India ranked 112 in the world on the gender gap, and is among the bottom five for women’s health, survival, and economic participation, according to the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report.
The report released on Tuesday stated that while Iceland remains the world’s most gender-neutral country, India has slipped down the ladder from its 108th position last year on the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report to rank below countries like China (106th), Sri Lanka (102nd), Nepal (101st), Brazil (92nd), Indonesia (85th) and Bangladesh (50th).
Yemen is stood last (153rd), while Iraq stands at 152nd and Pakistan at 151st.
“The time it will take to close the gender gap narrowed to 99.5 years in 2019. While an improvement in 2018 when the gap was calculated to take 108 years to close, it still means parity between men and women across health, education, work and politics will take more than a lifetime to achieve,” the WEF said.