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 |
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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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