Pakistan is ranked 145th out of 146 states in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) report on the global gender gap, making it the second-worst country.
The top five most unequal nations are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Chad, while Finland, Norway, New Zealand, and Sweden are the top five most gender-parallel nations.
According to the report, 68.1 percent of the gender gap worldwide was closed in 2022.
“At the current pace, full parity will be achieved in 132 years, “said the report. “In comparison to the estimate for 2021 (136 years to parity), this represents a small four-year improvement.
The gender gap may close within a century, according to the report, if the trends that preceded 2020 are taken into account.
Pakistan’s final percentage was 56.4 percent, but the report stated that “significant improvement” had been made in three subindices.
The areas of economic participation and opportunity showed the greatest positive change. Pakistan ranked 95 on political participation while it was ranked 145 on economic participation and opportunity.
It received subindex scores of 135 for educational attainment and 143 for health and survival.
The highest gender gap score among economic indicators is for wage equality, but improvements were also noted in estimated earned income, where women’s earnings rose 4% from 2021 to 2022.
According to the report, “Gender parity scores for literacy, secondary, and tertiary education enrolment all rose.”
Pakistan was noted as having the lowest percentage of senior managerial and legislative positions.
Particularly for health and survival, South Asia has one of the lowest regional scores for gender parity.
According to the report, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India are among the nations with the worst performances worldwide. Only Sri Lanka has closed the gender gap in this subindex.
