GGGR 2025
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Global Gender Gap Report 20253Contents
Preface 4
Key findings 5
1 Benchmarking gender gaps, 2025 10
1.1 Economy coverage 10
1.2 Global results 11
1.3 Performance by income level 14
1.4 Performance by subindex 17
1.5 Progress over time 20
1.6 Performance by region 26
1.7 In-focus country performances: Top 10 and most populous 35
1.8 Speed of progress 42
2 Labour markets, political leadership and supporting frameworks 49
2.1 Workforce participation and senior leadership 49
2.2 Maximizing returns on education investment 52
2.3 Career pathways 53
2.4 Political leadership 58
2.5 The role of legal frameworks 61
2.6 Geoeconomic risks and opportunities 65
Endnotes 67
Appendix A 68
Appendix B 70
Section A: Computation and composition of the Global Gender Gap Index 70Section B: Construction of the index 72
Endnotes 83
References 84
User’s Guide 85
Index of Economy Profiles 88
Contributors and Acknowledgements 385
Acknowledgements 385
Collaborations 386
Centre for the New Economy and Society Business Partners 387
Partner Institutes 389
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