TABLE 1.1 The Global Gender Gap Index 2023 rankings Rank Country Score Rank Rank Country Score Rank Score change change Score change change 0–1 2022 2022 0–1 2022 2022 1 Iceland 0.912 +0.004 - 74 Thailand 0.711 +0.002 +5 █ █ 2 Norway 0.879 +0.034 +1 75 Ethiopia 0.711 +0.001 -1 █ █ 3 Finland 0.863 +0.003 -1 76 Georgia 0.708 -0.022 -21 █ █ 4 New Zealand 0.856 +0.014 - 77 Kenya 0.708 -0.021 -20 █ █ 5 Sweden 0.815 -0.007 - 78 Uganda 0.706 -0.017 -17 █ █ 6 Germany 0.815 +0.014 +4 79 Italy 0.705 -0.015 -16 █ █ 7 Nicaragua 0.811 +0.001 - 80 Mongolia 0.704 -0.010 -10 █ █ 8 Namibia 0.802 -0.005 - 81 Dominican Republic 0.704 +0.001 +3 █ █ 9 Lithuania 0.800 +0.001 +2 82 Lesotho 0.702 +0.002 +5 █ █ 10 Belgium 0.796 +0.003 +4 83 Israel 0.701 -0.026 -23 █ █ 11 Ireland 0.795 -0.010 -2 84 Kyrgyzstan 0.700 - +2 █ █ 12 Rwanda 0.794 -0.017 -6 85 Zambia 0.699 -0.025 -23 █ █ 13 Latvia 0.794 +0.023 +13 86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.698 -0.012 -13 █ █ 14 Costa Rica 0.793 -0.003 -2 87 Indonesia 0.697 +0.001 +5 █ █ 15 United Kingdom 0.792 +0.012 +7 88 Romania 0.697 -0.001 +2 █ █ 16 Philippines 0.791 +0.009 +3 89 Belize 0.696 +0.002 +6 █ █ 17 Albania 0.791 +0.004 +1 90 Togo 0.696 -0.001 +1 █ █ 18 Spain 0.791 +0.002 -1 91 Paraguay 0.695 -0.012 -11 █ █ 19 Moldova, Republic of 0.788 -0.001 -3 92 Cambodia 0.695 +0.005 +6 █ █ 20 South Africa 0.787 +0.005 - 93 Greece 0.693 +0.005 +7 █ █ 21 Switzerland 0.783 -0.012 -8 94 Cameroon 0.693 +0.002 +3 █ █ 22 Estonia 0.782 +0.048 +30 95 Timor-Leste 0.693 -0.037 -39 █ █ 23 Denmark 0.780 +0.017 +9 96 Brunei Darussalam 0.693 +0.013 +8 █ █ 24 Jamaica 0.779 +0.031 +14 97 Azerbaijan 0.692 +0.005 +4 █ █ 25 Mozambique 0.778 +0.025 +9 98 Mauritius 0.689 +0.011 +7 █ █ 26 Australia 0.778 +0.040 +17 99 Hungary 0.689 -0.010 -11 █ █ 27 Chile 0.777 +0.041 +20 100 Ghana 0.688 +0.016 +8 █ █ 28 Netherlands 0.777 +0.009 - 101 Czech Republic 0.685 -0.024 -25 █ █ 29 Slovenia 0.773 +0.029 +10 102 Malaysia 0.682 +0.001 +1 █ █ 30 Canada 0.770 -0.002 -5 103 Bhutan 0.682 +0.045 +23 █ █ 31 Barbados 0.769 +0.005 -1 104 Senegal 0.680 +0.012 +8 █ █ 32 Portugal 0.765 -0.001 -3 105 Korea, Republic of 0.680 -0.010 -6 █ █ 33 Mexico 0.765 +0.001 -2 106 Cyprus 0.678 -0.018 -13 █ █ 34 Peru 0.764 +0.015 +3 107 China 0.678 -0.004 -5 █ █ 35 Burundi 0.763 -0.013 -11 108 Vanuatu 0.678 +0.008 +3 █ █ 36 Argentina 0.762 +0.006 -3 109 Burkina Faso 0.676 +0.017 +6 █ █ 37 Cabo Verde 0.761 +0.024 +8 110 Malawi 0.676 +0.044 +22 █ █ 38 Serbia 0.760 -0.019 -15 111 Tajikistan 0.672 +0.009 +3 █ █ 39 Liberia 0.760 +0.051 +39 112 Sierra Leone 0.667 -0.005 -3 █ █ 40 France 0.756 -0.035 -25 113 Bahrain 0.666 +0.034 +18 █ █ 41 Belarus 