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GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2014  

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The Global Gender Gap Report 2014

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 Iceland continues to be at the top of the overall rankings in The Global Gender Gap Index for the sixth consecutive year. Finland ranks in second position, and Norway holds the third place in the overall ranking. Sweden remains in fourth position and Denmark gains three places and ranks this year at the fifth position. Northern European countries dominate the top 10 with Ireland in the eighth position and Belgium (10) Nicaragua (6), Rwanda (7) and Philippines (9) complete the top 10.

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

Country

Rank

Score

Rank

Score

Rank

Score

Rank

Score

Rank

Score

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

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