Gender Equity Index - Social Watch

The Gender Equity Index (GEI) developed by Social Watch measures gender equity by evaluating the dimensions of education, economic activity and participation in political and economic decision-making ("empowerment"). It is a tool that will serve as a first step towards combining these different dimensions in a single index.

We invite you to read the Gender Equity Index (GEI), developed by Social Watch, which classifies 134 countries on a scale from 1 to 12. The countries that scored the highest were Australia, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Nordic countries generally perform well with regard to gender equity, because they have implemented active gender policies for a relatively long time, and these have led to an increase in women's power and participation. Most of the countries in the second-highest ranking group, with 11 points, were also European, including some eastern European nations like Moldova, Latvia and Lithuania, alongside Canada, Colombia, the United States, the Russian Federation, France and the United Kingdom. The countries with the worst GEI performance were Yemen (3 points), Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Pakistan and Togo (4 points), and Algeria, Guatemala, India, Lebanon, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Turkey (5 points).