Female education gap
![Female Education Gap - Global Gender Gap Report 2020](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/LeAAx9Ss8ah2_IRDhnTeTWhfH8CiSDwC4S1XXhRXAuE.jpg)
The workplace seniority gap
![workplace gap - Global Gender Gap Report 2020](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/BQsAFWV32yAWz-aa_BPLfpVAzLqR1EJm_DRDRFx6vro.jpg)
How do we reach gender parity in the professions of the future?
![gender parity in the professions of the future - Global Gender Gap Report 2020](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/7Rm7UyVxfwWNH2GfQWBMcn7AypseTp4RKCWL6FLgbSs.png)
Women’s political empowerment
![women's political empowerment - Global Gender Gap Report 2020](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/1XxbsQHMMh24m3eKx5r1VaZJlRP5RtmuISSuCzgz55o.jpg)
Share of women in labor force/skilled roles
![workplace gender gap - Global Gender Gap Report 2020](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/aWwb_0k6azxV8-GUJ7S09XqDG-35c-gPO18s7tHFmd4.jpg)
Violence against women
![percentage of women suffering intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence by country - Global Gender Gap Report 2020](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/O0IBn7iDOOQ_QmxilsfV0WlYNr8YUuIJ7OSYd4G-8Yg.jpg)
Global Gender Gap Index 2016
The highest possible score is 1 (equality) and the lowest possible score is 0 (inequality)
Rank |
Economy |
Score |
1 |
Iceland |
0.874 |
2 |
Finland |
0.845 |
3 |
Norway |
0.842 |
4 |
Sweden |
0.815 |
5 |
Rwanda |
0.800 |
6 |
Ireland |
0.797 |
7 |
Philippines |
0.786 |
8 |
Slovenia |
0.786 |
9 |
New Zealand |
0.781 |
10 |
Nicaragua |
0.780 |
11 |
Switzerland |
0.776 |
12 |
Burundi |
0.768 |
13 |
Germany |
0.766 |
14 |
Namibia |
0.765 |
15 |
South Africa |
0.764 |
16 |
Netherlands |
0.756 |
17 |
France |
0.755 |
18 |
Latvia |
0.755 |
19 |
Denmark |
0.754 |
20 |
United Kingdom |
0.752 |
21 |
Mozambique |
0.750 |
22 |
Estonia |
0.747 |
23 |
Bolivia |
0.746 |
24 |
Belgium |
0.745 |
25 |
Lithuania |
0.744 |
26 |
Moldova |
0.741 |
27 |
Cuba |
0.740 |
28 |
Barbados |
0.739 |
29 |
Spain |
0.738 |
30 |
Belarus |
0.737 |
31 |
Portugal |
0.737 |
32 |
Costa Rica |
0.736 |
33 |
Argentina |
0.735 |
34 |
Luxembourg |
0.734 |
35 |
Canada |
0.731 |
36 |
Cape Verde |
0.729 |
37 |
Bahamas |
0.729 |
38 |
Poland |
0.727 |
39 |
Colombia |
0.727 |
40 |
Ecuador |
0.726 |
41 |
Bulgaria |
0.726 |
42 |
Jamaica |
0.724 |
43 |
Lao PDR |
0.724 |
44 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
0.723 |
45 |
United States |
0.722 |
46 |
Australia |
0.721 |
47 |
Panama |
0.721 |
48 |
Serbia |
0.720 |
49 |
Israel |
0.719 |
50 |
Italy |
0.719 |
51 |
Kazakhstan |
0.718 |
52 |
Austria |
0.716 |
53 |
Tanzania |
0.716 |
54 |
Botswana |
0.715 |
55 |
Singapore |
0.712 |
56 |
Zimbabwe |
0.710 |
57 |
Lesotho |
0.706 |
58 |
Mongolia |
0.705 |
59 |
Ghana |
0.705 |
60 |
Madagascar |
0.704 |
61 |
Uganda |
0.704 |
62 |
Albania |
0.704 |
63 |
Kenya |
0.702 |
64 |
El Salvador |
0.702 |
65 |
Vietnam |
0.70 |
66 |
Mexico |
0.70 |
67 |
Malawi |
0.70 |
68 |
Croatia |
0.70 |
69 |
Ukraine |
0.70 |
70 |
Chile |
0.699 |
71 |
Thailand |
0.699 |
72 |
Bangladesh |
0.698 |
73 |
Macedonia, FYR |
0.696 |
74 |
Venezuela |
0.694 |
75 |
Russian Federation |
0.691 |
76 |
Romania |
0.690 |
77 |
Czech Republic |
0.690 |
78 |
Honduras |
0.690 |
79 |
Brazil |
0.687 |
80 |
Peru |
0.687 |
81 |
Kyrgyz Republic |
0.687 |
82 |
Senegal |
0.685 |
83 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0.685 |
84 |
Cyprus |
0.684 |
85 |
Cameroon |
0.684 |
86 |
Azerbaijan |
0.684 |
87 |
India |
0.683 |
88 |
Indonesia |
0.682 |
89 |
Montenegro |
0.681 |
90 |
Georgia |
0.681 |
91 |
Uruguay |
0.681 |
92 |
Greece |
0.680 |
93 |
Tajikistan |
0.679 |
94 |
Slovak Republic |
0.679 |
95 |
Suriname |
0.679 |
96 |
Paraguay |
0.676 |
97 |
Dominican Republic |
0.676 |
98 |
Belize |
0.676 |
99 |
China |
0.676 |
100 |
Sri Lanka |
0.673 |
101 |
Hungary |
0.669 |
102 |
Armenia |
0.669 |
103 |
Brunei Darussalam |
0.669 |
104 |
Gambia, The |
0.667 |
105 |
Guatemala |
0.666 |
106 |
Malaysia |
0.666 |
107 |
Swaziland |
0.665 |
108 |
Malta |
0.664 |
109 |
Ethiopia |
0.662 |
110 |
Nepal |
0.661 |
111 |
Japan |
0.660 |
112 |
Cambodia |
0.658 |
113 |
Mauritius |
0.652 |
114 |
Liberia |
0.652 |
115 |
Maldives |
0.650 |
116 |
Korea, Rep. |
0.649 |
117 |
Angola |
0.643 |
118 |
Nigeria |
0.643 |
119 |
Qatar |
0.643 |
120 |
Algeria |
0.642 |
121 |
Bhutan |
0.642 |
122 |
Guinea |
0.640 |
123 |
Burkina Faso |
0.640 |
124 |
United Arab Emirates |
0.639 |
125 |
Timor-Leste |
0.637 |
126 |
Tunisia |
0.636 |
127 |
Benin |
0.636 |
128 |
Kuwait |
0.624 |
129 |
Mauritania |
0.624 |
130 |
Turkey |
0.623 |
131 |
Bahrain |
0.615 |
132 |
Egypt |
0.614 |
133 |
Oman |
0.612 |
134 |
Jordan |
0.603 |
135 |
Lebanon |
0.598 |
136 |
Cote d’Ivoire |
0.597 |
137 |
Morocco |
0.597 |
138 |
Mali |
0.591 |
139 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. |
0.587 |
140 |
Chad |
0.587 |
141 |
Saudi Arabia |
0.583 |
142 |
Syria |
0.567 |
143 |
Pakistan |
0.556 |
144 |
Yemen |
0.516 |
Men and women disagree on the cause of tech’s diversity problem.
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![](https://mujervisible.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mujer_tecnologia.jpg)
Women’s Share of Board Seats at European Stock Index Companies