The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks the evolution of gender-based gaps across countries and among four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment), and tracks progress towards closing these gaps over time. This year, the Global Gender Gap index benchmarks 156 countries, providing a tool for cross-country comparison and prioritizing the most effective policies needed to close gender gaps.
The 15th edition, the Global Gender Gap Report 2021, comes out a little over one year after COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic. Preliminary evidence suggests that the health emergency and the related economic downturn have impacted women more severely than men, partially re-opening gaps that had already been closed.