Global Gender Gap by Country 2025

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Global Gender Gap Index 2024

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5 Countries with the Largest Gender Gap Score

Iceland Flag

Iceland

93.5%

Finland Flag

Finland

87.5%

Norway Flag

Norway

87.5%

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand

83.5%

Sweden Flag

Sweden

81.6%

Country
Global Gender Gap Index 2024↓
GGGI Subindex: Economic Participation and Opportunity 2024
GGGI Subindex: Educational Attainment 2024
Iceland93.5%81.5%99.2%
Finland87.5%79.6%100%
Norway87.5%79.9%99.3%
New Zealand83.5%74.1%100%
Sweden81.6%79.4%100%
Nicaragua81.1%64.2%100%
Germany81%67.6%98.7%
Namibia80.5%78.3%100%
Ireland80.2%73.7%100%
Spain79.7%73.2%99.8%
Belgium79.3%71.8%100%
Lithuania79.3%76%99.5%
Moldova79.1%83.7%99.9%
United Kingdom78.9%71.7%100%
Denmark78.9%74.1%99.8%
Ecuador78.8%70.7%99.6%
Portugal78.7%75.4%99.3%
South Africa78.5%65.3%99.7%
Switzerland78.5%72%99.2%
Costa Rica78.5%67.9%100%
France78.1%72.6%100%
Chile78.1%66.2%99%
Australia78%73.6%99.1%
Albania78%78.3%95.8%
Philippines77.9%77.5%100%
Serbia77.9%71%99.9%
Mozambique77.6%69%89.4%
Netherlands77.5%69.4%100%
Estonia77.4%77.7%100%
Latvia77.3%75.5%100%
Barbados77.3%84.8%99.5%
Argentina77.2%65.1%100%
Mexico76.8%61.2%99.4%
Slovenia76.6%76.2%100%
Guyana76.5%72.8%99.4%
Canada76.1%74.6%99.6%
Jamaica75.8%80.9%99.1%
Rwanda75.7%66.8%96.2%
Burundi75.7%78.4%94.3%
Peru75.5%68.6%99%
Cape Verde75.5%74.6%98.5%
Liberia75.4%87.4%89.2%
United States74.7%76.5%100%
Bolivia74.6%65.3%98.5%
Colombia74.5%70.1%100%
Singapore74.4%77.9%99.4%
Eswatini74.4%84%98.2%
Luxembourg74.4%73.5%99.9%
Austria74.3%70.6%99.5%
Panama74.2%72.3%99.8%
Poland74%71.2%99.6%
Zimbabwe74%78.6%99.4%
Suriname73.9%74.2%99.2%
Tanzania73.4%70.5%96.3%
Belarus73.3%81.8%96.7%
Slovakia73.1%72%100%
Botswana73%85.4%100%
North Macedonia72.7%63.5%100%
Honduras72.6%65.4%100%
Bulgaria72.3%74.8%99.3%
Malta72.3%68%100%
Ukraine72.2%73.7%100%
Armenia72.1%70.7%99.1%
Thailand72%77.2%98.5%
Madagascar72%75.9%99.3%
Montenegro71.8%72.4%99.8%
Romania71.7%67.6%99.9%
Brazil71.6%66.7%99.6%
Georgia71.6%72%99.1%
Vietnam71.5%75.1%99.2%
Uruguay71.5%70.9%100%
Greece71.4%68%99.4%
United Arab Emirates71.3%55.3%99.6%
Kenya71.2%78.9%87.7%
Kazakhstan71%75.1%99.9%
Togo71%79.6%84.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina71%62%99.2%
Ethiopia70.9%58.7%86.5%
Sierra Leone70.8%66.8%94.3%
Paraguay70.7%68%99.8%
Uganda70.6%64.5%93.1%
Dominican Republic70.6%70.2%100%
Mongolia70.5%73.6%100%
Cyprus70.5%66.6%99.3%
Timor Leste70.4%63.1%98%
Italy70.3%60.7%99.6%
Ghana70.1%75%97.2%
Laos70%71.4%97.2%
Kyrgyzstan70%69.5%99.1%
Israel69.9%69%100%
Zambia69.7%73.9%97.9%
Guatemala69.7%56.2%98.2%
South Korea69.6%60.5%98%
Belize69.6%72.9%100%
El Salvador69.5%59.2%99.3%
Cameroon69.3%70.5%89.4%
