Global Gender Gap Index 2008 Rankings

Table 3a: The Global Gender Gap Index 2008 Rankings: Comparisons with 2007 and 2006 Country

Norway Finland Sweden Iceland New Zealand Philippines Denmark Ireland Netherlands Latvia Germany Sri Lanka United Kingdom Switzerland France Lesotho Spain Mozambique Trinidad and Tobago Moldova Australia South Africa Lithuania Argentina Cuba Barbados* United States Belgium Austria Namibia Canada Costa Rica Belarus Panama Ecuador Bulgaria Estonia Tanzania Portugal Mongolia Kyrgyz Republic Russian Federation Uganda Jamaica Kazakhstan Croatia Honduras Peru Poland Colombia Slovenia Thailand Macedonia, FYR Uruguay Uzbekistan Israel China El Salvador Venezuela Hungary Azerbaijan Ukraine Botswana Slovak Republic Chile Luxembourg Italy Vietnam Czech Republic

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2008 rank

2008 score

2008 rank among 2007 countries

2007 rank

2007 score

2006 rank

2006 score

Change in score (2008–2007)

Change in score (2007–2006)

Change in score (2008–2006)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

0.8239 0.8195 0.8139 0.7999 0.7859 0.7568 0.7538 0.7518 0.7399 0.7397 0.7394 0.7371 0.7366 0.7360 0.7341 0.7320 0.7281 0.7266 0.7245 0.7244 0.7241 0.7232 0.7222 0.7209 0.7195 0.7188 0.7179 0.7163 0.7153 0.7141 0.7136 0.7111 0.7099 0.7095 0.7091 0.7077 0.7076 0.7068 0.7051 0.7049 0.7045 0.6994 0.6981 0.6980 0.6976 0.6967 0.6960 0.6959 0.6951 0.6944 0.6937 0.6917 0.6914 0.6907 0.6906 0.6900 0.6878 0.6875 0.6875 0.6867 0.6856 0.6856 0.6839 0.6824 0.6818 0.6802 0.6788 0.6778 0.6770

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 n/a 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68

2 3 1 4 5 6 8 9 12 13 7 15 11 40 51 26 10 43 46 21 17 20 14 33 22 n/a 31 19 27 29 18 28 23 38 44 25 30 34 37 62 70 45 50 39 32 16 68 75 60 24 49 52 35 78 41 36 73 48 55 61 59 57 53 54 86 58 84 42 64

0.8059 0.8044 0.8146 0.7836 0.7649 0.7629 0.7519 0.7457 0.7383 0.7333 0.7618 0.7230 0.7441 0.6924 0.6824 0.7078 0.7444 0.6883 0.6859 0.7172 0.7204 0.7194 0.7234 0.6982 0.7169 n/a 0.7002 0.7198 0.7060 0.7012 0.7198 0.7014 0.7113 0.6954 0.6881 0.7085 0.7008 0.6969 0.6959 0.6731 0.6653 0.6866 0.6833 0.6925 0.6983 0.7210 0.6661 0.6624 0.6756 0.7090 0.6842 0.6815 0.6967 0.6608 0.6921 0.6965 0.6643 0.6853 0.6797 0.6731 0.6781 0.6790 0.6797 0.6797 0.6482 0.6786 0.6498 0.6889 0.6718

2 3 1 4 7 6 8 10 12 19 5 13 9 26 70 43 11 n/a 45 17 15 18 21 41 n/a n/a 23 20 27 38 14 30 n/a 31 82 37 29 24 33 42 52 49 47 25 32 16 74 60 44 22 51 40 28 66 36 35 63 39 57 55 n/a 48 34 50 78 56 77 n/a 53

0.7994 0.7958 0.8133 0.7813 0.7509 0.7516 0.7462 0.7335 0.7250 0.7091 0.7524 0.7199 0.7365 0.6997 0.6520 0.6807 0.7319 n/a 0.6797 0.7128 0.7163 0.7125 0.7077 0.6829 n/a n/a 0.7042 0.7078 0.6986 0.6864 0.7165 0.6936 n/a 0.6935 0.6433 0.6870 0.6944 0.7038 0.6922 0.6821 0.6742 0.6770 0.6797 0.7014 0.6928 0.7145 0.6483 0.6619 0.6802 0.7049 0.6745 0.6831 0.6983 0.6549 0.6886 0.6889 0.6561 0.6837 0.6664 0.6698 n/a 0.6797 0.6897 0.6757 0.6455 0.6671 0.6456 n/a 0.6712

