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GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2014
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28 October
2014 -n The Global Gender Gap Report 2014 emphasizes persisting
gender gap divides across and within regions. Based on the nine years of data
available for the 111 countries that have been part of the report since its
inception, the world has seen only a small improvement in equality for women in
the workplace. According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, launched
today, the gender gap for economic participation and opportunity now stands at
60% worldwide, having closed by 4% from 56% in 2006.
The gender gap is narrowest in terms of health and
survival with a gap standing at 96% globally, with 35 countries having closed
the gap entirely. Despite all this, it is the only subindex which declined over
the course of the past nine year. The educational attainment gap is the
next narrowest, standing at 94% globally. Here, 25 countries have closed the
gap entirely. While the gender gap for economic participation and opportunity
lags stubbornly behind, the gap for political empowerment, the fourth pillar measured,
remains wider still, standing at 21%, although this area has seen the most
improvement since 2006.
This year’s
findings show that
The index continues to track the strong
correlation between a country’s gender gap and its national competitiveness.
Because women account for one-half of a country’s potential talent base, a
nation’s competitiveness in the long term depends significantly on whether and
how it educates and utilizes its women.
GLOBAL RANKINGS 2014
OVERALL |
ECONOMIC PARTICIPATIONAND OPPORTUNITY |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
HEALTH AND SURVIVAL |
POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT |
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Country |
Rank |
Score |
Rank |
Score |
Rank |
Score |
Rank |
Score |
Rank |
Score |
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Iceland |
1 |
0.8594 |
7 |
0.8169 |
1 |
1.0000 |
128 |
0.9654 |
1 |
0.6554 |
||||
Finland |
2 |
0.8453 |
21 |
0.7859 |
1 |
1.0000 |
52 |
0.9789 |
2 |
0.6162 |
||||
Norway |
3 |
0.8374 |
2 |
0.8357 |
1 |
1.0000 |
98 |
0.9695 |
3 |
0.5444 |
||||
Sweden |
4 |
0.8165 |
15 |
0.7989 |
43 |
0.9974 |
100 |
0.9694 |
5 |
0.5005 |
||||
Denmark |
5 |
0.8025 |
12 |
0.8053 |
1 |
1.0000 |
65 |
0.9741 |
7 |
0.4306 |
||||
Nicaragua |
6 |
0.7894 |
95 |
0.6347 |
33 |
0.9996 |
1 |
0.9796 |
4 |
0.5439 |
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Rwanda* |
7 |
0.7854 |
25 |
0.7698 |
114 |
0.9289 |
118 |
0.9667 |
6 |
0.4762 |
||||
Ireland |
8 |
0.7850 |
28 |
0.7543 |
40 |
0.9979 |
67 |
0.9739 |
