GGGR 2025

Global Gender Gap Report 202511Global results 1.2 The global gender gap score in 2025 for all 148 economies included in this edition stands at 68.8% closed. When comparing the constant set of 145 economies included in both this year’s and last year’s editions, the global gender gap closed by +0.3 percentage points in 2025, from 68.4% in 2024 to 68.8% in 2025. Furthermore, when considering the constant set of 100 economies covered continuously since the inaugural 2006 edition, the gap has narrowed by 0.4 percentage points, from 68.6% in 2024 to 69.0% in 2025. Among the 145 economies included in both 2024 and 2025 editions, slightly more than half of the economies register increases in their gender parity scores. Notable improvements are observed in Bangladesh (+8.6 percentage points), the United Kingdom (+4.9 percentage points) and Benin (+4.6 percentage points), while Estonia, Dominican Republic, Mongolia and the Republic of Moldova have also narrowed their gaps by over 2 percentage points over the same period. Conversely, Togo (-5.3 percentage points), Mozambique (-3.9 percentage points) and Sierra Leone (-3.1 percentage points) experience declines of more than 3 percentage points between 2024 and 2025. Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, the North Macedonia and Tajikistan see a decrease of over 2 percentage points in their scores (Table 1.1).While the score changes reflect the progress of individual economies in achieving gender parity, the difference in rankings offer a complementary perspective on their relative performance over time. Bangladesh records the most significant improvement in ranking (+75, 24th), followed by Benin (+21, 113rd), Dominican Republic (+21, 61st) and Mongolia (+20, 65th). Eleven other economies also register double-digit increase in rankings: Australia (+11, 13rd), Bahrain (+12, 104th), Barbados (+16, 15th), Cape Verde (+11, 30th), El Salvador (+18, 78th), Estonia (+18, 11th), Guatemala (+12, 81st), Israel (+15, 76th), Mexico (+10, 23rd), the United Kingdom (+10, 4th), and Zambia (+13, 79th). On the other hand, Togo (-44, 121st), Sierra Leone (-32, 112nd) and North Macedonia (-32, 90th) experience the largest declines in ranking. Rankings for Bulgaria, Kenya and Mozambique drop by more than 20 places as well (Table 1.1). Evolution of Global Gender Gap Index top 10 over time FIGURE 1.2 Sub-Saharan AfricaEastern Asia and the Pacific Central Asia Middle East and Northern AfricaEurope Southern Asia Northern AmericaLatin America and the CaribbeanEdition Source World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap Index 2025.Note BEL = Belgium; CHE = Switzerland; DEU = Germany; DNK = Denmark; ESP = Spain; FIN = Finland; GBR = United Kingdom; IRL = Ireland; ISL = Iceland; ; LSO = Lesotho; LTU = Lithuania; LVA = Latvia; MDA= Republic of Moldova; NAM = Namibia; NIC = Nicaragua; NLD = Netherlands; NOR = Norway; NZL = New Zealand; PHL = Philippines; RWA = Rwanda; SVN = Slovenia; SWE = Sweden; ZAF = South Africa.SWE SWE NOR NOR FIN FIN ISL ISL DEU NZL PHL PHL NZL DEU DNK DNK GBR IRL IRL ESPNOR FIN SWE ISL NZL PHL DNK IRL NLD LVAISL FIN NOR SWE NZL ZAF DNK IRL PHL LSOISL NOR FIN SWE NZL IRL DNK LSO PHL CHEISL NOR FIN SWE IRL NZL DNK PHL LSO CHEISL FIN NOR SWE IRL NZL DNK PHL NIC CHEISL FIN NOR SWE PHL IRL NZL DNK CHE NICISL FIN NOR SWE DNK NIC RWA IRL PHL BELISL NOR FIN SWE IRL RWA PHL CHE SVN NZLISL FIN NOR SWE RWA IRL PHL SVN NZL NICISL NOR FIN RWA SWE NIC SVN IRL NZL PHLISL NOR SWE FIN NIC RWA NZL PHL IRL NAMISL NOR FIN SWE NIC NZL IRL ESP RWA DEUISL FIN NOR NZL SWE NAM RWA LTU IRL CHEISL FIN NOR NZL SWE RWA NIC NAM IRL DEUISL NOR FIN NZL SWE DEU NIC NAM LTU BELISL FIN NOR NZL SWE NIC DEU NAM IRL ESP 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024ISL NOR FIN NZL SWE DEU NIC NAM LTU BELISL FIN NOR GBR NZL SWE MDA NAM DEU IRL 2025 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10st nd rd th th th th th th th