GGGR 2023

Global Gender Gap Report 2023327Global Gender Gap Index 2023 Edition South Africa score average score 0.676Economy 0.998Education 0.979 Health 0.497Politics Overview Index and Subindex2023 Score Rank2022 Score Rank Global Gender Gap Index 0.787 20th 0.782 20th Economic Participation and Opportunity 0.676 81st 0.649 92nd Educational Attainment 0.998 43rd 0.998 41st Health and Survival 0.979 29th 0.979 32nd Political Empowerment 0.497 13th 0.502 12th Global Gender Gap Index Indicators 2023 Indicator Rank Score*Difference F-M Min Max Economic Participation and Opportunity 81st 0.676 - - Labour-force participation rate % 66th 0.795 -12.80 0-100 Wage equality for similar work 1-7 (best) 111th 0.549 - - Estimated earned income int'l $ 1,000 42nd 0.714 -4.45 0-150 Legislators, senior officials and managers % 88th 0.462 -36.76 0-100 Professional and technical workers % 1st 1.000 5.07 0-100 Educational Attainment 43rd 0.998 - - Literacy rate % 79th 0.989 - - Enrolment in primary education % 1st 1.000 2.14 0-100 Enrolment in secondary education % 1st 1.000 8.71 0-200 Enrolment in tertiary education % 1st 1.000 10.67 0-200 Health and Survival 29th 0.979 - - Sex ratio at birth** % 1st 0.944 - - Healthy life expectancy** years 40th 1.057 - - Political Empowerment 13th 0.497 - - Women in parliament % 9th 0.862 -7.40 0-100 Women in ministerial positions % 13th 0.929 -3.70 0-100 Years with female/male head of state (last 50) 79th 0.000 -49.99 0-50Economy Profile South AfricaScore (imparity = 0, parity = 1) 0.787Rank (out of 146 countries) 20thIndex Edition 2023 Compare with Global average 0 1 Female vs Male Min Max - 62.36 49.56 - 15.60 11.14 68.38 31.62 47.46 52.54 - - 87.2689.41 97.78 106.49 18.93 29.60 - - - - 53.70 46.30 51.85 48.15 50.00 0.00