{"id":372025,"date":"2026-09-18T12:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=372025"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:29:54","slug":"global-gender-gap-index-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-gender-gap-index-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Gender Gap Index 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap Index 2026, with India ranked 131st among 145 countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Global Gender Gap Index 2026<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_372088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372088\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-372088\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-BS.jpg?resize=315%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Global Gender Gap Index 2026\" width=\"315\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-BS.jpg?resize=180%2C300&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-BS.jpg?w=530&amp;ssl=1 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-372088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; BS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global Gender Gap Index<\/strong> measures<strong> gender parity across women and men.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Released by:<\/strong> It is released by the<strong> World Economic Forum (WEF).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>First edition:<\/strong> The Index was <strong>first introduced in 2006.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>2026 <\/strong>report is the<strong> 20th edition<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Countries covered:<\/strong> The <strong>2026 Index covers 145 countries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Parameters used:<\/strong> The Index measures gender gaps across<strong> four dimensions:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Economic Participation and Opportunity<\/li>\n<li>Educational Attainment<\/li>\n<li>Health and Survival<\/li>\n<li>Political Empowerment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scoring Method:<\/strong> A score of <strong>0% <\/strong>represents<strong> complete gender inequality<\/strong>, while <strong>100% <\/strong>represents <strong>full gender parity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Highlights of Global Gender Gap Index 2026<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global Outcome:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global Parity:<\/strong> Global gender parity <strong>reached 69.2%,<\/strong> showing that a significant gender gap remains.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top Countries:<\/strong> <strong>Iceland retained the first position,<\/strong> followed by <strong>Finland and Norway.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest Rank:<\/strong> <strong>Chad was the lowest-ranked<\/strong> country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India\u2019s Performance:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Overall Rank:<\/strong> <strong>India ranked 131st<\/strong> with an overall gender parity <strong>score of 64.5%<\/strong>, the <strong>same rank as in 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimension Scores:<\/strong> India scored <strong>41.2% in Economic Participation and Opportunity<\/strong>, <strong>96.6% in Educational Attainment<\/strong>, and <strong>95.6% in Health and Survival.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Political Empowerment:<\/strong> <strong>India recorded 24.5% in Political Empowerment<\/strong> and <strong>ranked 67th globally in this dimension.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Professional Workers:<\/strong> Professional and technical worker parity <strong>increased from 26.6% in 2006 to 49.9% in 2026.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap Index 2026, with India ranked 131st among 145 countries. About Global Gender Gap Index 2026 Global Gender Gap Index measures gender parity across women and men. Released by: It is released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). First edition: The Index was first introduced in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-gender-gap-index-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Global Gender Gap Index 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1305,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-372025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}