Global gender gap index 2022

The global gender gap index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education, and health-based criteria. In 2022, the country offering most gender equal conditions was Iceland with a score of 0.91.

The global gender gap index 2022

Characteristic	Index score
Iceland	0.91
Finland	0.86
Norway	0.85
New Zealand	0.84
Sweden	0.82
Namibia	0.81
Rwanda	0.81
Nicaragua	0.81
Lithuania	0.8
Ireland	0.8
Germany	0.8
Switzerland	0.8
Costa Rica	0.8
Spain	0.79
Belgium	0.79
France	0.79
Moldova	0.79
Albania	0.78
Philippines	0.78
Serbia	0.78
South Africa	0.78
United Kingdom	0.78
Austria	0.78
Burundi	0.78
Portugal	0.77
United States	0.77
Netherlands	0.77
Canada	0.77
Latvia	0.77
Barbados	0.77
Mexico	0.76
Denmark	0.76
Argentina	0.76
Belarus	0.75
Mozambique	0.75
Jamaica	0.75
Guyana	0.75
Peru	0.75
Panama	0.74
Slovenia	0.74
Ecuador	0.74
Australia	0.74
Luxembourg	0.74
Bulgaria	0.74
Cape Verde	0.74
Suriname	0.74
Madagascar	0.74
Chile	0.74
Zimbabwe	0.73
Singapore	0.73
Bolivia	0.73
Estonia	0.73
Laos	0.73
Montenegro	0.73
Georgia	0.73
Timor-Leste	0.73
Kenya	0.73
Eswatini	0.73
El Salvador	0.73
Israel	0.73
Uganda	0.72
Zambia	0.72
Italy	0.72
Tanzania	0.72
Kazakhstan	0.72
Botswana	0.72
Slovakia	0.72
United Arab Emirates	0.72
North Macedonia	0.72
Mongolia	0.72
Bangladesh	0.71
Uruguay	0.71
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.71
Ethiopia	0.71
Colombia	0.71
Czech Republic	0.71
Poland	0.71
Liberia	0.71
Thailand	0.71
Paraguay	0.71
Ukraine	0.71
Honduras	0.71
Vietnam	0.71
Dominican Republic	0.7
Malta	0.7
Kyrgyzstan	0.7
Lesotho	0.7
Hungary	0.7
Armenia	0.7
Romania	0.7
Togo	0.7
Indonesia	0.7
Cyprus	0.7
Brazil	0.7
Belize	0.7
Nepal	0.69
Cameroon	0.69
Cambodia	0.69
South Korea	0.69
Greece	0.69
Azerbaijan	0.69
China	0.68
Malaysia	0.68
Brunei Darussalam	0.68
Mauritius	0.68
Myanmar	0.68
Fiji	0.68
Ghana	0.67
Sierra Leone	0.67
Sri Lanka	0.67
Vanuatu	0.67
Senegal	0.67
Guatemala	0.66
Tajikistan	0.66
Burkina Faso	0.66
Japan	0.65
Maldives	0.65
Guinea	0.65
Lebanon	0.64
Tunisia	0.64
Gambia	0.64
Jordan	0.64
Nigeria	0.64
Turkey	0.64
Angola	0.64
Bhutan	0.64
Saudi Arabia	0.64
Niger	0.64
Egypt	0.64
Kuwait	0.63
Bahrain	0.63
Malawi	0.63
Cote d'Ivoire	0.63
Comoros	0.63
India	0.63
Morocco	0.62
Qatar	0.62
Benin	0.61
Oman	0.61
Algeria	0.6
Mali	0.6
Chad	0.58
Iran	0.58
DR Congo	0.58
Pakistan	0.56
Afghanistan	0.44

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

The Global Gender Gap Index, is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria, and is based on a total of 14 indicators from these categories.

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