0.752 +0.002 -5 114 Comoros 0.664 +0.033 +20 █ █ 42 Colombia 0.751 +0.041 +33 115 Sri Lanka 0.663 -0.007 -5 █ █ 43 United States of America 0.748 -0.021 -16 116 Nepal 0.659 -0.033 -20 █ █ 44 Luxembourg 0.747 +0.011 +2 117 Guatemala 0.659 -0.006 -4 █ █ 45 Zimbabwe 0.746 +0.012 +5 118 Angola 0.656 +0.018 +7 █ █ 46 Eswatini 0.745 +0.017 +12 119 Gambia 0.651 +0.010 +2 █ █ 47 Austria 0.740 -0.041 -26 120 Kuwait 0.651 +0.018 +10 █ █ 48 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.740 +0.020 +16 121 Fiji 0.650 -0.026 -14 █ █ 49 Singapore 0.739 +0.005 - 122 Côte d'Ivoire 0.650 +0.018 +11 █ █ 50 Ecuador 0.737 -0.005 -9 123 Myanmar 0.650 -0.027 -17 █ █ 51 Madagascar 0.737 +0.002 -3 124 Maldives 0.649 +0.001 -7 █ █ 52 Suriname 0.736 -0.002 -8 125 Japan 0.647 -0.002 -9 █ █ 53 Honduras 0.735 +0.030 +29 126 Jordan 0.646 +0.007 -4 █ █ 54 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.733 - -1 127 India 0.643 +0.014 +8 █ █ 55 Croatia* 0.730 n/a n/a 128 Tunisia 0.642 -0.001 -8 █ █ 56 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.730 -0.004 -5 129 Türkiye 0.638 -0.001 -5 █ █ 57 Brazil 0.726 +0.030 +37 130 Nigeria 0.637 -0.002 -7 █ █ 58 Panama 0.724 -0.019 -18 131 Saudi Arabia 0.637 +0.001 -4 █ █ 59 Bangladesh 0.722 +0.008 +12 132 Lebanon 0.628 -0.015 -13 █ █ 60 Poland 0.722 +0.012 +17 133 Qatar 0.627 +0.011 +4 █ █ 61 Armenia 0.721 +0.023 +28 134 Egypt 0.626 -0.008 -5 █ █ 62 Kazakhstan 0.721 +0.003 +3 135 Niger 0.622 -0.013 -7 █ █ 63 Slovakia 0.720 +0.003 +4 136 Morocco 0.621 -0.003 - █ █ 64 Botswana 0.719 - +2 137 Guinea 0.617 -0.030 -19 █ █ 65 Bulgaria 0.715 -0.025 -23 138 Benin 0.616 +0.004 - █ █ 66 Ukraine 0.714 +0.007 +15 139 Oman 0.614 +0.006 - █ █ 67 Uruguay 0.714 +0.004 +5 140 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.612 +0.036 +4 █ █ 68 El Salvador 0.714 -0.013 -9 141 Mali 0.605 +0.003 - █ █ 69 Montenegro 0.714 -0.018 -15 142 Pakistan 0.575 +0.011 +3 █ █ 70 Malta 0.713 +0.010 +15 143 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.575 -0.002 - █ █ 71 United Arab Emirates 0.712 -0.004 -3 144 Algeria 0.573 -0.030 -4 █ █ 72 Viet Nam 0.711 +0.006 +11 145 Chad 0.570 -0.008 -3 █ █ 73 North Macedonia 0.711 -0.005 -4 146 Afghanistan 0.405 -0.030 - █ █ Eurasia and East Asia Europe Latin America Middle East North America Southern Sub-Saharan Central Asia and the Pacific and the Caribbean and North Africa Asia Africa Source Note World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap Index, 2023. “–” indicates score or rank is unchanged from the previous year. “n/a” indicates that the country was not covered in previous editions. * New to index in 2023 Global Gender Gap Report 2023 11