NationStates Jolt Archive

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has just published a report quantifying the gender gap in 58 countries based on various principles like economy, empowerment, and health of women compared to men.

Source: http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/Global+Competitiveness+Programme%5CWomen's+Empowerment%3A+Measuring+the+Global+Gender+Gap

The list goes as follows, with the most gender-equal nations at the top:

1. Sweden
2. Norway
3. Iceland
4. Denmark
5. Finland
6. New Zealand
7. Canada
8. United Kingdom
9. Germany
10. Australia
11. Latvia
12. Lithuania
13. France
14. Netherlands
15. Estonia
16. Ireland
17. United States
18. Costa Rica
19. Poland
20. Belgium
21. Slovak Republic
22. Slovenia
23. Portugal
24. Hungary
25. Czech Republic
26. Luxembourg
27. Spain
28. Austria
29. Bulgaria
30. Colombia
31. Russian Federation
32. Uruguay
33. China
34. Switzerland
35. Argentina
36. South Africa
37. Israel
38. Japan
39. Bangladesh
40. Malaysia
41. Romania
42 Zimbabwe
43. Malta
44. Thailand
45. Italy
46. Indonesia
47. Peru
48. Chile
49. Venezuela
50. Greece
51. Brazil
52. Mexico
53. India
54. Korea
55. Jordan
56. Pakistan
57. Turkey
58. Egypt

I personally find it interesting that China placed above Switzerland in this study.

Also that the European social democratic nations (aka "commie scum" to Americans) all were placed at the top. I'm surprised that my country was behind Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

I would be intersted to know the difference in % between those nations.. I dont think that Sweden is as different from Norway as Thailand is from Italy?

First behind the Scandinavians!

I'm surprised the UK cam so high, and that some of the smaller ex-soviet countries came so high.

I would be intersted to know the difference in % between thos nations.. I dont think that Sweden is as different from Norway as Thailand is from Italy?

You can get the full report from the site. It there lists the scores of the various nations and how that score was calculated.

Yay, scandinavia rules! :p

In most western democracies gender inequality is a myth.

Why are you suprised that the UK came so high? I'm not. Thought it might be higher.

I'm more surprised China didn't do better, given the Communists practically invented "womens liberation."

Also that the European social democratic nations (aka "commie scum" to Americans) all were placed at the top. I'm surprised that my country was behind Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

:rolleyes: Can we give the Euro vs. America thing a rest for awhile ? sheesh. :rolleyes:

Anyhoo.. The top 10 aren't surprising..but I was surprised to see Italy so low and even more surprised to see Pakistan in the top 58.

Yay, we are the best!

The thing is that in Sweden we have a long way to go before we are equal, so then I only fear how it can be in the other countries.

I would question how these figures were collected. They tell you nothing about how they ranked the information or which they treated with more priority. They also don't make it clear if they compare equality of result or equality of opportunity.

What do they mean by gap? When does the gap disappear? There is and always will be at least some sort of gap until the Y chromosome disappears.

even more surprised to see Pakistan in the top 58.
well...
Benazir Bhutto (born June 21, 1953) became the first woman to lead a Muslim country in modern times when she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, only to be deposed in a coup 20 months later. She was re-elected in 1993 but was dismissed three years later amid various corruption scandals. Some of these scandals involve contracts awarded to Swiss companies during her regime and remain unresolved.

I would question how these figures were collected. They tell you nothing about how they ranked the information or which they treated with more priority. They also don't make it clear if they compare equality of result or equality of opportunity.

Have you read the report (PDF)? There they go rather in-depth as to how the figures were collected and compared.

:rolleyes: Can we give the Euro vs. America thing a rest for awhile ? sheesh. :rolleyes:

Anyhoo.. The top 10 aren't surprising..but I was surprised to see Italy so low and even more surprised to see Pakistan in the top 58.

There were only 58 countries in the survey: the 30 OECD countries and 28 "emerging markets", so it's not really the "top 58" per se.

From Swimmingpool:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Benazir Bhutto (born June 21, 1953) became the first woman to lead a Muslim country in modern times when she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, only to be deposed in a coup 20 months later. She was re-elected in 1993 but was dismissed three years later amid various corruption scandals. Some of these scandals involve contracts awarded to Swiss companies during her regime and remain unresolved.

Thanks for the info, Swimmy ! I was unaware of that :)

Well, smack my bitch up?

I'm surprised the UK cam so high, and that some of the smaller ex-soviet countries came so high.
Socialist countries are famous for their gender-equality. Maybe that's why the social democracies in Scandinavia are ranked so high too.

Anyway, the situation even in Scandinavia isn't very rosy. Still men get better paycheck from same work and still they get better and faster treatment for their illnesses etc etc

The top ten isn't really that surprising, but I will say it is interesting that Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia placed so high. You don't generally think of those nations in such a manner.

edit: And Costa Rica at #18. That's unexpected.

What do they mean by gap? When does the gap disappear? There is and always will be at least some sort of gap until the Y chromosome disappears.

Which is predicted to happen within 100 million years. http://tigerdiamond.net/images/e0/whistling.gif

Edit: Ah, so that's why everyone are posting just links...