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What is India’s rank on the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index, 2020?

What is India’s rank on the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index, 2020? Correct Answer 112<sup>th</sup>

The correct answer is 112th.

Key Points 

  • India had ranked 112th among 153 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2020.
  • India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2021, becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia.
  • The WEF published its first gender gap index in 2006.
  • The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks 153 countries on their progress towards gender parity in four dimensions:
    • Economic Participation and Opportunity,
    • Educational Attainment,
    • Health and Survival and
    • Political Empowerment
  • The Index aims to serve as a compass to track progress on relative gaps between women and men in health, education, economy, and politics.
    • Through this annual yardstick, the stakeholders within each country can set priorities relevant in each specific economic, political and cultural context.
  • Over the Index, the highest possible score is 1 (equality) and the lowest possible score is 0 (inequality).

Additional Information 

  • The largest gender disparity is in political empowerment.
    • Only 25% of the 35,127 seats in parliaments around the world are occupied by women, and only 21% of the 3,343 ministers are women.
  • Iceland has been the frontrunner on the Global Gender Gap Index for 11 years in a row. It has closed almost 88% of its gender gap, followed by Nordic neighbors Norway, Finland, and Sweden.
  • Yemen is ranked the worst (153rd), while Iraq is 152nd and Pakistan 151st.​

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