Which country has the highest GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0)?

Iceland has the highest GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0) in 2025, at 0.926, followed by Finland (0.879) and Norway (0.863).

Which country has the lowest GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0)?

Pakistan has the lowest GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0) in 2025, at 0.567.

What is the median GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0) across countries?

The median is 0.712 across the 148 countries with data in 2025.

Where does this global gender gap by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 - World Economic Forum; The Global Gender Gap Index 2023 - World Economic Forum; The Global Gender Gap Index 2022 - World Economic Forum.

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Iceland has the highest GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0) in 2025 (0.926), followed by Finland (0.879) and Norway (0.863). Pakistan has the lowest (0.567).

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median

0.712

Middle half 0.677 – 0.762

Average

0.716

148 countries

Highest

0.926

Iceland

Lowest

0.567

Pakistan

Over time · 2017–2025

The top 5 in 2025, against the median.

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Iceland
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Data

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148 countries · # = rank by GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0)

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1	Iceland	0.926	0.798	0.99	0.96	0.954
2	Finland	0.879	0.815	1	0.971	0.728
3	Norway	0.863	0.776	0.995	0.959	0.959
4	United Kingdom	0.838	0.744	1	0.965	0.643
5	New Zealand	0.827	0.738	1	0.964	0.605
6	Sweden	0.817	0.818	1	0.962	0.488
7	Moldova	0.813	0.853	0.998	0.977	0.425
8	Namibia	0.811	0.797	1	0.98	0.467
9	Germany	0.803	0.68	0.988	0.966	0.579
10	Ireland	0.801	0.755	1	0.963	0.488
11	Estonia	0.799	0.754	1	0.979	0.463
12	Spain	0.797	0.731	1	0.965	0.493
13	Australia	0.792	0.754	0.99	0.965	0.458
14	Denmark	0.791	0.752	0.997	0.964	0.45
15	Costa Rica	0.786	0.709	0.998	0.974	0.461
15	Barbados	0.786	0.848	0.994	0.965	0.336
17	Switzerland	0.785	0.721	0.993	0.963	0.463
18	Nicaragua	0.783	0.533	1	0.976	0.626
18	Lithuania	0.783	0.75	0.988	0.98	0.415
20	Philippines	0.781	0.79	0.988	0.967	0.377
21	Latvia	0.778	0.737	1	0.976	0.401
22	Chile	0.777	0.654	0.987	0.967	0.499
23	Mexico	0.776	0.609	0.993	0.98	0.522
24	Bangladesh	0.775	0.457	0.96	0.96	0.721
25	Ecuador	0.774	0.689	0.996	0.977	0.434
25	Serbia	0.774	0.713	0.998	0.97	0.414
27	Belgium	0.773	0.716	1	0.966	0.412
28	Trinidad and Tobago	0.772	0.735	1	0.98	0.373
29	Slovenia	0.77	0.758	1	0.972	0.35
30	Cape Verde	0.769	0.758	0.979	0.98	0.36
31	Guyana	0.768	0.743	0.992	0.98	0.359
32	South Africa	0.767	0.657	0.996	0.974	0.443
32	Canada	0.767	0.751	1	0.969	0.35
32	Portugal	0.767	0.757	0.997	0.97	0.342
35	France	0.765	0.725	1	0.969	0.364
36	Albania	0.763	0.787	0.955	0.963	0.349
37	Argentina	0.762	0.666	1	0.974	0.409
37	Rwanda	0.762	0.712	0.96	0.969	0.404
37	Jamaica	0.762	0.772	1	0.973	0.304
40	Liberia	0.76	0.865	0.91	0.955	0.319
41	Colombia	0.758	0.703	1	0.978	0.352
42	United States	0.756	0.762	1	0.973	0.291
42	Netherlands	0.756	0.698	1	0.961	0.366
42	Burundi	0.756	0.794	0.936	0.973	0.32
45	Poland	0.75	0.713	0.998	0.979	0.311
46	Singapore	0.748	0.789	1	0.972	0.232
46	Eswatini	0.748	0.856	0.983	0.98	0.174
48	Zimbabwe	0.747	0.788	0.996	0.974	0.23
48	Bolivia	0.747	0.671	0.986	0.975	0.357
50	Luxembourg	0.745	0.723	1	0.965	0.29
51	Panama	0.741	0.722	0.998	0.975	0.975
52	Mozambique	0.738	0.737	0.885	0.975	0.354
52	Suriname	0.738	0.741	0.99	0.976	0.245
54	Tanzania	0.736	0.701	0.956	0.963	0.325
54	Belarus	0.736	0.805	0.991	0.98	0.17
56	Peru	0.735	0.68	0.982	0.976	0.302
56	Austria	0.735	0.711	0.995	0.968	0.268
58	Madagascar	0.734	0.759	0.98	0.962	0.232
59	Armenia	0.731	0.668	0.98	0.961	0.316
59	Botswana	0.731	0.873	1	0.971	0.079
61	Ukraine	0.73	0.744	1	0.977	0.198
61	Dominican Republic	0.73	0.707	1	0.979	0.234
63	Georgia	0.729	0.724	0.985	0.975	0.234
64	Thailand	0.728	0.786	1	0.977	0.148
64	Croatia	0.728	0.657	1	0.977	0.281
64	Mongolia	0.728	0.771	1	0.98	0.163
67	Honduras	0.727	0.648	1	0.966	0.294
