Most Feminist Countries 2025

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Gender Gap Index 2024

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0.6

0.65

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0.75

0.8

0.85

0.9

0.95

5 Countries with the Highest Gender Gap Index

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0.816

Country
Gender Gap Index 2024
GGI Change 2023-2024
US News Ranking 2024
Insider Monkey
Iceland0.9350.023132.07
Finland0.8750.01242.63
Norway0.875-0.00432.91
New Zealand0.835-0.02183.37
Sweden0.8160.00113.66
Nicaragua0.811
Germany0.810-0.005102.1
Namibia0.8050.003
Ireland0.8020.007141.5
Spain0.7970.006182.33
Belgium0.793-0.003112
Lithuania0.793-0.007371.56
Moldova0.7910.003
United Kingdom0.789-0.003162.47
Denmark0.7890.00922.74
Ecuador0.7880.05168
Portugal0.7870.02221
South Africa0.785-0.00251
Switzerland0.7850.00271.93
Costa Rica0.785-0.00846
France0.7810.025171.76
Chile0.7810.00447
Australia0.7800.00292.37
Albania0.780-0.011
Philippines0.779-0.01254
Serbia0.7790.01961
Mozambique0.776-0.002
Netherlands0.775-0.00252.73
Estonia0.774-0.00833
Latvia0.773-0.021391.3
Barbados0.7730.004
Argentina0.7720.01035
Mexico0.7680.00349
Slovenia0.766-0.00738
Guyana0.765
Canada0.761-0.00962.66
Jamaica0.758-0.021
Rwanda0.757-0.037
Burundi0.757-0.006
Peru0.755-0.00957
Liberia0.754-0.006
United States0.747-0.00120
Bolivia0.7460.016
Colombia0.745-0.00670
Singapore0.7440.00523
Eswatini0.744-0.001
Luxembourg0.744-0.003151.27
Austria0.7430.003121.83
Panama0.7420.01867
Poland0.7400.01825
Zimbabwe0.740-0.00688
Suriname0.7390.003
Tanzania0.734-0.006
Belarus0.733-0.01973
Slovakia0.7310.01142
Botswana0.7300.011
North Macedonia0.7270.016
Honduras0.726-0.00978
Bulgaria0.7230.00834
Croatia0.723-0.00736
Malta0.7230.010
Ukraine0.7220.00848
Armenia0.721
Thailand0.7200.00950
Madagascar0.720-0.017
Montenegro0.7180.004
Romania0.7170.02043
Brazil0.716-0.01040
Georgia0.7160.008
Vietnam0.7150.00462
Uruguay0.7150.00152
Greece0.7140.02124
United Arab Emirates0.7130.00126
Kenya0.7120.00472
Kazakhstan0.710-0.01183
Togo0.7100.014
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.7100.012
Ethiopia0.709-0.002
Sierra Leone0.7080.041
Paraguay0.7070.012
Uganda0.706
Dominican Republic0.7060.00255
Mongolia0.7050.001
Cyprus0.7050.02745
Timor-Leste0.7040.011
Italy0.703-0.00219
Ghana0.7010.01377
Laos0.700-0.033
Kyrgyzstan0.700
Israel0.699-0.00266
Zambia0.697-0.002
Guatemala0.6970.03874
South Korea0.6960.01627
Belize0.696
El Salvador0.695-0.01975
Cameroon0.69382
Lesotho0.691-0.011
Bangladesh0.689-0.03386
Indonesia0.686-0.01165
Hungary0.686-0.00331
Cambodia0.685-0.01081
Azerbaijan0.685-0.00779
China0.6840.00629
Czech Republic0.684-0.00128
Brunei0.684-0.009
Mauritius0.683-0.006
Uzbekistan0.68185
Senegal0.679-0.001
Gambia0.6790.028
Tajikistan0.6730.001
Vanuatu0.673-0.005
Angola0.6680.012
Malaysia0.668-0.01441
Tunisia0.6680.02669
Bahrain0.66659
Nepal0.6640.005
Japan0.6630.01622
Comoros0.663-0.001
Burkina Faso0.661-0.015
Ivory Coast0.6550.005
Sri Lanka0.653-0.01071
Jordan0.6520.00658
Bhutan0.651-0.031
Nigeria0.6500.013
Saudi Arabia0.6470.01032
Turkey0.6450.00756
Fiji0.642-0.008
India0.641-0.00276
Qatar0.6400.01330
Kuwait0.636-0.01564
Maldives0.633-0.016
Lebanon0.6320.00487
Egypt0.6290.00360
Benin0.6290.013
Morocco0.6280.00763
Niger0.6280.006
Oman0.6280.01453
Algeria0.6120.03980
DR Congo0.609-0.003
Mali0.604-0.001
Guinea0.601-0.016
Iran0.5790.00489
Chad0.5760.006
Pakistan0.570-0.005
Sudan0.568
Russia44
Myanmar-0.65084
Afghanistan-0.405
Malawi-0.676
  • The Gender Gap Index (GII) measures gender equality across countries by assessing disparities between men and women in key areas such as economic participation, education, health, and political empowerment, providing an overall picture of progress toward gender equality. Higher scores are preferable, with a score of 1.000 indicating true equality.
  • Higher scores in the Insider Monkey feminism index are preferable.