0.0180 0.0151 –0.0007 0.0164 0.0210 –0.0061 0.0019 0.0061 0.0016 0.0064 –0.0224 0.0141 –0.0075 0.0436 0.0518 0.0242 –0.0162 0.0383 0.0385 0.0071 0.0037 0.0038 –0.0012 0.0227 0.0026 n/a 0.0177 –0.0035 0.0092 0.0129 –0.0063 0.0097 –0.0015 0.0141 0.0210 –0.0007 0.0068 0.0100 0.0092 0.0318 0.0392 0.0128 0.0148 0.0055 –0.0006 –0.0243 0.0300 0.0336 0.0194 –0.0146 0.0094 0.0102 –0.0054 0.0299 –0.0016 –0.0064 0.0235 0.0023 0.0078 0.0136 0.0075 0.0065 0.0041 0.0027 0.0336 0.0016 0.0290 –0.0110 0.0052

0.0065 0.0086 0.0014 0.0023 0.0140 0.0113 0.0057 0.0122 0.0133 0.0242 0.0094 0.0031 0.0076 –0.0073 0.0303 0.0271 0.0125 n/a 0.0062 0.0044 0.0040 0.0069 0.0157 0.0153 n/a n/a –0.0039 0.0120 0.0074 0.0147 0.0034 0.0078 n/a 0.0019 0.0448 0.0215 0.0064 –0.0069 0.0037 –0.0090 –0.0088 0.0096 0.0036 –0.0089 0.0054 0.0066 0.0178 0.0005 –0.0046 0.0041 0.0097 –0.0016 –0.0015 0.0058 0.0035 0.0076 0.0082 0.0016 0.0133 0.0033 n/a –0.0006 –0.0100 0.0040 0.0027 0.0115 0.0042 n/a 0.0006

0.0245 0.0237 0.0007 0.0187 0.0350 0.0052 0.0076 0.0183 0.0149 0.0306 –0.0130 0.0171 0.0001 0.0363 0.0821 0.0513 –0.0038 n/a 0.0447 0.0115 0.0077 0.0107 0.0145 0.0379 n/a n/a 0.0138 0.0084 0.0167 0.0276 –0.0029 0.0175 n/a 0.0160 0.0658 0.0208 0.0133 0.0031 0.0129 0.0228 0.0304 0.0223 0.0184 –0.0034 0.0048 –0.0178 0.0477 0.0340 0.0148 –0.0105 0.0192 0.0086 –0.0069 0.0358 0.0019 0.0012 0.0317 0.0039 0.0211 0.0169 n/a 0.0059 –0.0058 0.0068 0.0363 0.0131 0.0332 n/a 0.0058

Global Gender Gap Report 2008

Table 3a: The Global Gender Gap Index 2008 Rankings: Comparisons with 2007 and 2006 (cont’d.) Country

Romania Nicaragua Dominican Republic Brazil Madagascar Greece Cyprus Ghana Armenia Suriname Bolivia Malawi Georgia Malta Singapore Gambia, The Belize Albania Kenya Tajikistan Bangladesh Maldives Zimbabwe Indonesia Cambodia Mauritius Malaysia Mexico Japan Brunei Darussalam* Paraguay Kuwait Nigeria Tunisia Jordan United Arab Emirates Zambia Syria Korea, Rep. Mali Mauritania Algeria Guatemala India Angola Burkina Faso Iran Cameroon Oman Qatar Nepal Bahrain Ethiopia Turkey Egypt Morocco Benin Pakistan Saudi Arabia Chad Yemen

2008 rank

2008 score

2008 rank among 2007 countries

2007 rank

2007 score

2006 rank

2006 score

Change in score (2008–2007)

Change in score (2007–2006)

Change in score (2008–2006)

70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130

0.6763 0.6747 0.6744 0.6737 0.6736 0.6727 0.6694 0.6679 0.6677 0.6674 0.6667 0.6664 0.6654 0.6634 0.6625 0.6622 0.6610 0.6591 0.6547 0.6541 0.6531 0.6501 0.6485 0.6473 0.6469 0.6466 0.6442 0.6441 0.6434 0.6392 0.6379 0.6358 0.6339 0.6295 0.6275 0.6220 0.6205 0.6181 0.6154 0.6117 0.6117 0.6111 0.6072 0.6060 0.6032 0.6029 0.6021 0.6017 0.5960 0.5948 0.5942 0.5927 0.5867 0.5853 0.5832 0.5757 0.5582 0.5549 0.5537 0.5290 0.4664

69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 n/a 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128

47 90 65 74 89 72 82 63 71 56 80 87 67 76 77 95 94 66 83 79 100 99 88 81 98 85 92 93 91 n/a 69 96 107 102 104 105 101 103 97 112 111 108 106 114 110 117 118 116 119 109 125 115 113 121 120 122 123 126 124 127 128

