Most Feminist Countries
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).
GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0), 2025
Darker means higher. Click a place to highlight it.
Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 148 countries.
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 →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Over time · 2017–2025
The top 5 in 2025, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Iceland
- Finland
- Norway
- United Kingdom
- New Zealand
Data
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| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 0.926 | 0.023 | 13th | 2.07 |
| 2 | Finland | 0.879 | 0.012 | 4th | 2.63 |
| 3 | Norway | 0.863 | -0.004 | 3rd | 2.91 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 0.838 | -0.003 | 16th | 2.47 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0.827 | -0.021 | 8th | 3.37 |
| 6 | Sweden | 0.817 | 0.001 | 1st | 3.66 |
| 7 | Moldova | 0.813 | 0.003 | — | — |
| 8 | Namibia | 0.811 | 0.003 | — | — |
| 9 | Germany | 0.803 | -0.005 | 10th | 2.1 |
| 10 | Ireland | 0.801 | 0.007 | 14th | 1.5 |
| 11 | Estonia | 0.799 | -0.008 | 33rd | — |
| 12 | Spain | 0.797 | 0.006 | 18th | 2.33 |
| 13 | Australia | 0.792 | 0.002 | 9th | 2.37 |
| 14 | Denmark | 0.791 | 0.009 | 2nd | 2.74 |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 0.786 | -0.008 | 46th | — |
| 15 | Barbados | 0.786 | 0.004 | — | — |
| 17 | Switzerland | 0.785 | 0.002 | 7th | 1.93 |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 0.783 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Lithuania | 0.783 | -0.007 | 37th | 1.56 |
| 20 | Philippines | 0.781 | -0.012 | 54th | — |
| 21 | Latvia | 0.778 | -0.021 | 39th | 1.3 |
| 22 | Chile | 0.777 | 0.004 | 47th | — |
| 23 | Mexico | 0.776 | 0.003 | 49th | — |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 0.775 | -0.033 | 86th | — |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0.774 | 0.051 | 68th | — |
| 25 | Serbia | 0.774 | 0.019 | 61st | — |
| 27 | Belgium | 0.773 | -0.003 | 11th | 2 |
| 28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.772 | — | — | — |
| 29 | Slovenia | 0.77 | -0.007 | 38th | — |
| 30 | Cape Verde | 0.769 | — | — | — |
| 31 | Guyana | 0.768 | — | — | — |
| 32 | South Africa | 0.767 | -0.002 | 51st | — |
| 32 | Canada | 0.767 | -0.009 | 6th | 2.66 |
| 32 | Portugal | 0.767 | 0.022 | 21st | — |
| 35 | France | 0.765 | 0.025 | 17th | 1.76 |
| 36 | Albania | 0.763 | -0.011 | — | — |
| 37 | Argentina | 0.762 | 0.01 | 35th | — |
| 37 | Rwanda | 0.762 | -0.037 | — | — |
| 37 | Jamaica | 0.762 | -0.021 | — | — |
| 40 | Liberia | 0.76 | -0.006 | — | — |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.758 | -0.006 | 70th | — |
| 42 | United States | 0.756 | -0.001 | 20th | — |
| 42 | Netherlands | 0.756 | -0.002 | 5th | 2.73 |
| 42 | Burundi | 0.756 | -0.006 | — | — |
| 45 | Poland | 0.75 | 0.018 | 25th | — |
| 46 | Singapore | 0.748 | 0.005 | 23rd | — |
| 46 | Eswatini | 0.748 | -0.001 | — | — |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 0.747 | -0.006 | 88th | — |
| 48 | Bolivia | 0.747 | 0.016 | — | — |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 0.745 | -0.003 | 15th | 1.27 |
| 51 | Panama | 0.741 | 0.018 | 67th | — |
| 52 | Mozambique | 0.738 | -0.002 | — | — |
| 52 | Suriname | 0.738 | 0.003 | — | — |
| 54 | Tanzania | 0.736 | -0.006 | — | — |
| 54 | Belarus | 0.736 | -0.019 | 73rd | — |
| 56 | Peru | 0.735 | -0.009 | 57th | — |
| 56 | Austria | 0.735 | 0.003 | 12th | 1.83 |
| 58 | Madagascar | 0.734 | -0.017 | — | — |
| 59 | Armenia | 0.731 | — | — | — |
| 59 | Botswana | 0.731 | 0.011 | — | — |
| 61 | Ukraine | 0.73 | 0.008 | 48th | — |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 0.73 | 0.002 | 55th | — |
| 63 | Georgia | 0.729 | 0.008 | — | — |
| 64 | Thailand | 0.728 | 0.009 | 50th | — |
| 64 | Croatia | 0.728 | -0.007 | 36th | — |
| 64 | Mongolia | 0.728 | 0.001 | — | — |
| 67 | Honduras | 0.727 | -0.009 | 78th | — |
| 67 | Malta | 0.727 | 0.01 | — | — |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 0.724 | 0.001 | 26th | — |
| 70 | Slovakia | 0.723 | 0.011 | 42nd | — |
| 71 | Brazil | 0.72 | -0.01 | 40th | — |
