Global Gender Gap by Country 2026

GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0)

0.55

0.6

0.65

0.7

0.75

0.8

0.85

0.9

0.95

6 Countries with the Most Gender Equality

Sweden

0.817

Country	GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0) 2025↓	GGGI Economics Score 2025	GGGI Education Score 2025	GGGI Health Score 2025	GGGI Politics Score 2025
Iceland	0.926	0.798	0.990	0.960	0.954
Finland	0.879	0.815	1.000	0.971	0.728
Norway	0.863	0.776	0.995	0.959	0.959
United Kingdom	0.838	0.744	1.000	0.965	0.643
New Zealand	0.827	0.738	1.000	0.964	0.605
Sweden	0.817	0.818	1.000	0.962	0.488
Moldova	0.813	0.853	0.998	0.977	0.425
Namibia	0.811	0.797	1.000	0.980	0.467
Germany	0.803	0.680	0.988	0.966	0.579
Ireland	0.801	0.755	1.000	0.963	0.488
Estonia	0.799	0.754	1.000	0.979	0.463
Spain	0.797	0.731	1.000	0.965	0.493
Australia	0.792	0.754	0.990	0.965	0.458
Denmark	0.791	0.752	0.997	0.964	0.450
Costa Rica	0.786	0.709	0.998	0.974	0.461
Barbados	0.786	0.848	0.994	0.965	0.336
Switzerland	0.785	0.721	0.993	0.963	0.463
Nicaragua	0.783	0.533	1.000	0.976	0.626
Lithuania	0.783	0.750	0.988	0.980	0.415
Philippines	0.781	0.790	0.988	0.967	0.377
Latvia	0.778	0.737	1.000	0.976	0.401
Chile	0.777	0.654	0.987	0.967	0.499
Mexico	0.776	0.609	0.993	0.980	0.522
Bangladesh	0.775	0.457	0.960	0.960	0.721
Ecuador	0.774	0.689	0.996	0.977	0.434
Serbia	0.774	0.713	0.998	0.970	0.414
Belgium	0.773	0.716	1.000	0.966	0.412
Trinidad and Tobago	0.772	0.735	1.000	0.980	0.373
Slovenia	0.770	0.758	1.000	0.972	0.350
Cape Verde	0.769	0.758	0.979	0.980	0.360
Guyana	0.768	0.743	0.992	0.980	0.359
South Africa	0.767	0.657	0.996	0.974	0.443
Canada	0.767	0.751	1.000	0.969	0.350
Portugal	0.767	0.757	0.997	0.970	0.342
France	0.765	0.725	1.000	0.969	0.364
Albania	0.763	0.787	0.955	0.963	0.349
Argentina	0.762	0.666	1.000	0.974	0.409
Rwanda	0.762	0.712	0.960	0.969	0.404
Jamaica	0.762	0.772	1.000	0.973	0.304
Liberia	0.760	0.865	0.910	0.955	0.319
Colombia	0.758	0.703	1.000	0.978	0.352
United States	0.756	0.762	1.000	0.973	0.291
Netherlands	0.756	0.698	1.000	0.961	0.366
Burundi	0.756	0.794	0.936	0.973	0.320
Poland	0.750	0.713	0.998	0.979	0.311
Singapore	0.748	0.789	1.000	0.972	0.232
Eswatini	0.748	0.856	0.983	0.980	0.174
Zimbabwe	0.747	0.788	0.996	0.974	0.230
Bolivia	0.747	0.671	0.986	0.975	0.357
Luxembourg	0.745	0.723	1.000	0.965	0.290
Panama	0.741	0.722	0.998	0.975	0.975
Mozambique	0.738	0.737	0.885	0.975	0.354
Suriname	0.738	0.741	0.990	0.976	0.245
Tanzania	0.736	0.701	0.956	0.963	0.325
Belarus	0.736	0.805	0.991	0.980	0.170
Peru	0.735	0.680	0.982	0.976	0.302
Austria	0.735	0.711	0.995	0.968	0.268
Madagascar	0.734	0.759	0.980	0.962	0.232
Armenia	0.731	0.668	0.980	0.961	0.316
Botswana	0.731	0.873	1.000	0.971	0.079
Ukraine	0.730	0.744	1.000	0.977	0.198
Dominican Republic	0.730	0.707	1.000	0.979	0.234
Georgia	0.729	0.724	0.985	0.975	0.234
Thailand	0.728	0.786	1.000	0.977	0.148
Croatia	0.728	0.657	1.000	0.977	0.281
Mongolia	0.728	0.771	1.000	0.980	0.163
Honduras	0.727	0.648	1.000	0.966	0.294
Malta	0.727	0.674	1.000	0.959	0.273
United Arab Emirates	0.724	0.572	0.996	0.959	0.372
