Current Context: India ranked 131st out of 148 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2025, with a gender parity score of 64.4%, showing slight improvement (+0.3 %) but slipping in rank due to faster progress by others .

 ABOUT THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX

• Developer: World Economic Forum (annual since 2006)
• Assessments based on four pillars: Economic Participation & Opportunity; Educational Attainment; Health & Survival; Political Empowerment.
• Global Status:
• – Overall parity: ~68.8% closed
• – Time to full parity: ~134 years at current rates.

INDIA’S PERFORMANCE

• Overall score:4% – marginally improved, but dropped in global ranking.
• Economic participation: Slight gain; women’s income parity remains low (<30%).
• Education: Enrollment near parity, but female literacy lags; minor decline .
• Health & Survival: Nearly full parity (≈96%) .

Political empowerment: Weakest link – women now 13–14 % in Parliament and ministries, down from 2024 .