0.6859 0.6458 0.6705 0.6637 0.6461 0.6648 0.6522 0.6725 0.6651 0.6794 0.6574 0.6480 0.6665 0.6615 0.6609 0.6421 0.6426 0.6685 0.6508 0.6578 0.6314 0.6350 0.6464 0.6550 0.6353 0.6487 0.6444 0.6441 0.6455 n/a 0.6659 0.6409 0.6122 0.6283 0.6203 0.6184 0.6288 0.6216 0.6409 0.6019 0.6022 0.6068 0.6144 0.5936 0.6034 0.5912 0.5903 0.5919 0.5903 0.6041 0.5575 0.5931 0.5991 0.5768 0.5809 0.5676 0.5656 0.5509 0.5647 0.5381 0.4510

46 62 59 67 84 69 83 58 n/a n/a 87 81 54 71 65 79 n/a 61 73 n/a 91 n/a 76 68 89 88 72 75 80 n/a 64 86 94 90 93 101 85 n/a 92 99 106 97 95 98 96 104 108 103 n/a n/a 111 102 100 105 109 107 110 112 114 113 115

0.6797 0.6566 0.6639 0.6543 0.6385 0.6540 0.6430 0.6653 n/a n/a 0.6335 0.6437 0.6700 0.6518 0.6550 0.6448 n/a 0.6607 0.6486 n/a 0.6270 n/a 0.6461 0.6541 0.6291 0.6328 0.6509 0.6462 0.6447 n/a 0.6556 0.6341 0.6104 0.6288 0.6109 0.5919 0.6360 n/a 0.6157 0.5996 0.5835 0.6018 0.6067 0.6011 0.6039 0.5854 0.5803 0.5865 n/a n/a 0.5478 0.5894 0.5946 0.5850 0.5786 0.5827 0.5780 0.5434 0.5242 0.5247 0.4595

–0.0097 0.0289 0.0039 0.0100 0.0274 0.0079 0.0172 –0.0046 0.0027 –0.0120 0.0093 0.0183 –0.0011 0.0019 0.0017 0.0200 0.0183 –0.0094 0.0039 –0.0038 0.0216 0.0151 0.0021 –0.0077 0.0116 –0.0022 –0.0002 0.0000 –0.0021 n/a –0.0279 –0.0051 0.0217 0.0012 0.0072 0.0036 –0.0084 –0.0035 –0.0254 0.0098 0.0095 0.0042 –0.0072 0.0124 –0.0002 0.0117 0.0117 0.0098 0.0057 –0.0093 0.0367 –0.0003 –0.0124 0.0085 0.0023 0.0082 –0.0075 0.0040 –0.0110 –0.0091 0.0154

0.0062 –0.0108 0.0065 0.0094 0.0076 0.0107 0.0092 0.0072 n/a n/a 0.0239 0.0044 –0.0035 0.0097 0.0059 –0.0027 n/a 0.0078 0.0023 n/a 0.0044 n/a 0.0004 0.0009 0.0062 0.0160 –0.0065 –0.0021 0.0008 n/a 0.0103 0.0068 0.0018 –0.0006 0.0094 0.0265 –0.0071 n/a 0.0251 0.0022 0.0187 0.0050 0.0077 –0.0075 –0.0005 0.0059 0.0101 0.0053 n/a n/a 0.0097 0.0037 0.0045 –0.0082 0.0023 –0.0151 –0.0123 0.0075 0.0405 0.0134 –0.0085

–0.0035 0.0181 0.0105 0.0194 0.0350 0.0186 0.0264 0.0026 n/a n/a 0.0332 0.0227 –0.0046 0.0116 0.0076 0.0173 n/a –0.0016 0.0062 n/a 0.0261 n/a 0.0025 –0.0068 0.0178 0.0138 –0.0067 –0.0021 –0.0013 n/a –0.0177 0.0017 0.0235 0.0006 0.0166 0.0300 –0.0155 n/a –0.0003 0.0121 0.0282 0.0092 0.0005 0.0049 –0.0007 0.0175 0.0218 0.0151 n/a n/a 0.0464 0.0034 –0.0079 0.0003 0.0047 –0.0069 –0.0198 0.0115 0.0295 0.0043 0.0069

*New country 2008

Number of countries:

With widening gaps With narrowing gaps Improving (%) Deteriorating (%) Total

Global Gender Gap Report 2008

2007 to 2008

2006 to 2007

2006 to 2008

41 87 68 32

24 91 79 21

22 93 81 19

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