The Global Gender Gap Index rankings by region, 2023 TABLE 1.3 Latin America and the Carribean Country Rank Score Regional Global Nicaragua 1 7 0.811 Costa Rica 2 14 0.793 Jamaica 3 24 0.779 Chile 4 27 0.777 Barbados 5 31 0.769 Mexico 6 33 0.765 Peru 7 34 0.764 Argentina 8 36 0.762 Colombia 9 42 0.751 Ecuador 10 50 0.737 Suriname 11 52 0.736 Honduras 12 53 0.735 Bolivia 13 56 0.730 Brazil 14 57 0.726 Panama 15 58 0.724 Uruguay 16 67 0.714 El Salvador 17 68 0.714 Dominican Republic 18 81 0.704 Belize 19 89 0.696 Paraguay 20 91 0.695 Guatemala 21 117 0.659 Country Rank Score Regional Global United Arab Emirates 1 71 0.712 Israel 2 83 0.701 Bahrain 3 113 0.666 Kuwait 4 120 0.651 Jordan 5 126 0.646 Tunisia 6 128 0.642 Saudi Arabia 7 131 0.637 Lebanon 8 132 0.628 Qatar 9 133 0.627 Egypt 10 134 0.626 Morocco 11 136 0.621 Oman 12 139 0.614 Algeria 13 144 0.573Middle East and North Africa North America Country Rank Score Regional Global Canada 1 30 0.770 United States of America 2 43 0.748Country Rank Score Regional Global Bangladesh 1 59 0.722 Bhutan 2 103 0.682 Sri Lanka 3 115 0.663 Nepal 4 116 0.659 Maldives 5 124 0.649 India 6 127 0.643 Pakistan 7 142 0.575 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8 143 0.575 Afghanistan 9 146 0.405Southern Asia Country Rank Score Regional Global Namibia 1 8 0.802 Rwanda 2 12 0.794 South Africa 3 20 0.787 Mozambique 4 25 0.778 Burundi 5 35 0.763 Cabo Verde 6 37 0.761 Liberia 7 39 0.760 Zimbabwe 8 45 0.746 Eswatini 9 46 0.745 Tanzania, United Rep. of 10 48 0.740 Madagascar 11 51 0.737 Botswana 12 64 0.719 Ethiopia 13 75 0.711 Kenya 14 77 0.708 Uganda 15 78 0.706 Lesotho 16 82 0.702 Zambia 17 85 0.699 Togo 18 90 0.696 Cameroon 19 94 0.693 Mauritius 20 98 0.689 Ghana 21 100 0.688 Senegal 22 104 0.680 Burkina Faso 23 109 0.676 Malawi 24 110 0.676 Sierra Leone 25 112 0.667 Comoros 26 114 0.664 Angola 27 118 0.656 Gambia 28 119 0.651 Côte d'Ivoire 29 122 0.650 Nigeria 30 130 0.637 Niger 31 135 0.622 Guinea 32 137 0.617 Benin 33 138 0.616 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 34 140 0.612 Mali 35 141 0.605 Chad 36 145 0.570Sub-Saharan Africa Source World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap Index, 2023. to Political Empowerment. On average across the region, 22.6% parity has been achieved. Based on the constant sample of countries covered on the index since 2006, this is an improvement of 1.1 percentage points compared to the last edition. Nineteen countries, including the populous Nigeria, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have improved on this subindex by 0.5 percentage points or more. Further, Ethiopia, Togo, Tanzania, Namibia and Uganda currently have heads of states who are women. Global Gender Gap Report 2023 26

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