Gender Gap Index 2025
Published on 25 Oct 2025
India has ranked 131 out of 148 countries in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2025, slipping two places from its position last year.
The report has an index designed to measure gender equality and was first published in 2006.
t Key Findings:
Iceland retains the world’s most gender-equal economy for the 16th consecutive year, closing 92.6% of the gender gap – the only economy to reach 90% parity.
The global gender gap has marginally narrowed in 2025, from 68.4% in 2024 to 68.8% in 2025, but att current pace, gender parity is only possible in 123 years.
Notably, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Ecuador, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia have shown to be the most effective economies in overcoming gender inequalities across each income level.
The bottom 10 countries in the Index—led by Pakistan, Sudan, Chad, and Iran—continue to show the widest gender disparities globally.
