Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The Global Gender Gap Report in numbers

Oliver Cann

The Global Gender Gap Report ranks 145 economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool, based on economic, educational, health-based and political indicators.

With a decade of data, this year’s edition of the Global Gender Gap Report – first published in 2006 – shows that while the world has made progress overall, stubborn inequalities remain. Here are some eye-catching facts and figures from the report.

2,600,000,000 – The combined population of the three countries with the lowest female-male ratio at birth: China, Armenia & India

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2006 – The year when men’s average pay was the same as women’s today

88% – The amount of the gender gap closed by Iceland, the world’s most gender equal nation

118 – The number of years it will take to close the gender gap entirely

50%More female ministers worldwide than in 2006

24 – The number of countries where the gender gap in education has stagnated or widened since 2006

4% – the amount of the global gender gap that has been closed since the Forum began measuring it in 2006

Author: Oliver Cann, Director, Media Relations, World Economic Forum

Image: A student gestures as she walks out of a school among other students after taking the final test of the national college entrance exams, in Huaibei REUTERS/China Daily

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