Global Gender Gap Report
Published on 19 Mar 2025
• The World Economic Forum released the 18th Global Gender Gap Report for 2024.
• The report assesses gender parity across 146 economies.
• Dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.
• The global gender gap score is 68.5%, a 0.1 percentage point improvement from last year.
• At the current rate, full parity will take 134 years.
• India ranks 129th overall (down from 127 in 2023) and 5th in South Asia.
• The decline is due to decreases in Educational Attainment and Political Empowerment, despite a slight improvement in Economic 
Participation and Opportunity.