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Global Gender Gap Index (GGI) by country

Data on five composite measures of gender equality.

Countries reporting
147
Highest
0.9082
Iceland
Lowest
0.492
Yemen
Median
0.7141
Years covered
17
2006–2022
Data points
2,178

What the numbers show

Global Gender Gap Index (GGI) is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 0.9082 in Iceland; the lowest is 0.492 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7141, and the mean is 0.7115.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 18.2%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 11.8%).

Global Gender Gap Index (GGI): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 0.9082 2022 up 5.1% rising
2 Finland 0.8605 2022 up 1.8% flat
3 Norway 0.8449 2022 up 0.6% flat
4 New Zealand 0.8412 2022 up 7.8% rising
5 Sweden 0.8224 2022 up 0.8% flat
6 Rwanda 0.8112 2022 up 3.3% flat
7 Nicaragua 0.8102 2022 up 5.3% rising
8 Namibia 0.8066 2022 up 13.3% rising
9 Ireland 0.8045 2022 up 2.6% rising
10 Germany 0.8011 2022 up 5.0% rising
11 Lithuania 0.7991 2022 up 11.1% rising
12 Costa Rica 0.7956 2022 up 10.1% rising
13 Switzerland 0.7948 2022 up 3.6% rising
14 Belgium 0.7927 2022 up 3.6% rising
15 France 0.7911 2022 up 13.3% rising
16 Moldova 0.7884 2022 up 11.0% rising
17 Spain 0.7884 2022 up 8.5% rising
18 Albania 0.7869 2022 up 18.2% rising
19 Philippines 0.7825 2022 up 0.9% flat
20 South Africa 0.782 2022 up 4.3% rising
21 Austria 0.781 2022 up 5.7% rising
22 United Kingdom 0.7802 2022 up 5.0% rising
23 Serbia 0.7788 2022 up 10.7% rising
24 Burundi 0.7766 2022 up 5.8% flat
25 Canada 0.7724 2022 up 4.6% rising
26 Latvia 0.7707 2022 up 1.8% rising
27 United States 0.769 2022 up 4.3% rising
28 Netherlands 0.7673 2022 up 0.2% flat
29 Portugal 0.7659 2022 up 8.3% rising
30 Barbados 0.7645 2022 up 5.7% rising
31 Mexico 0.764 2022 up 13.8% rising
32 Denmark 0.7636 2022 down 1.8% flat
33 Argentina 0.7564 2022 up 4.9% rising
34 Mozambique 0.7521 2022 up 2.3% flat
35 Guyana 0.7517 2022 up 5.6% flat
36 Belarus 0.7501 2022 up 2.8% rising
37 Peru 0.7491 2022 up 11.1% rising
38 Trinidad and Tobago 0.749 2021 up 1.6% rising
39 Jamaica 0.7486 2022 up 6.4% rising
40 Slovenia 0.7438 2022 up 4.3% rising
41 Panama 0.7433 2022 up 4.4% rising
42 Ecuador 0.7426 2022 up 3.0% rising
43 Bulgaria 0.7401 2022 up 5.4% rising
44 Australia 0.7379 2022 up 1.2% flat
45 Suriname 0.7374 2022 up 15.1% rising
46 Cape Verde 0.7363 2022 up 2.6% flat
47 Luxembourg 0.7363 2022 down 1.0% rising
48 Chile 0.7359 2022 up 10.2% rising
49 Madagascar 0.7348 2022 up 5.2% rising
50 Singapore 0.7344 2022 up 5.1% rising
51 Zimbabwe 0.7341 2022 up 11.1% rising
52 Bolivia 0.7338 2022 up 1.6% rising
53 Estonia 0.7334 2022 up 5.1% rising
54 Laos 0.733 2022 up 4.8% rising
55 Croatia 0.733 2021 up 4.6% flat
56 Montenegro 0.7321 2022 up 5.6% rising
57 Georgia 0.7305 2022 up 9.2% rising
58 East Timor 0.7302 2022 up 6.5% rising
59 Kenya 0.7293 2022 up 7.8% rising
60 Eswatini 0.7275 2022 up 7.4% rising
61 El Salvador 0.7274 2022 up 9.7% rising
62 Israel 0.7266 2022 up 4.0% rising
63 Bahamas 0.725 2021 down 1.2% flat
64 Uganda 0.7235 2022 up 0.1% flat
65 Zambia 0.7234 2022 up 15.2% rising
66 Italy 0.7203 2022 up 7.0% rising
67 Tanzania 0.7192 2022 up 1.4% flat
68 Kazakhstan 0.719 2022 down 0.3% flat
69 Botswana 0.7187 2022 up 6.6% rising
