• The global gender gap index 2020

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The statistic shows the global gender gap index of top 50 countries for 2020. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education, and health-based criteria. In 2020, the leading country was Iceland with a score of 0.87.

The global gender gap index 2020

Country	2020 Index score
Iceland	0.87
Norway	0.84
Finland	0.83
Sweden	0.82
Nicaragua	0.8
Ireland	0.8
New Zealand	0.8
Spain	0.8
Rwanda	0.79
Latvia	0.79
Germany	0.79
Philippines	0.78
Namibia	0.78
Denmark	0.78
France	0.78
South Africa	0.78
Costa Rica	0.78
Switzerland	0.78
Albania	0.77
United Kingdom	0.77
Canada	0.77
Moldova	0.76
Trinidad and Tobago	0.76
Colombia	0.76
Belgium	0.75
Barbados	0.75
Cuba	0.75
Lithuania	0.75
Mexico	0.75
Estonia	0.75
Burundi	0.75
Argentina	0.75
Belarus	0.75
Poland	0.74
Serbia	0.74
Netherlands	0.74
Portugal	0.74
Slovenia	0.74
Jamaica	0.74
Austria	0.74
Uruguay	0.74
Lao PDR	0.73
Ecuador	0.73
Australia	0.73
Panama	0.73
Bulgaria	0.73
Zimbabwe	0.73
Bangladesh	0.73
Zambia	0.73
Bolivia	0.73

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December 2019

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Survey time period

2019

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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