Sri Lanka Ranks 16th in Global Gender Gap Rankings 2009 by World Economic Forum

28th October 2009, www.bloomberg.com

The following table ranks countries by the gender gap between men and women in four areas: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment and health and survival.

The report for 2009 is from the World Economic Forum, based in Geneva.

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2009 Country Rank Overall Score, 2009/8 Rank Change, Economics Rank, Education Rank, Health Survival Rank, Political Rank
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1. Iceland 82.76% 3 16 1 101 1
2. Finland 82.52% 0 15 1 1 2
3. Norway 82.27% -2 8 26 56 3
4. Sweden 81.39% -1 6 39 79 4
5. New Zealand 78.80% 0 7 1 72 7
6. South Africa 77.09% 16 61 43 70 5
7. Denmark 76.28% 0 20 1 102 11
8. Ireland 75.97% 0 43 1 86 8
9. Philippines 75.79% -3 11 1 1 19
10. Lesotho 74.95% 6 4 1 1 34
11. Netherlands 74.90% -2 49 51 75 10
12. Germany 74.49% -1 37 49 60 13
13. Switzerland 74.26% 1 48 88 59 12
14. Latvia 74.16% -4 14 1 1 31
15. United Kingdom 74.02% -2 35 1 72 22
16. Sri Lanka 74.02% -4 100 68 1 6
17. Spain 73.45% 0 91 56 80 9
18. France 73.31% -3 62 1 1 16
19. Trinidad&Tobago 72.98% 0 44 58 1 27
20. Australia 72.82% 1 19 1 78 39
21. Barbados 72.36% 5 5 1 1 67
22. Mongolia 72.21% 18 1 1 1 100
23. Ecuador 72.20% 12 78 45 1 21
24. Argentina 72.11% 0 90 57 1 14
25. Canada 71.96% 6 10 38 60 62
26. Mozambique 71.95% -8 3 126 62 15
27. Costa Rica 71.80% 5 85 48 1 20
28. Bahamas* 71.79% n/a 2 1 1 109
29. Cuba 71.76% -3 89 1 74 18
30. Lithuania 71.75% -6 18 54 41 54
31. United States 71.73% -3 17 1 40 61
32. Namibia 71.67% -1 32 85 108 38
33. Belgium 71.65% -4 65 71 55 29
34. Belarus 71.41% 0 29 75 41 46
35. Guyana* 71.08% n/a 86 41 1 28
36. Moldova 71.04% -14 26 63 41 64
37. Estonia 70.94% 2 36 37 41 50
38. Bulgaria 70.72% 0 40 66 41 42
39. Botswana 70.71% 26 22 27 124 66
40. Uganda 70.67% 5 28 111 69 30
41. Kyrgyzstan 70.58% 2 46 59 1 43
42. Austria 70.31% -11 103 78 1 23
43. Panama 70.24% -7 51 52 1 52
44. Peru 70.24% 6 77 89 91 33
45. Israel 70.19% 13 41 50 98 53
46. Portugal 70.13% -5 53 76 80 47
47. Kazakhstan 70.13% 0 12 42 41 102
48. Jamaica 70.13% -2 21 1 96 93
49. Nicaragua 70.02% 24 105 1 65 25
50. Poland 69.98% 1 72 33 41 40
51. Russia 69.87% -7 24 29 41 99
52. Slovenia 69.82% 1 31 36 80 87
53. Macedonia 69.50% 2 60 79 115 44
54. Croatia 69.44% -6 70 55 41 49
55. El Salvador 69.39% 5 99 81 1 32
56. Colombia 69.39% -4 39 28 1 84
57. Uruguay 69.36% -1 63 1 1 58
58. Uzbekistan 69.13% -1 9 100 64 97
59. Thailand 69.07% -5 30 62 1 105
60. China 69.07% -1 38 87 130 60
61. Ukraine 68.96% 3 33 31 41 117
