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The Global Gender Gap Report 2007
The Global Gender Gap Report 2007
Sweden (1), Norway (2), Finland (3) and Iceland (4) once again top the rankings in the latest Global Gender Gap Report. All countries in the top 20 made progress relative to their scores last year – some more so than others. Latvia (13) and Lithuania (14) made the biggest advances among the top 20, gaining six and seven places respectively, driven by smaller gender gaps in labour force participation and wages. The Report covers a total of 128 countries, representing over 90% of the world’s population.

Click on the links in the right hand column to learn more about the Report; the rankings (PDF I Excel); country profiles; photos and the press release.



View interviews of the Report co-authors:

Laura Tyson
Professor of Business Administration and Economics, University of California, Berkeley
9 November 2007 - 4min 49sec

 

Saadia Zahidi
Associate Director and Head, Women Leaders' Programme, World Economic Forum
November 2007 - 2min 30sec

 

Ricardo Hausmann
Director, Centre for International Development, Harvard University
 
November 2007 - 2
min 57sec


Global Gender Gap Report 2007
Presentation
9 November 2007 - 21
min 09sec

 

Global Gender Gap Report 2007
Panel Discussion
9 November 2007 - 28
min 57sec



The Report 2007 was supported by Women Leaders Programme Partners:
Carlson Companies
Ernst & Young
Goldman Sachs
Manpower
McKinsey & Company
Nike
NYSE Euronext

The Report examines four critical areas of inequality between men and women:
1. Economic participation and opportunity – outcomes on salaries, participation levels and access to high-skilled employment
2. Educational attainment – outcomes on access to basic and higher level education
3. Political empowerment – outcomes on representation in decision-making structures
4. Health and survival – outcomes on life expectancy and sex ratio

The Gender Gap Index assesses countries on how well they are dividing their resources and opportunities among their male and female populations, regardless of the overall levels of these resources and opportunities. By providing a comprehensible framework for assessing and comparing global gender gaps and by revealing those countries that are role models in dividing these resources equitably between women and men, serves as a catalyst for greater awareness as well as greater exchange between policymakers.

The Global Gender Gap Report 2006
Click on the links in the right hand column to learn more about The Global Gender Gap Report 2006.
The Report 2006 was supported by Women Leaders Programme Partners:
Carlson Companies
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Goldman Sachs
Nike
NYSE Group

Contact us
For information about the Women Leaders Programme please contact womenleaders@weforum.org

    
 
 Global Gender Gap Index
Rank 2007
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Country

Sweden
Norway
Finland
Iceland
N. Zealand
Philippines
Germany
Denmark
Ireland
Spain
Score*

0.814
0.805
0.804
0.783
0.764
0.762
0.761
0.751
0.745
0.744
Rank 2006
1
2
3
4
7
6
5
8
10
11

*0 to 1 scale: 0=inequality, 1=equality


  Download file in PDF format Gender Gap 2007 Downloads

 The Global Gender Gap Report 2007 (pdf; 173 pgs; 21MB)
 
Rankings PDF (1.9mb) I Excel (11k)
 Gender Gap explanation
 Read c
ountry highlights
 Download country profiles
 Interview: Saadia Zahidi
 Press release
 Photos of Report authors


  Download file in PDF format Gender Gap Heatmaps
 2007 Heatmap
 Economic
 Education
 Political
 Health & survival

  Media Coverage

 ABC Nyheter (Norwegian)
 AméricaEconomia (Spanish)
 Associated Press
 CNN - Laura Tyson
 Der Kurier (German)
 Deutsche Welle
 Die Kleine Zeitung (German)
 Die Presse (German)
 Die Standard (German)
 Economia y Negocios (Spanish)
 Economic Express
 El País (Spanish)
 Financial Express

 Financial Times
 Financial Times Deutschland (German)
 Forbes
 IHT
 Infobae (Spanish)
 Japan Today
 La Jornada (Spanish)
 La Nación (Spanish)

 Le Monde (French)
 Le Vif (French)
 Jerusalem Post
 New York Times
 New Zealand Herald
 Norden.org (Norwegian)
 Prince George Citizen

 Reuters
 Reuters
 Stabroek News
 swissinfo
 Taipei Times
 The Economic Times

 Trade Arabia
 TSR (French)
 Turkish Daily News
 Xinhua


  Download file in PDF format Gender Gap 2006 Downloads

 The Global Gender Gap Report 2006 (pdf; 152 pgs; 14MB)
 Full rankings (excel; 1pg; 33k)

 Download country profiles


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 Photos of Report authors
 Global Competitiveness Network
 Women Leaders Programme Brochure
 Women Leaders Programme

    
 
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