67	Malta	0.727	0.674	1	0.959	0.273
69	United Arab Emirates	0.724	0.572	0.996	0.959	0.372
70	Slovakia	0.723	0.711	1	0.98	0.201
71	Brazil	0.72	0.662	1	0.977	0.24
71	Uruguay	0.72	0.71	1	0.979	0.19
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.717	0.627	0.996	0.967	0.28
74	Vietnam	0.713	0.759	0.972	0.949	0.173
75	Ethiopia	0.71	0.553	0.828	0.97	0.489
76	Greece	0.709	0.67	0.993	0.965	0.206
76	Israel	0.709	0.73	1	0.952	0.152
76	El Salvador	0.709	0.607	0.992	0.98	0.256
79	Uganda	0.707	0.638	0.908	0.98	0.301
79	Zambia	0.707	0.825	0.93	0.973	0.102
81	Guatemala	0.706	0.636	0.979	0.98	0.232
81	Bulgaria	0.706	0.751	0.993	0.979	0.1
81	Cyprus	0.706	0.692	0.996	0.961	0.175
84	Montenegro	0.705	0.666	0.992	0.97	0.194
85	Italy	0.704	0.599	0.998	0.966	0.255
85	Timor-Leste	0.704	0.652	0.967	0.964	0.231
87	Ghana	0.703	0.763	0.972	0.972	0.105
87	Paraguay	0.703	0.67	0.998	0.974	0.173
89	Belize	0.702	0.764	1	0.969	0.073
90	Gabon	0.699	0.602	0.992	0.973	0.227
90	North Macedonia	0.699	0.593	1	0.959	0.246
92	Kazakhstan	0.698	0.715	0.99	0.976	0.111
93	Cameroon	0.697	0.72	0.879	0.968	0.223
93	Romania	0.697	0.67	0.998	0.98	0.141
95	Kyrgyzstan	0.696	0.667	1	0.98	0.139
96	Indonesia	0.692	0.668	0.978	0.968	0.153
96	Laos	0.692	0.721	0.935	0.973	0.14
98	Kenya	0.689	0.738	0.847	0.971	0.2
99	Azerbaijan	0.688	0.748	0.988	0.934	0.081
99	Lesotho	0.688	0.637	1	0.98	0.136
101	South Korea	0.687	0.608	0.98	0.976	0.182
102	China	0.686	0.726	0.935	0.947	0.135
102	Czechia	0.686	0.643	1	0.977	0.124
104	Hungary	0.684	0.688	0.998	0.98	0.072
104	Bahrain	0.684	0.656	0.984	0.953	0.146
106	Cambodia	0.682	0.721	0.953	0.975	0.08
107	Malaysia	0.681	0.682	0.996	0.967	0.079
107	Brunei	0.681	0.702	0.996	0.958	0.069
109	Vanuatu	0.679	0.737	1	0.973	0.006
110	Uzbekistan	0.678	0.558	0.998	0.955	0.202
111	Sierra Leone	0.677	0.664	0.829	0.96	0.253
111	Mauritius	0.677	0.618	0.992	0.98	0.119
113	Benin	0.676	0.715	0.828	0.971	0.19
114	Gambia	0.674	0.733	0.928	0.964	0.07
115	Comoros	0.672	0.693	0.938	0.962	0.093
116	Senegal	0.67	0.488	0.938	0.964	0.288
117	Angola	0.668	0.594	0.806	0.972	0.301
118	Japan	0.666	0.613	0.994	0.973	0.085
119	Bhutan	0.663	0.693	0.954	0.959	0.045
120	Burkina Faso	0.659	0.67	0.9	0.973	0.095
121	Togo	0.657	0.617	0.866	0.971	0.173
122	Jordan	0.655	0.552	0.99	0.956	0.12
123	Tunisia	0.654	0.515	0.974	0.968	0.157
124	Nigeria	0.649	0.762	0.837	0.962	0.036
125	Nepal	0.648	0.46	0.91	0.966	0.258
126	Ivory Coast	0.647	0.615	0.915	0.971	0.086
126	Fiji	0.647	0.588	0.976	0.965	0.06
128	Tajikistan	0.646	0.524	0.939	0.964	0.156
128	Kuwait	0.646	0.551	0.993	0.965	0.077
130	Sri Lanka	0.645	0.545	0.998	0.976	0.062
131	India	0.644	0.407	0.971	0.954	0.245
132	Saudi Arabia	0.643	0.544	0.993	0.958	0.077
133	Papua New Guinea	0.638	0.684	0.898	0.956	0.015
134	Oman	0.637	0.552	0.989	0.965	0.965
135	Turkey	0.633	0.518	0.986	0.968	0.059
136	Lebanon	0.632	0.535	0.989	0.972	0.032
137	Morocco	0.628	0.408	0.96	0.956	0.188
138	Maldives	0.626	0.507	1	0.959	0.036
139	Egypt	0.625	0.406	0.968	0.969	0.157
140	Mali	0.617	0.517	0.796	0.956	0.2
141	Algeria	0.614	0.463	0.974	0.954	0.064
142	Niger	0.613	0.576	0.806	0.959	0.959
143	DR Congo	0.601	0.652	0.649	0.973	0.129
144	Guinea	0.595	0.487	0.731	0.962	0.201
145	Iran	0.583	0.349	0.98	0.961	0.043
146	Chad	0.571	0.444	0.666	0.966	0.209
147	Sudan	0.57	0.313	0.974	0.961	0.03
148	Pakistan	0.567	0.347	—	0.959	0.11

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Quick answers

Which country has the highest GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0)?: Iceland has the highest GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0) in 2025, at 0.926, followed by Finland (0.879) and Norway (0.863).
Which country has the lowest GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0)?: Pakistan has the lowest GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0) in 2025, at 0.567.
What is the median GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0) across countries?: The median is 0.712 across the 148 countries with data in 2025.
Where does this global gender gap by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 - World Economic Forum; The Global Gender Gap Index 2023 - World Economic Forum; The Global Gender Gap Index 2022 - World Economic Forum.

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