Global Gender Gap Report - Global Gender Gap Index Rankings

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

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