70 Slovak Republic 0.7168 2022 up 5.0% rising
71 United Arab Emirates 0.7163 2022 up 12.1% rising
72 North Macedonia 0.7158 2022 up 2.7% flat
73 Mongolia 0.7149 2022 up 0.5% flat
74 Bangladesh 0.7141 2022 up 6.8% rising
75 Uruguay 0.7106 2022 up 5.4% rising
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7101 2022 up 3.7% flat
77 Ethiopia 0.7101 2022 up 14.5% rising
78 Colombia 0.7097 2022 up 2.8% rising
79 Czechia 0.7096 2022 up 4.9% rising
80 Poland 0.7094 2022 up 1.1% rising
81 Liberia 0.7091 2022 up 9.7% rising
82 Thailand 0.709 2022 up 2.9% flat
83 Russia 0.708 2021 up 0.6% flat
84 Paraguay 0.7075 2022 up 5.4% rising
85 Ukraine 0.707 2022 up 2.6% rising
86 Honduras 0.7052 2022 up 4.3% rising
87 Vietnam 0.7052 2022 up 2.7% flat
88 Dominican Republic 0.7033 2022 up 5.6% rising
89 Malta 0.7032 2022 up 5.5% rising
90 Kyrgyzstan 0.7005 2022 down 0.1% flat
91 Lesotho 0.6999 2022 down 8.0% falling
92 Venezuela 0.699 2021 up 1.9% flat
93 Hungary 0.6986 2022 up 4.0% flat
94 Armenia 0.6984 2022 up 5.3% flat
95 Romania 0.6976 2022 up 1.7% flat
96 Indonesia 0.6965 2022 up 5.7% rising
97 Cyprus 0.6961 2022 up 3.4% rising
98 Brazil 0.696 2022 up 0.7% flat
99 Belize 0.6946 2022 up 7.4% rising
100 Nepal 0.6923 2022 up 14.9% rising
101 Cameroon 0.6916 2022 up 9.9% rising
102 Cambodia 0.6901 2022 up 6.9% rising
103 Korea 0.6891 2022 up 8.4% rising
104 Greece 0.6887 2022 up 2.5% flat
105 Azerbaijan 0.6874 2022 up 5.0% flat
106 China 0.6824 2022 down 0.4% flat
107 Malaysia 0.6814 2022 up 4.2% rising
108 Brunei 0.6799 2022 up 0.7% flat
109 Mauritius 0.6788 2022 up 3.7% flat
110 Myanmar 0.6767 2022 down 2.1% flat
111 Fiji 0.6763 2022 up 7.6% rising
112 Ghana 0.6723 2022 down 0.8% flat
113 Sri Lanka 0.6702 2022 down 5.9% falling
114 Senegal 0.6685 2022 up 0.4% flat
115 Guatemala 0.6644 2022 up 6.1% rising
116 Tajikistan 0.6626 2022 up 0.3% flat
117 Burkina Faso 0.6593 2022 up 2.1% rising
118 Japan 0.6496 2022 down 0.5% flat
119 Maldives 0.6479 2022 down 2.1% flat
120 Guinea 0.6475 2022 up 7.8% rising
121 Lebanon 0.6438 2022 up 6.8% flat
122 Tunisia 0.6431 2022 up 2.8% flat
123 Gambia 0.6407 2022 down 3.4% flat
124 Jordan 0.6391 2022 up 4.7% flat
125 Nigeria 0.639 2022 up 1.2% flat
126 Türkiye 0.6389 2022 up 6.2% rising
127 Angola 0.6379 2022 down 3.7% rising
128 Bhutan 0.6366 2022 down 4.3% flat
129 Saudi Arabia 0.6358 2022 up 10.9% rising
130 Egypt 0.6347 2022 up 6.2% rising
131 Kuwait 0.6324 2022 up 0.1% flat
132 Bahrain 0.632 2022 up 0.4% rising
133 Malawi 0.6317 2022 down 11.8% flat
134 Cote d'Ivoire 0.6316 2022 up 9.2% rising
135 India 0.6286 2022 down 2.4% rising
136 Morocco 0.6242 2022 up 7.0% rising
137 Qatar 0.6166 2022 down 1.6% flat
138 Benin 0.6121 2022 down 2.2% rising
139 Oman 0.6085 2022 up 1.7% flat
140 Mauritania 0.606 2021 down 1.7% flat
141 Algeria 0.6024 2022 down 1.4% flat
142 Mali 0.6011 2022 up 2.9% flat
143 Chad 0.5787 2022 up 3.4% rising
144 Iran 0.5765 2022 down 2.7% flat
145 Syria 0.568 2021 down 3.7% falling
146 Pakistan 0.5638 2022 up 2.9% flat
147 Yemen 0.492 2021 up 1.0% rising

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Indicator
Global Gender Gap Index (GGI)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
147 places, 2,178 data points, 2006–2022
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Data on five composite measures of gender equality.