62. Honduras 68.93% -13 88 1 1 41
63. Luxembourg 68.89% 5 74 1 80 57
64. Chile 68.84% 3 112 44 1 26
65. Hungary 68.79% -3 56 64 41 81
66. Paraguay 68.68% 36 59 40 1 85
67. Dominican Rep. 68.59% 7 68 1 1 73
68. Slovakia 68.45% -2 69 1 1 75
69. Venezuela 68.39% -8 81 34 1 63
70. Romania 68.05% 2 34 70 41 126
71. Viet Nam 68.02% -1 25 108 97 72
72. Italy 67.98% -3 96 46 88 45
73. Tanzania 67.97% -33 52 115 105 37
74. Czech Rep. 67.89% -3 71 1 41 91
75. Japan 67.69% 25 54 84 41 110
76. Gambia 67.52% 11 23 119 1 68
77. Malawi 67.38% 6 42 113 116 48
78. Madagascar 67.32% -2 45 98 1 108
79. Suriname 67.26% 2 102 74 80 51
80. Cyprus 67.06% -2 83 61 114 80
81. Ghana 67.04% -2 13 112 111 101
82. Brazil 66.95% -7 76 32 1 114
83. Bolivia 66.93% -1 95 91 112 56
84. Georgia 66.80% 0 55 82 131 103
85. Singapore 66.64% 1 58 102 121 86
86. Greece 66.62% -9 87 60 57 94
87. Tajikistan 66.61% 4 27 114 58 96
88. Belize 66.36% 0 80 35 1 121
89. Malta 66.35% -4 106 47 77 69
90. Azerbaijan 66.26% -27 47 94 132 119
91. Armenia 66.19% -11 57 29 133 123
92. Albania 66.01% -3 64 73 122 125
93. Indonesia 65.80% 2 101 95 87 70
94. Bangladesh 65.26% -2 121 105 127 17
95. Brunei 65.24% 6 79 65 113 127
96. Zimbabwe 65.18% -2 82 103 125 83
97. Mauritius 65.13% 0 109 80 1 92
98. Kenya 65.12% -8 50 106 110 122
99. Mexico 65.03% 0 114 90 1 65
100. Maldives 64.82% -7 98 1 126 112
101. Malaysia 64.67% -3 104 77 103 113
102. Senegal* 64.27% n/a 75 124 76 59
103. Fiji* 64.14% n/a 111 72 1 115
104. Cambodia 64.10% -6 66 117 1 98
105. Kuwait 63.56% 0 107 86 116 124
106. Angola 63.53% 12 97 127 1 36
107. Zambia 63.10% 3 94 116 116 82
108. Nigeria 62.80% -2 84 123 109 89
109. Tunisia 62.33% -2 123 97 100 77
110. Nepal 62.13% 14 116 125 123 35
111. Guatemala 62.09% 5 115 101 1 118
112. UAE 61.98% -3 126 67 116 76
113. Jordan 61.82% -5 122 83 94 111
114. India 61.51% 3 127 121 134 24
115. South Korea 61.46% -3 113 109 80 104
116. Bahrain 61.36% 9 118 69 116 131
117. Algeria 61.19% -2 119 99 91 120
118. Cameroon 61.08% 3 108 122 106 95
119. Mauritania 61.03% -5 117 120 1 71
120. Burkina Faso 60.81% -1 73 129 98 88
121. Syria 60.72% -10 120 104 68 116
122. Ethiopia 59.48% 4 92 130 106 74
123. Oman 59.38% -1 128 93 95 128
124. Morocco 59.26% 5 125 118 90 90
125. Qatar 59.07% -2 129 53 129 130
126. Egypt 58.62% 2 124 107 89 129
127. Mali 58.60% -14 93 131 104 78
128. Iran 58.39% -8 131 96 63 132
129. Turkey 58.28% -2 130 110 93 107
130. Saudi Arabia 56.51% 2 133 92 65 134
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* New Country
** 100 score is full equality and 0 is total inequality

Source: World Economic Forum

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