659
90  Senegal N/A N/A N/A 0.6427 0.6414 0.6573 0.6657
91  Albania 0.6607 0.6685 0.6591 0.6601 0.6726 0.6748 0.6655
92  Armenia N/A 0.6651 0.6677 0.6619 0.6669 0.6654 0.6636
93  Gambia, The 0.6448 0.6421 0.6622 0.6752 0.6762 0.6763 0.6630
94  El Salvador 0.6837 0.6853 0.6875 0.6939 0.6596 0.6567 0.6630
95  Maldives N/A 0.6350 0.6501 0.6482 0.6452 0.6480 0.6616
96  Tajikistan N/A 0.6578 0.6541 0.6661 0.6598 0.6526 0.6608
97  Indonesia 0.6541 0.6550 0.6473 0.6580 0.6615 0.6594 0.6591
98  Mauritius 0.6328 0.6487 0.6466 0.6513 0.6520 0.6529 0.6547
99  Azerbaijan N/A 0.6781 0.6856 0.6626 0.6446 0.6577 0.6546
100  Malaysia 0.6509 0.6444 0.6442 0.6467 0.6479 0.6525 0.6539
101  Japan 0.6447 0.6455 0.6434 0.6447 0.6524 0.6514 0.6530
102  Belize N/A 0.6426 0.6610 0.6636 0.6536 0.6489 0.6465
103  Cambodia 0.6291 0.6353 0.6469 0.6410 0.6482 0.6464 0.6457
104  Burkina Faso 0.5854 0.5912 0.6029 0.6081 0.6162 0.6153 0.6455
105  India 0.6011 0.5936 0.6060 0.6151 0.6155 0.6190 0.6442
106  Suriname N/A 0.6794 0.6674 0.6726 0.6407 0.6395 0.6409
107  United Arab Emirates 0.5919 0.6184 0.6220 0.6198 0.6397 0.6454 0.6392
108  Korea, Rep. 0.6157 0.6409 0.6154 0.6146 0.6342 0.6281 0.6356
109  Kuwait 0.6341 0.6409 0.6358 0.6356 0.6318 0.6322 0.6320
110  Nigeria 0.6104 0.6122 0.6339 0.6280 0.6055 0.6011 0.6315
111  Bahrain 0.5894 0.5931 0.5927 0.6136 0.6217 0.6232 0.6298
112  Cameroon 0.5865 0.5919 0.6017 0.6108 0.6110 0.6073 0.6291
113  Fiji N/A N/A N/A 0.6414 0.6256 0.6255 0.6285
114  Zambia 0.6360 0.6288 0.6205 0.6310 0.6293 0.6300 0.6279
115  Qatar N/A 0.6041 0.5948 0.5907 0.6059 0.6230 0.6264
116  Guatemala 0.6067 0.6144 0.6072 0.6209 0.6238 0.6229 0.6260
117  Benin 0.5780 0.5656 0.5582 0.5643 0.5719 0.5832 0.6258
118  Ethiopia 0.5946 0.5991 0.5867 0.5948 0.6019 0.6136 0.6200
119  Mauritania 0.5835 0.6022 0.6117 0.6103 0.6152 0.6164 0.6129
120  Algeria 0.6018 0.6068 0.6111 0.6119 0.6052 0.5991 0.6112
121  Jordan 0.6109 0.6203 0.6275 0.6182 0.6048 0.6117 0.6103
122  Lebanon N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.6084 0.6083 0.6030
123    Nepal 0.5478 0.5575 0.5942 0.6213 0.6084 0.5888 0.6026
124  Turkey 0.5850 0.5768 0.5853 0.5828 0.5876 0.5954 0.6015
125  Oman N/A 0.5903 0.5960 0.5938 0.5950 0.5873 0.5986
126  Egypt 0.5786 0.5809 0.5832 0.5862 0.5899 0.5933 0.5975
127  Iran, Islamic Rep. 0.5803 0.5903 0.6021 0.5839 0.5933 0.5894 0.5927
128  Mali 0.5996 0.6019 0.6117 0.5860 0.5680 0.5752 0.5842
129  Morocco 0.5827 0.5676 0.5757 0.5926 0.5767 0.5804 0.5833
130  Côte d'Ivoire N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.5691 0.5773 0.5785
131  Saudi Arabia 0.5242 0.5647 0.5537 0.5651 0.5713 0.5753 0.5731
132  Syria N/A 0.6216 0.6181 0.6072 0.5926 0.5896 0.5626
133  Chad 0.5247 0.5381 0.5290 0.5417 0.5330 0.5334 0.5594
134  Pakistan 0.5434 0.5509 0.5549 0.5458 0.5465 0.5583 0.5478
135  Yemen 0.4595 0.4510 0.4664 0.4609 0.4603 0.4873 0.5054
N/A  Angola 0.6039 0.6034 0.6032 0.6353 0.6712 0.6624 N/A
N/A  Zimbabwe 0.6461 0.6464 0.6485 0.6518 0.6574 0.6607 N/A
N/A  Tunisia 0.6288 0.6283 0.6295 0.6233 0.6266 0.6255 N/A

Top countries per continent

Africa

North America

South America

Asia

Europe

North Africa and the Middle East

Oceania

5 highest GGIs

Rank Country GGI
2009 data Change compared to 2008 data
1  New Zealand 0.7880 Increase +0.0021
2  Australia 0.7282 Increase +0.0041
3  Fiji 0.6414 NA
4 NA
5 NA

See also

References

  1. ^ Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University, Laura D. Tyson, University of California, Berkeley, Saadia Zahidi, World Economic Forum, Editors (2009). "The Global Gender Gap Report 2009" (PDF). World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. p. 4. Retrieved 2009-11-02. (...) the Index rewards countries that reach the point where outcomes for women equal those for men, but it neither rewards nor penalizes cases in which women are outperforming men in particular variables {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ 2008 Report, p. 24
  3. ^ 2008 Report, p. 24
  4. ^ 2008 Report, p. 5
  • Ricardo Hausmann, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi, Editors (2012). "The Global Gender Gap Report 2012" (PDF). World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. Retrieved 2012-10-26. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Ricardo Hausmann, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi, Editors (2010). "The Global Gender Gap Report 2010" (PDF). World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. Retrieved 2010-10-20. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Ricardo Hausmann, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi, Editors (2009). "The Global Gender Gap Report 2009" (PDF). World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. Retrieved 2009-11-02. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Ricardo Hausmann, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi, Editors (2008). "The Global Gender Gap Report 2008" (PDF). World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. Retrieved 2008-11-19. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Ricardo Hausmann, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi, Editors (2007). "The Global Gender Gap Report 2007" (PDF). World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. Retrieved 2008-11-19. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Ricardo Hausmann, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi, Editors (2006). "The Global Gender Gap Report 2006" (PDF). World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. Retrieved 2008-11-19. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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