According to the World Economic Forum’s annual Gender Gap Report, 2023, India ranks 127th out of 146 countries in terms of gender equality – an improvement of eight places from last year.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries on the Global Gender Gap Index in the 2022 edition of the report. The report states that India has gained 1.4 rate focus and eight positions since the last release, indicating an incomplete recovery towards 2020 parity levels.
The nation has achieved parity in enrollment in all degrees of training. The report states that India has closed 64.3% of the total gender gap. In any case, it was pointed out that India has reached just 36.7% equality on financial aid and opportunity.
Pakistan ranks 142 out of 146 countries
India’s neighbors Pakistan are ranked 142nd, Bangladesh 59th, China 107th, Nepal 116th, Sri Lanka 115th and Bhutan 103rd in the index.
With a gender equality rate of 57.5 per cent, Pakistan ranks 142nd out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2023 – its highest ranking since 2006.
The annual report compares the current status and development of gender equality in four key areas: economic opportunity and participation, educational attainment, survival and health, and political empowerment.
Pakistan is at the bottom of both the regional and global rankings in the report released on Wednesday. Pakistan is below Iran, Algeria, Chad and Afghanistan. Pakistan was ranked 146 out of 146 countries in 2022.
However, the country has improved by 5.1 percentage points over the past decade in the “Economic Participation and Opportunity” sub-index and has reached 36.2% equality, despite the fact that this level of equality is one of the lowest in the world. is, as the report noted.
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