Slovakia	0.723	0.711	1.000	0.980	0.201
Brazil	0.720	0.662	1.000	0.977	0.240
Uruguay	0.720	0.710	1.000	0.979	0.190
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.717	0.627	0.996	0.967	0.280
Vietnam	0.713	0.759	0.972	0.949	0.173
Ethiopia	0.710	0.553	0.828	0.970	0.489
Greece	0.709	0.670	0.993	0.965	0.206
Israel	0.709	0.730	1.000	0.952	0.152
El Salvador	0.709	0.607	0.992	0.980	0.256
Uganda	0.707	0.638	0.908	0.980	0.301
Zambia	0.707	0.825	0.930	0.973	0.102
Guatemala	0.706	0.636	0.979	0.980	0.232
Bulgaria	0.706	0.751	0.993	0.979	0.100
Cyprus	0.706	0.692	0.996	0.961	0.175
Montenegro	0.705	0.666	0.992	0.970	0.194
Italy	0.704	0.599	0.998	0.966	0.255
Timor-Leste	0.704	0.652	0.967	0.964	0.231
Ghana	0.703	0.763	0.972	0.972	0.105
Paraguay	0.703	0.670	0.998	0.974	0.173
Belize	0.702	0.764	1.000	0.969	0.073
Gabon	0.699	0.602	0.992	0.973	0.227
North Macedonia	0.699	0.593	1.000	0.959	0.246
Kazakhstan	0.698	0.715	0.990	0.976	0.111
Cameroon	0.697	0.720	0.879	0.968	0.223
Romania	0.697	0.670	0.998	0.980	0.141
Kyrgyzstan	0.696	0.667	1.000	0.980	0.139
Indonesia	0.692	0.668	0.978	0.968	0.153
Laos	0.692	0.721	0.935	0.973	0.140
Kenya	0.689	0.738	0.847	0.971	0.200
Azerbaijan	0.688	0.748	0.988	0.934	0.081
Lesotho	0.688	0.637	1.000	0.980	0.136
South Korea	0.687	0.608	0.980	0.976	0.182
China	0.686	0.726	0.935	0.947	0.135
Czechia	0.686	0.643	1.000	0.977	0.124
Hungary	0.684	0.688	0.998	0.980	0.072
Bahrain	0.684	0.656	0.984	0.953	0.146
Cambodia	0.682	0.721	0.953	0.975	0.080
Malaysia	0.681	0.682	0.996	0.967	0.079
Brunei	0.681	0.702	0.996	0.958	0.069
Vanuatu	0.679	0.737	1.000	0.973	0.006
Uzbekistan	0.678	0.558	0.998	0.955	0.202
Sierra Leone	0.677	0.664	0.829	0.960	0.253
Mauritius	0.677	0.618	0.992	0.980	0.119
Benin	0.676	0.715	0.828	0.971	0.190
Gambia	0.674	0.733	0.928	0.964	0.070
Comoros	0.672	0.693	0.938	0.962	0.093
Senegal	0.670	0.488	0.938	0.964	0.288
Angola	0.668	0.594	0.806	0.972	0.301
Japan	0.666	0.613	0.994	0.973	0.085
Bhutan	0.663	0.693	0.954	0.959	0.045
Burkina Faso	0.659	0.670	0.900	0.973	0.095
Togo	0.657	0.617	0.866	0.971	0.173
Jordan	0.655	0.552	0.990	0.956	0.120
Tunisia	0.654	0.515	0.974	0.968	0.157
Nigeria	0.649	0.762	0.837	0.962	0.036
Nepal	0.648	0.460	0.910	0.966	0.258
Ivory Coast	0.647	0.615	0.915	0.971	0.086
Fiji	0.647	0.588	0.976	0.965	0.060
Tajikistan	0.646	0.524	0.939	0.964	0.156
Kuwait	0.646	0.551	0.993	0.965	0.077
Sri Lanka	0.645	0.545	0.998	0.976	0.062
India	0.644	0.407	0.971	0.954	0.245
Saudi Arabia	0.643	0.544	0.993	0.958	0.077
Papua New Guinea	0.638	0.684	0.898	0.956	0.015
Oman	0.637	0.552	0.989	0.965	0.965
Turkey	0.633	0.518	0.986	0.968	0.059
Lebanon	0.632	0.535	0.989	0.972	0.032
Morocco	0.628	0.408	0.960	0.956	0.188
Maldives	0.626	0.507	1.000	0.959	0.036
Egypt	0.625	0.406	0.968	0.969	0.157
Mali	0.617	0.517	0.796	0.956	0.200
Algeria	0.614	0.463	0.974	0.954	0.064
Niger	0.613	0.576	0.806	0.959	0.959
DR Congo	0.601	0.652	0.649	0.973	0.129
Guinea	0.595	0.487	0.731	0.962	0.201
Iran	0.583	0.349	0.980	0.961	0.043
Chad	0.571	0.444	0.666	0.966	0.209
Sudan	0.570	0.313	0.974	0.961	0.030
Pakistan	0.567	0.347		0.959	0.110

