GENDER GAP INDEX- 2019

The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks 153 countries on their progress towards gender parity in 4 dimensions:

·  Economic Participation And Opportunity

·  Educational Attainment

·  Health And Survival

·  Political Empowerment

Over the index, the highest possible score is 1(equality) and the lowest possible score is 0(inequality).

India Specific Findings:

·         India has been ranked 112^th among 153 countries in the annual Global Gender Gap Index for 2020.

·         India has slipped to the 112^th spot from the 108^th position in the last edition.

·         India has been ranked below countries like China (106^th), Sri Lanka (102^nd), Nepal (101^st), Brazil (92^nd), Indonesia (85^th) and Bangladesh (50^th).

·         India has improved to 18^th place on political empowerment but it has slipped to 150^th on health and survival, to 149^th in terms of economic participation and opportunity and to 112^th place for educational attainment.

·         Among the 153 countries studied, India is the only country where the economic gender gap (0.354) is larger than the political gender gap (0.411).

·         India is among the countries with very low women representation on company boards (13.8%).

·         On health & survival, four large countries (Pakistan, India, Vietnam and China) fare badly with millions of women there not getting the same access to health as men.

 Mr Agni Dash

Content Writer, PECUC