| 71 | Uruguay | 0.72 | 0.001 | 52nd | — |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.717 | 0.012 | — | — |
| 74 | Vietnam | 0.713 | 0.004 | 62nd | — |
| 75 | Ethiopia | 0.71 | -0.002 | — | — |
| 76 | Greece | 0.709 | 0.021 | 24th | — |
| 76 | Israel | 0.709 | -0.002 | 66th | — |
| 76 | El Salvador | 0.709 | -0.019 | 75th | — |
| 79 | Uganda | 0.707 | — | — | — |
| 79 | Zambia | 0.707 | -0.002 | — | — |
| 81 | Guatemala | 0.706 | 0.038 | 74th | — |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 0.706 | 0.008 | 34th | — |
| 81 | Cyprus | 0.706 | 0.027 | 45th | — |
| 84 | Montenegro | 0.705 | 0.004 | — | — |
| 85 | Italy | 0.704 | -0.002 | 19th | — |
| 85 | Timor-Leste | 0.704 | 0.011 | — | — |
| 87 | Ghana | 0.703 | 0.013 | 77th | — |
| 87 | Paraguay | 0.703 | 0.012 | — | — |
| 89 | Belize | 0.702 | — | — | — |
| 90 | Gabon | 0.699 | — | — | — |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 0.699 | 0.016 | — | — |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 0.698 | -0.011 | 83rd | — |
| 93 | Cameroon | 0.697 | — | 82nd | — |
| 93 | Romania | 0.697 | 0.02 | 43rd | — |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.696 | — | — | — |
| 96 | Indonesia | 0.692 | -0.011 | 65th | — |
| 96 | Laos | 0.692 | -0.033 | — | — |
| 98 | Kenya | 0.689 | 0.004 | 72nd | — |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 0.688 | -0.007 | 79th | — |
| 99 | Lesotho | 0.688 | -0.011 | — | — |
| 101 | South Korea | 0.687 | 0.016 | 27th | — |
| 102 | China | 0.686 | 0.006 | 29th | — |
| 102 | Czechia | 0.686 | -0.001 | 28th | — |
| 104 | Hungary | 0.684 | -0.003 | 31st | — |
| 104 | Bahrain | 0.684 | — | 59th | — |
| 106 | Cambodia | 0.682 | -0.01 | 81st | — |
| 107 | Malaysia | 0.681 | -0.014 | 41st | — |
| 107 | Brunei | 0.681 | -0.009 | — | — |
| 109 | Vanuatu | 0.679 | -0.005 | — | — |
| 110 | Uzbekistan | 0.678 | — | 85th | — |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 0.677 | 0.041 | — | — |
| 111 | Mauritius | 0.677 | -0.006 | — | — |
| 113 | Benin | 0.676 | 0.013 | — | — |
| 114 | Gambia | 0.674 | 0.028 | — | — |
| 115 | Comoros | 0.672 | -0.001 | — | — |
| 116 | Senegal | 0.67 | -0.001 | — | — |
| 117 | Angola | 0.668 | 0.012 | — | — |
| 118 | Japan | 0.666 | 0.016 | 22nd | — |
| 119 | Bhutan | 0.663 | -0.031 | — | — |
| 120 | Burkina Faso | 0.659 | -0.015 | — | — |
| 121 | Togo | 0.657 | 0.014 | — | — |
| 122 | Jordan | 0.655 | 0.006 | 58th | — |
| 123 | Tunisia | 0.654 | 0.026 | 69th | — |
| 124 | Nigeria | 0.649 | 0.013 | — | — |
| 125 | Nepal | 0.648 | 0.005 | — | — |
| 126 | Ivory Coast | 0.647 | 0.005 | — | — |
| 126 | Fiji | 0.647 | -0.008 | — | — |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 0.646 | 0.001 | — | — |
| 128 | Kuwait | 0.646 | -0.015 | 64th | — |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 0.645 | -0.01 | 71st | — |
| 131 | India | 0.644 | -0.002 | 76th | — |
| 132 | Saudi Arabia | 0.643 | 0.01 | 32nd | — |
| 133 | Papua New Guinea | 0.638 | — | — | — |
| 134 | Oman | 0.637 | 0.014 | 53rd | — |
| 135 | Turkey | 0.633 | 0.007 | 56th | — |
| 136 | Lebanon | 0.632 | 0.004 | 87th | — |
| 137 | Morocco | 0.628 | 0.007 | 63rd | — |
| 138 | Maldives | 0.626 | -0.016 | — | — |
| 139 | Egypt | 0.625 | 0.003 | 60th | — |
| 140 | Mali | 0.617 | -0.001 | — | — |
| 141 | Algeria | 0.614 | 0.039 | 80th | — |
| 142 | Niger | 0.613 | 0.006 | — | — |
| 143 | DR Congo | 0.601 | -0.003 | — | — |
| 144 | Guinea | 0.595 | -0.016 | — | — |
| 145 | Iran | 0.583 | 0.004 | 89th | — |
| 146 | Chad | 0.571 | 0.006 | — | — |
| 147 | Sudan | 0.57 | — | — | — |
| 148 | Pakistan | 0.567 | -0.005 | — | — |
| — | Russia | — | — | 44th | — |
| — | Myanmar | — | -0.65 | 84th | — |
| — | Afghanistan | — | -0.405 | — | — |
| — | Malawi | — | -0.676 | — | — |
| — | Qatar | — | 0.013 | 30th | — |
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Opposite directions
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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 most feminist countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Global Gender Gap 2024 - World Economic Forum; Global Gender Gap 2023 - World Economic Forum; 20 Most Feminist Countries in the World - Insider Monkey; 5 Most Feminist Countries in the World - Insider Monkey.
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