World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) expresses gender parity in a percentage format in which 100% equals full perfect gender equality and 0% equals a complete lack of gender equality.

The annual Global Gender Gap Index measures gender gaps in 156 countries around the globe. The rankings are based on the equality of genders across four areas: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Political Empowerment, and Health and Survival. The index assigns a score of 0 percent to 100 percent, with 0 being the lowest possible gender equality (and highest gender gap) and 100 being the most significant gender equality (and lowest gender gap).

In the 2023 index, Afghanistan has the highest gender gap at 43 percent. The index gives an educational attainment score of 48 percent and an economic opportunity and parity score of 17.6 percent. Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan, has the next-highest gender gap at 56.4 percent. The rest of the bottom five countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 57.5 percent, Iran at 57.6 percent, and Chad at 57.9 percent.

The lowest gender gap in 2023 was in Iceland, which has an index of 90.8 percent. Educational opportunities are just about equal for men and women in Iceland, and the economic participation and opportunity score is 80.3 percent. Finland, also in Northern Europe, also has a relatively low gender gap. Its overall score is 86 percent. Nearby Norway has a score of 84.5 percent. Although women and men have about equal educational attainment, Norway’s economic participation and opportunity score is only 49.2 percent. New Zealand and Sweden round out the top five countries with the lowest gender gaps. New Zealand scored 84.1 percent on the index, while Sweden scored 82.2 percent.

North American countries generally scored in the upper-middle section of the rankings. The United States scored 76.9 percent, Canada scored 77.2 percent, and Mexico scored 76 percent. Costa Rica scored 79 percent, Panama scored 74.3 percent, and Nicaragua scored 80 percent. In the Caribbean, Jamaica scored 74.9, and Barbados, 76.5 percent.

South American countries tended toward the lower-middle section of the range. Argentina has the lowest gender gap at 75.6 percent, while Brazil has the highest at 69.6 percent.

The scores in African nations varied widely. Rwanda, at 81.1 percent, had the lowest gender gap in Africa. Chad, at 57.9 percent, had the highest.