India slips in WEF’s global gender gap report

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India has fallen 28 places in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021 and is now one of the worst performers in South Asia, trailing behind neighbours Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar -— it is now ranked 140 among 156 countries.

In the index of education attainment, India has been ranked at 114.

But the two indices where India has fared the worst are “Health and Survival”, which includes the sex ratio, and economic participation of women.

The estimated earned income of women in India is only one-fifth of men’s, which puts the country among the bottom 10 globally on this indicator, it said.

But it is in the Health and Survival index that India has fared the worst, ranking at 155 — the only country to have fared worse is China. The report points to a skewed sex ratio as a major factor.

(Report from Indian Express dated April 1, 2021)

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ranked-140-of-156-countries-india-slips-28-spots-in-wefs-global-gender-gap-report-7253575/