Lesotho69.1%64.8%100%
Bangladesh68.9%31.1%94%
Indonesia68.6%66.7%97.1%
Hungary68.6%69.7%99.9%
Cambodia68.5%71.7%96.7%
Azerbaijan68.5%75%98.5%
China68.4%73.7%93.4%
Czech Republic68.4%63.2%100%
Brunei68.4%71.5%99.7%
Mauritius68.3%60.3%99.3%
Senegal67.9%47.3%93.6%
Gambia67.9%71.8%95.7%
Tajikistan67.3%61.9%94.7%
Vanuatu67.3%71.9%99.7%
Malaysia66.8%63.4%100%
Angola66.8%59.9%74.3%
Tunisia66.8%51.7%97%
Bahrain66.6%57.3%98.6%
Nepal66.4%47.5%92.3%
Japan66.3%56.8%99.3%
Comoros66.3%65.5%94.5%
Burkina Faso66.1%67.4%90.3%
Ivory Coast65.5%61.1%92.4%
Sri Lanka65.3%54.4%99.7%
Jordan65.2%53.6%99.8%
Bhutan65.1%63.4%96.3%
Nigeria65%72.6%84.2%
Saudi Arabia64.7%55.1%99.4%
Turkey64.5%50.7%98.7%
Fiji64.2%58.9%96.9%
India64.1%39.8%96.4%
Qatar64%55.6%99.5%
Kuwait63.6%55%99.7%
Maldives63.3%51.4%100%
Lebanon63.2%55.8%96.6%
Egypt62.9%40.6%96.6%
Benin62.9%53.7%81.7%
Niger62.8%66.4%78.6%
Morocco62.8%40.6%95.5%
Oman62.8%52%98.9%
Algeria61.2%47%95.1%
DR Congo60.9%66.9%68.3%
Mali60.4%49.5%77.6%
Guinea60.1%48.9%73.2%
Iran57.9%34.3%97.7%
Chad57.6%50.6%66.7%
Pakistan57%36%83.6%
Russia0%0%0%
Myanmar0%0%0%
Sudan0%0%0%
Iraq0%0%0%
Afghanistan0%0%0%
Yemen0%0%0%
Uzbekistan0%0%0%
Venezuela0%0%0%
North Korea0%0%0%
Syria0%0%0%
Taiwan0%0%0%
Malawi0%0%0%
Somalia0%0%0%
South Sudan0%0%0%
Haiti0%0%0%
Cuba0%0%0%
Papua New Guinea0%0%0%
Turkmenistan0%0%0%
Libya0%0%0%
Hong Kong0%0%0%
Republic of the Congo0%0%0%
Palestine0%0%0%
Central African Republic0%0%0%
Mauritania0%0%0%
Croatia0%0%0%
Eritrea0%0%0%
Puerto Rico0%0%0%
Gabon0%0%0%
Guinea Bissau0%0%0%
Equatorial Guinea0%0%0%
Trinidad and Tobago0%0%0%
Djibouti0%0%0%
Reunion0%0%0%
Solomon Islands0%0%0%
Macau0%0%0%
Western Sahara0%0%0%
Bahamas0%0%0%
Guadeloupe0%0%0%
Martinique0%0%0%
Mayotte0%0%0%
French Guiana0%0%0%
New Caledonia0%0%0%
French Polynesia0%0%0%
Sao Tome and Principe0%0%0%
Samoa0%0%0%
Curacao0%0%0%
Saint Lucia0%0%0%
Guam0%0%0%
Kiribati0%0%0%
Seychelles0%0%0%
Grenada0%0%0%
Micronesia0%0%0%
Aruba0%0%0%
Jersey0%0%0%
Tonga0%0%0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0%0%0%
Antigua and Barbuda0%0%0%
United States Virgin Islands0%0%0%
Isle of Man0%0%0%
Andorra0%0%0%
Cayman Islands0%0%0%
Dominica0%0%0%
Bermuda0%0%0%
Guernsey0%0%0%
Faroe Islands0%0%0%
Greenland0%0%0%
Saint Kitts and Nevis0%0%0%
Turks and Caicos Islands0%0%0%
American Samoa0%0%0%
Sint Maarten0%0%0%
Northern Mariana Islands0%0%0%
Liechtenstein0%0%0%
Gibraltar0%0%0%
British Virgin Islands0%0%0%
Monaco0%0%0%
Marshall Islands0%0%0%
San Marino0%0%0%
Saint Martin0%0%0%
Palau0%0%0%
Anguilla0%0%0%
Cook Islands0%0%0%
Nauru0%0%0%
Saint Barthelemy0%0%0%
Wallis and Futuna0%0%0%
Tuvalu0%0%0%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon0%0%0%
Montserrat0%0%0%
Falkland Islands0%0%0%
Tokelau0%0%0%
Niue0%0%0%
Vatican City0%0%0%
  • 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.