8 |
0.4140 |
||||
Philippines |
9 |
0.7814 |
24 |
0.7780 |
1 |
1.0000 |
1 |
0.9796 |
17 |
0.3682 |
||||
Belgium |
10 |
0.7809 |
27 |
0.7577 |
73 |
0.9921 |
52 |
0.9789 |
13 |
0.3948 |
||||
Switzerland |
11 |
0.7798 |
23 |
0.7797 |
72 |
0.9922 |
70 |
0.9737 |
16 |
0.3737 |
||||
Germany |
12 |
0.7780 |
34 |
0.7388 |
34 |
0.9995 |
67 |
0.9739 |
11 |
0.3998 |
||||
New Zealand |
13 |
0.7772 |
30 |
0.7517 |
1 |
1.0000 |
96 |
0.9698 |
14 |
0.3872 |
||||
Netherlands |
14 |
0.7730 |
51 |
0.7106 |
1 |
1.0000 |
94 |
0.9699 |
9 |
0.4116 |
||||
Latvia |
15 |
0.7691 |
16 |
0.7931 |
1 |
1.0000 |
1 |
0.9796 |
25 |
0.3038 |
||||
France |
16 |
0.7588 |
57 |
0.7036 |
1 |
1.0000 |
1 |
0.9796 |
20 |
0.3520 |
||||
Burundi |
17 |
0.7565 |
1 |
0.8630 |
120 |
0.9013 |
1 |
0.9796 |
30 |
0.2822 |
||||
South Africa |
18 |
0.7527 |
83 |
0.6473 |
85 |
0.9869 |
1 |
0.9796 |
12 |
0.3969 |
||||
Canada |
19 |
0.7464 |
17 |
0.7928 |
1 |
1.0000 |
100 |
0.9694 |
42 |
0.2233 |
||||
United States |
20 |
0.7463 |
4 |
0.8276 |
39 |
0.9980 |
62 |
0.9747 |
54 |
0.1847 |
||||
Ecuador |
21 |
0.7455 |
45 |
0.7154 |
52 |
0.9956 |
1 |
0.9796 |
28 |
0.2914 |
||||
Bulgaria |
22 |
0.7444 |
39 |
0.7288 |
66 |
0.9934 |
37 |
0.9791 |
31 |
0.2764 |
||||
Slovenia |
23 |
0.7443 |
22 |
0.7827 |
27 |
0.9999 |
74 |
0.9730 |
43 |
0.2214 |
||||
Australia |
24 |
0.7409 |
14 |
0.8010 |
1 |
1.0000 |
70 |
0.9737 |
53 |
0.1887 |
||||
Moldova |
25 |
0.7405 |
11 |
0.8077 |
56 |
0.9949 |
37 |
0.9791 |
59 |
0.1802 |
||||
United Kingdom |
26 |
0.7383 |
46 |
0.7140 |
32 |
0.9996 |
94 |
0.9699 |
33 |
0.2698 |
||||
Mozambique |
27 |
0.7370 |
19 |
0.7892 |
129 |
0.8326 |
104 |
0.9680 |
19 |
0.3581 |
||||
Luxembourg |
28 |
0.7333 |
29 |
0.7529 |
1 |
1.0000 |
106 |
0.9678 |
45 |
0.2123 |
||||
Spain |
29 |
0.7325 |
84 |
0.6470 |
44 |
0.9973 |
87 |
0.9719 |
23 |
0.3139 |
||||
Cuba |
30 |
0.7317 |
113 |
0.5798 |
26 |
1.0000 |
37 |
0.9791 |
18 |
0.3680 |
||||
Argentina |
31 |
0.7317 |
96 |
0.6312 |
50 |
0.9962 |
1 |
0.9796 |
21 |
0.3197 |
||||
Belarus* |
32 |
0.7300 |
6 |
0.8203 |
35 |
0.9995 |
37 |
0.9791 |
89 |
0.1211 |
||||
Barbados |
33 |
0.7289 |
20 |
0.7885 |
42 |
0.9976 |
1 |
0.9796 |
73 |
0.1501 |
||||
Malawi |
34 |
0.7281 |
3 |
0.8298 |
121 |
0.8903 |
110 |
0.9673 |
41 |
0.2250 |
||||
Bahamas |
35 |
0.7269 |
5 |
0.8223 |
1 |
1.0000 |
1 |
0.9796 |
101 |
0.1059 |
||||
Austria |
36 |
0.7266 |
68 |
0.6704 |
1 |
1.0000 |
52 |
0.9789 |
36 |
0.2573 |
||||
Kenya |
37 |
0.7258 |
9 |
0.8104 |
115 |
0.9229 |
80 |
0.9730 |
48 |
0.1969 |
||||
Lesotho |
38 |
0.7255 |
32 |
0.7449 |
1 |
1.0000 |
60 |
0.9758 |
57 |
0.1813 |
||||
Portugal |
39 |
0.7243 |
44 |
0.7192 |
68 |
0.9933 |
85 |
0.9724 |
44 |
0.2124 |
||||
Namibia |
40 |
0.7219 |
38 |
0.7326 |
1 |
1.0000 |
1 |
0.9796 |
62 |
