The Global Gender Gap Report 2015 - Latest Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

Question: What is the India’s rank in Global Gender Gap Index released by World Economic Forum (WEF) for the year 2015?

(a) 101
(b) 108
(c) 105
(d) 114

Ans (b)

Related facts:

World Economic Forum (WEF) on 18 November 2015 released the Global Gender Gap Report 2015
In this Gender gap index (GGI) WEF has included 145 countries whereas last year (in 2014) 142 countries were included in the Index.
India is ranked 108^th with a score of 0.664, out of 145 countries while last year it was ranked 114 in 142 countries.
The Global Gender Gap Index examines gender gaps in four areas. These are as follows:

This index have 0-1 range, The 0 means complete gender inequality and 1 means full gender equality.
India’s performance in the report:
Economic Participation and Opportunity-139^th rank
Health and Survival-143^rd
Education Attainment-125^th
Political Empowerment-9^th rank
Among BRICS countries South Africa is ranked highest (17^th).
Other BRICS countries are ranked as Russia 75^th, Brazil 85^th and China ranked 91^st.
Clearly, India ranked (108^th) lowest among BRICS countries.
There is no country which has scored 1 in this index, means any country in the world has not achieved full gender equality.
Iceland topped the index (score -0.881).
After that Norway ranked 2^nd with the score of 0.850, Finland 3^rd (0.850), Sweden 4^th (0.823) and Ireland 5^th (0.807).
Five countries with least gender equality are Iran (141), Chad (142), Syria (143), Pakistan (144) and Yemen (145).
The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006.