India climbs eight places to 127 in global gender index: WEF report

Subject : International Relations

Section: International Reports

Concept :

India has been ranked 127 out of 146 countries in gender parity as per the Gender Gap Report, 2023 published by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
India was ranked 135 in 2022.
As per the Gender Gap Report, 2023, India’s immediate neighbours such as Pakistan have been ranked at 142, Bangladesh at 59, China at 107, Nepal at 116, Sri Lanka at 115 and Bhutan at 103.
Iceland has remained the most gender-equal country for the 14th consecutive year as per the index.
India has improved by 1.4% points from 2022, marking a partial recovery towards its 2020 parity level.
The report also noted that India had closed 64.3% of the overall gender gap, but the country reached only 36.7% parity in economic participation and opportunity.

About Gender Gap Report

It benchmarks countries on their progress towards gender parity in four Key dimensions with Sub Metrices.
Economic Participation and Opportunity
Educational Attainment
Health and Survival
Political Empowerment
On each of the four sub-indices as well as on the overall index the GGG index provides scores between 0 and 1, where 1 shows full gender parity and 0 is complete imparity.
It is the longest-standing index, which tracks progress towards closing these gaps over time since its inception in 2006.
Objectives:
To serve as a compass to track progress on relative gaps between women and men on health, education, economy and politics.
Through this annual yardstick, the stakeholders within each country are able to set priorities relevant in each specific economic, political and cultural context.