The Global Gender Gap Report’s index assesses 134 countries on how well they divide resources and opportunities amongst male and female populations, regardless of the overall levels of these resources. The report measures the size of the gender inequality gap in four areas:

economic participation and opportunity Outcomes on salaries, participation levels and access to high-skilled employment

educational attainment Outcomes on access to basic and higher level education

health and survival Outcomes on life expectancy and sex ratio

political empowerment Outcomes on representation in decision-making structures

where is the gap? 2010 Global snapshot of the gender gap in four areas:

Gender Inequality Gap

usa 0.74

0.80 1.00 0.98 0.19mexico 0.66

0.52 0.99 0.98 0.14

costa rica 0.72

0.58 1.00 0.97 0.33

brazil 0.66

0.64 0.99 0.98 0.05

Ghana 0.68

0.77 0.89 0.97 0.11 australia 0.73

0.74 1.00 0.97 0.19

pakistan 0.55

0.31 0.77 0.96 0.15

china 0.69

0.69 0.98 0.93 0.15

canada 0.74

0.78 1.00 0.98 0.20

France 0.70

0.66 1.00 0.98 0.17

turkey 0.59

0.39 0.91 0.98 0.08

iceland 0.85

0.78 1.00 0.98 0.20

0.4 +0.0 1.0

overall country score 2010inequality

inequality

equality

globalpopulation

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0.5 + 0.6 + 0.7 + 0.8 +

source: Global Gender Gap Report 2010; World Economic Forum

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yemen 0.46

0.20 0.66 0.97 0.02

134

134 Countries90 %

Global Average of Relative Equity of Women to Men, where 1 = Equality

< 1 at the expense of women

Gap

1.0

0.8

0.4

0.2

0.0

0.6

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