Important facts on Gender Gap Report 2021 by W.E.F.

Overall Ranking:

• India is now one of the worst performers in South Asia, it is now ranked 140 among 156 countries.
  
  • In South Asia, Bangladesh ranked 65, Nepal 106, Pakistan 153, Afghanistan 156, Bhutan 130 and Sri Lanka 116.
  • India had ranked 112^th among 153 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2020.
• Political Empowerment:
  
  • India has declined on the political empowerment index as well by 13.5 percentage points, and a decline in the number of women ministers, from 23.1% in 2019 to 9.1% in 2021.
  • However, it has still performed relatively well compared to other countries, ranking at 51 in women’s participation in politics.
• Education Attainment:
  
  • In the index of education attainment, India has been ranked at 114.
• Economic Participation:
  
  • The report notes that the economic participation gender gap actually widened in India by 3% this year.
  • The share of women in professional and technical roles declined further to 29.2%.
  • The share of women in senior and managerial positions also is at 14.6% and only 8.9% firms in the country have top female managers.
  • The estimated earned income of women in India is only one-fifth of men’s, which puts the country among the bottom 10 globally on this indicator.
    
    • In Pakistan and Afghanistan, the income of an average woman is below 16% of that of an average man, while in India it is 20.7%.
• Health and Survival index:
  
  • On this India has fared the worst, ranking at 155.
    
    • The only country to have fared worse is China.