Global Gender Gap Report 202517Performance by subindex 1.4 This section presents the state of gender gaps across the four main components (subindexes) of the index: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment. In addition to presenting the aggregate subindex performance of the 148 economies included in the 2025 index, the analysis offers insights into the different indicators driving the overall average global gender gap score.Figure 1.4 shows the gender gap scores corresponding to each of the four subindexes. The Health and Survival gender gap has closed by 96.2, Educational Attainment by 95.1%, Economic Participation and Opportunity by 61.0%, and Political Empowerment by 22.9%. Among the 145 economies included in both the 2024 and 2025 editions, the global gender gap narrowed from 68.4% closed in 2024 to 68.8% in 2025. This progress is primarily driven by gains in Political Empowerment, which improved by 0.7 percentage points (from 22.5% to 23.2%), and in Economic Participation and Opportunity, which increased by 0.4 percentage points (from 60.3% to 60.7%). Educational Attainment and Health and Survival – both already averaging over 90% of the gap closed – each saw modest improvements of around 0.1 percentage points.Figure 1.5 illustrates the distribution of scores across the 148 economies covered in the 2025 edition, broken down by subindex. Subindexes with greater disparities across economies tend to have lower average scores, indicating that larger gaps remain to be bridged globally. Global Gender Gap Index Educational Attainment subindex Economic Participation and Opportunity subindex Health and Survival subindex Political Empowerment subindex 68.8% 61.0% 95.1% 96.2% 22.9% 0 25 50 75 100 Gender parity score (0-100%, 100%=parity) Source World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap Index 2025.NotePopulation -weighted averages, 148 economies. The percentages indicate the gender gap that has been closed to date.The state of gender gaps, by subindex FIGURE 1.4 Percentage of the gender gap closed to date, 2025

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