Key Highlights of the Global Gender Gap Report 2023
According to the report’s 2023 edition, India came in at position 127 overall out of 146 countries.
- The gender gap has been reduced in India by 64.3% overall.
- However, India has only achieved 36.7% parity in terms of economic opportunity and participation.
- Iceland has held the top spot for the most gender equality in the world for 14 years running. It is the only nation to have reduced the gender gap by over 90%.
- The percentage of women in senior jobs and technical occupations has decreased somewhat since the 2022 report, despite improvements in earnings and income in India.
- In India, women’s political empowerment has made significant progress. India now has 25.3% of the total number of lawmakers, or 15.1%.
- India achieved 44.4% female representation in local governance. Out of the 117 countries for which data is available since 2017, it is one of 18 with a representation of women in local governance of more than 40%.
- The report stated that after over ten years of slow progress, India had achieved parity with the 1.9 percentage point improvement in the sex ratio at birth.
- The report states that imbalanced sex ratios at birth account for the relatively low overall ranks on the Health and Survival sub-index for China, India, Vietnam, and Azerbaijan.
- The gender gap connected on a global scale is now at 68.4%, up 0.3% from the previous edition.
- Full gender parity has not yet been attained by any country, but the top nine—Iceland, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Germany, Nicaragua, Namibia, and Lithuania—have at least 80% of the difference closed.
- The gender gaps in health and survival (96%), educational attainment (95.2%), economic participation and opportunity (60.1%), and political empowerment (22.1%) have closed for the 146 countries included in the 2023 index.
- India’s neighbouring countries’ ranks:
- Pakistan – 142
- Sri Lanka – 115
- Bangladesh – 59
- China – 107
- Bhutan – 103
- Nepal – 116
Global Gender Gap Report 2023 – UPSC Highlights
Global Gender Gap Report 2023 has been released recently by the World Economic Forum (WEF). This is the 17th edition of the Global Gender Gap Report. India is ranked 127th out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2023. In comparison to the 2022 report, India’s overall score increased by eight spots and 1.4 percentage points in 2023.
Since 2006, countries have tracked their progress in reducing gender inequalities through the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report, which is the longest-running index. The report provides a mechanism for tracking gender disparities in the fields of politics, economics, health, and education and aims to help leaders identify areas that require action.
In this article, we will look into the most recent Global Gender Gap Index Rankings 2023 and the key findings from the WEF Global Gender Gap Report.
Table of Content
- What is the Global Gender Gap Index?
- Objectives of the Global Gender Gap Index
- Key Highlights of the Global Gender Gap Report 2023
- India’s Performance in the Gender Gap Report 2023?
- Initiatives Taken in India to Address the Gender Gap
- Key Highlights of the 2021 Global Gender Gap Report
- Why Global Gender Gap Report is in the News?
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