FIGURE 1.4 Evolution of the Global Gender Gap Index and subindexes over time Evolution in scores, 2006-2023 1 Years to close the gap 16 Educational Attainment n.a. Health and Survival 0.9 0.8 0.7 131 Global Genger Gap Index 0.6 169 Economic Participation and Opportunity 0.5 e (0-1, parity) Scor 0.4 0.3 162 Political Empowerment 0.2 0.1 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019* 2020 2021 2022 2023 Edition Source Note World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap Index, 2023. Population-weighted averages for the the 102 economies featured in all editions of the index, from 2006–2023. The fourteenth edition of the Global Gender Gap Index, titled The Global Gender Gap Report 2020, was released in December 2019. There is no corresponding edition for 2019. in 2017-2018 and 2022 – the time-series analysis Based on the constant sample of 102 countries shows a de昀椀nitive upward trend overall. Its included in each edition from 2006 to 2023, the improved performance as well as a steady pace of global Political Empowerment gender gap this progress on average over the 2006-2023 period year is 22.5% (non-constant score 22.1%), which is leads to an estimation of 16 years to close the gap. a slight improvement of 0.1 percentage points over 2022. A slower pace of improvement, however, The Health and Survival gender parity score means that it will now take another 162 years stands at 95.9% based on the constant sample to completely close this gap, a signi昀椀cant step of 102 countries (non-constant score 96%). It is backwards compared to the 2022 edition. Yet, the a modest improvement compared to last year 2023 score is the highest absolute increase of all (+0.2 percentage points) and an actual drop of 0.3 four subindexes since 2006: 8.2 percentage points percentage points compared to 2006. Despite this compared to 4.4 percentage points for Educational slight long-term drop, the index has consistently Attainment, which is the subindex with the second- stayed above the 95% mark since the inception of greatest improvement. the index in 2006. Global Gender Gap Report 2023 16