WEF Global Gender Gap Index 2025:

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India marks a relative drop in gender parity: India ranked 131 out of 148 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2025, with a 64.1% parity score, reflecting persistent challenges despite gains in health and educational indicators.

Description:

1. Iceland retains the world’s most gender-equal economy for the 16th consecutive year, closing 92.6% of the gender gap.
2. Global gender gap narrowed slightly from 68.4% in 2024 to 68.8% in 2025 across 148 economies.
3. Top improvements in 2025 came from:
   1. Political Empowerment: ↑ by 0.7% (from 22.5% to 23.2%)
   1. Economic Participation & Opportunity: ↑ by 0.4% (from 60.3% to 60.7%)
4. High-income economies have closed 74.3% of the gender gap.
5. Among lower-income groups, top performers outpaced over half of high-income countries in gender parity progress.

Top 10 Countries – Global Gender Gap Index 2025:

Rank	Country	Score (0–1)
1	Iceland	0.926
2	Finland	0.879
3	Norway	0.863
4	United Kingdom	0.838
5	New Zealand	0.827
6	Sweden	0.817
7	Republic of Moldova	0.813
8	Namibia	0.811
9	Germany	0.803
10	Ireland	0.801

Note:

8 out of 10 are European countries; Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden have stayed in the top 10 since 2006.

Bottom 10 Countries – Global Gender Gap Index 2025:

Rank	Country	Score (0–1)
148	Pakistan	0.567
147	Sudan	0.570
146	Chad	0.571
145	Iran	0.583
144	Guinea	0.595
143	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.601
142	Niger	0.613
141	Algeria	0.614
140	Mali	0.617
139	Egypt	0.625

Other Key Insights:

• Countries showing effective gender parity efforts in respective income groups:
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Mexico
  • Ecuador
  • Bangladesh
  • Ethiopia
• India’s specific rank is not mentioned in the data provided, but it is not in the top or bottom 10.

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