Economy Profile Score Rank Index Edition (imparity = 0, parity = 1) (out of 146 countries) Barbados 0.769 31st 2023 Global Gender Gap Index 2023 Edition Overview 2023 2022 Barbados score Index and Subindex Score Rank Score Rank average score Economy Global Gender Gap Index 0.769 31st 0.765 30th 0.860 Economic Participation and Opportunity 0.860 4th 0.832 3rd E d s u c c i Educational Attainment t a i 0.256 0.994 l t i o o P n 0.994 65th 0.993 67th Health and Survival 0.968 92nd 0.968 92nd 0.968 Health Political Empowerment 0.256 58th 0.266 49th Global Gender Gap Index Indicators 2023 Compare with Difference Min Global average Indicator Rank Score* F-M Female vs Male Max 0 1 Min Max Economic Participation and Opportunity 4th 0.860 - - - 0-100 Labour-force participation rate % 12th 0.896 -6.84 59.03 65.87 - Wage equality for similar work 1-7 (best) 33rd 0.712 - - 0-150 Estimated earned income int'l $ 1,000 5th 0.881 -1.74 12.92 14.66 0-100 Legislators, senior officials and managers % 13th 0.971 -1.46 49.27 50.73 0-100 Professional and technical workers % 1st 1.000 15.33 42.33 57.66 Educational Attainment 65th 0.994 - - - - Literacy rate % 1st 1.000 - - 0-100 Enrolment in primary education % 93rd 0.988 -1.15 95.13 96.28 0-200 Enrolment in secondary education % 1st 1.000 2.67 104.17 106.84 - Enrolment in tertiary education % - - - - - Health and Survival 92nd 0.968 - - - - Sex ratio at birth** % 1st 0.944 - - - Healthy life expectancy** years 102nd 1.022 - - Political Empowerment 58th 0.256 - - - 0-100 Women in parliament % 74th 0.364 -46.60 26.70 73.30 0-100 Women in ministerial positions % 56th 0.333 -50.00 25.00 75.00 0-50 Years with female/male head of state (last 50) 27th 0.137 -37.97 6.02 43.98 Global Gender Gap Report 2023 103