0.1755 |
||||
Madagascar |
41 |
0.7214 |
37 |
0.7335 |
95 |
0.9738 |
82 |
0.9725 |
47 |
0.2056 |
||||
Mongolia |
42 |
0.7212 |
10 |
0.8082 |
69 |
0.9932 |
1 |
0.9796 |
103 |
0.1037 |
||||
Kazakhstan |
43 |
0.7210 |
33 |
0.7414 |
48 |
0.9966 |
1 |
0.9796 |
66 |
0.1662 |
||||
Lithuania |
44 |
0.7208 |
35 |
0.7384 |
61 |
0.9942 |
37 |
0.9791 |
65 |
0.1714 |
||||
Peru |
45 |
0.7198 |
98 |
0.6271 |
84 |
0.9875 |
93 |
0.9705 |
27 |
0.2941 |
||||
Panama |
46 |
0.7195 |
48 |
0.7123 |
60 |
0.9942 |
1 |
0.9796 |
52 |
0.1920 |
||||
Tanzania |
47 |
0.7182 |
53 |
0.7077 |
125 |
0.8746 |
73 |
0.9732 |
22 |
0.3173 |
||||
Costa Rica |
48 |
0.7165 |
105 |
0.6155 |
1 |
1.0000 |
62 |
0.9747 |
32 |
0.2758 |
||||
Trinidad and Tobago |
49 |
0.7154 |
54 |
0.7072 |
57 |
0.9944 |
1 |
0.9796 |
58 |
0.1805 |
||||
Cape Verde |
50 |
0.7133 |
107 |
0.6077 |
102 |
0.9648 |
1 |
0.9796 |
26 |
0.3013 |
||||
Botswana |
51 |
0.7129 |
8 |
0.8166 |
1 |
1.0000 |
112 |
0.9671 |
124 |
0.0679 |
||||
Jamaica |
52 |
0.7128 |
40 |
0.7284 |
37 |
0.9984 |
1 |
0.9796 |
75 |
0.1447 |
||||
Colombia |
53 |
0.7122 |
50 |
0.7107 |
51 |
0.9961 |
37 |
0.9791 |
67 |
0.1628 |
||||
Serbia |
54 |
0.7086 |
67 |
0.6704 |
54 |
0.9954 |
74 |
0.9730 |
51 |
0.1957 |
||||
Croatia |
55 |
0.7075 |
65 |
0.6753 |
65 |
0.9938 |
37 |
0.9791 |
56 |
0.1817 |
||||
Ukraine |
56 |
0.7056 |
31 |
0.7483 |
29 |
0.9998 |
74 |
0.9730 |
105 |
0.1012 |
||||
Poland |
57 |
0.7051 |
61 |
0.6808 |
36 |
0.9995 |
37 |
0.9791 |
68 |
0.1609 |
||||
Bolivia |
58 |
0.7049 |
92 |
0.6379 |
99 |
0.9697 |
56 |
0.9770 |
40 |
0.2350 |
||||
Singapore |
59 |
0.7046 |
18 |
0.7899 |
110 |
0.9413 |
114 |
0.9671 |
90 |
0.1201 |
||||
Lao PDR |
60 |
0.7044 |
13 |
0.8016 |
118 |
0.9084 |
86 |
0.9721 |
81 |
0.1355 |
||||
Thailand |
61 |
0.7027 |
26 |
0.7677 |
64 |
0.9938 |
1 |
0.9796 |
121 |
0.0700 |
||||
Estonia |
62 |
0.7017 |
56 |
0.7055 |
1 |
1.0000 |
37 |
0.9791 |
88 |
0.1221 |
||||
Zimbabwe* |
63 |
0.7013 |
47 |
0.7130 |
112 |
0.9396 |
1 |
0.9796 |
64 |
0.1732 |
||||
Guyana |
64 |
0.7010 |
117 |
0.5652 |
1 |
1.0000 |
1 |
0.9796 |
34 |
0.2591 |
||||
Israel |
65 |
0.7005 |
90 |
0.6392 |
49 |
0.9964 |
96 |
0.9698 |
49 |
0.1965 |
||||
Chile |
66 |
0.6975 |
119 |
0.5523 |
30 |
0.9997 |
36 |
0.9792 |
35 |
0.2589 |
||||
Kyrgyz Republic |
67 |
0.6974 |
62 |
0.6801 |
87 |
0.9860 |
74 |
0.9730 |
71 |
0.1506 |
||||
Bangladesh |
68 |
0.6973 |
127 |
0.4774 |
111 |
0.9402 |
122 |
0.9663 |
10 |
0.4055 |
||||
Italy |
69 |
0.6973 |
114 |
0.5738 |
62 |
0.9939 |
70 |
0.9737 |
37 |
0.2479 |
||||
Macedonia, FYR |
70 |
0.6943 |
80 |
0.6511 |
77 |
0.9891 |
131 |
0.9628 |
63 |
0.1740 |
||||
Brazil |
71 |
0.6941 |
81 |
0.6491 |
1 |
1.0000 |
1 |
0.9796 |
74 |
0.1476 |
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