The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recently issued the Global Gender Gap Report for 2025. Unfortunately Pakistan has ranked 148th out of 148 countries with a gender parity score of just 56.7%. This is the lowest ranking of Pakistan since 2006.
The report measures gender equality in four areas:
Economic participation and opportunity
Educational attainment
Health and survival
Political empowerment
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recently issued the Global Gender Gap Report for 2025. Unfortunately Pakistan has ranked 148th out of 148 countries with a gender parity score of just 56.7%. This is the lowest ranking of Pakistan since 2006. The report measures gender equality in four areas: Economic participation and opportunity Educational attainment Health and survival Political empowermentPakistan Performance in WEF Global Gender Gap Report 2025Pakistan’s overall score slightly dropped from last year’s 57% to 56.7%. Since 2006 Pakistan has only improved its gender gap by 2.3%. Economic participation has worsened by 1.3 percentage points. While job representation stayed the same, income gaps and wage inequality slightly increased. Pakistan fell from 12.2% last year to 11% this year in political empowerment. Although the number of women in parliament grew slightly but there are currently no female ministers in the government. Pakistan is now among a few countries like Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan and Hungary with all male ministerial cabinets. Global Overview in WEF Global Gender Gap Report 2025 The global average gender gap is now 68.8% with only a small improvement from last year’s 68.4%. If progress continues at the current pace then it will take 123 years to achieve full gender equality worldwide. Iceland remains the top country for gender equality with closing 92.6% of its gap. It has held the number one spot for 16 years. Only the top 10 countries have closed at least 80% of their gender gaps. Also read this: Rs25000 Prize Bond Draw 2025Pakistan Performance in WEF Global Gender Gap Report 2025
Pakistan’s overall score slightly dropped from last year’s 57% to 56.7%.
Since 2006 Pakistan has only improved its gender gap by 2.3%.
Economic participation has worsened by 1.3 percentage points. While job representation stayed the same, income gaps and wage inequality slightly increased.
Pakistan fell from 12.2% last year to 11% this year in political empowerment. Although the number of women in parliament grew slightly but there are currently no female ministers in the government.
Pakistan is now among a few countries like Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan and Hungary with all male ministerial cabinets.
Global Overview in WEF Global Gender Gap Report 2025
The global average gender gap is now 68.8% with only a small improvement from last year’s 68.4%.
If progress continues at the current pace then it will take 123 years to achieve full gender equality worldwide.
Iceland remains the top country for gender equality with closing 92.6% of its gap. It has held the number one spot for 16 years.
Only the top 10 countries have closed at least 80% of their gender gaps.
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