The gender gap will end in 2154 at current rates
- June 21, 2023
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The gender gap in areas such as economics, politics, education or health continues to narrow, but still at a very slow pace, an annual report prepared on the
The gender gap in areas such as economics, politics, education or health continues to narrow, but still at a very slow pace, an annual report prepared on the subject indicates today. World Economic Forum (WEF), according to which, at current rates, it will take 131 years to complete.
The previous report for 2022 calculated 132 years, which shows slow progress, and the pandemic even meant a clear setback, since the 2020 report, the last year with data before the great health crisis, calculated 100 years. .
Report prepared since 2006 by WEF (organizing institution davos forum) and with data from 146 countries, places Iceland ranks first in the gender equality rankings for the fourteenth year in a row as its gap is considered closed at 91.2%.
The next two countries in the table are also Scandinavian: Norway (the gap narrowed by 87.9%), Finland (86.3%), and the fifth (Sweden, 81.5%).
New Zealand is in fourth place, and Germany, Nicaragua, Namibia, Lithuania and Belgium close the top ten in this order, in total about 80%.
Great Britain ranks fifteenth (79.2%), Spain – 18th (79.1%), France – 40th (75.6%). USA 43 (74.8%) and Italy 79 (70.5%).
Below the global average, which indicates a 68.4% reduction in the gender gap (three tenths more than in 2022), China is in 107th place (67.8%) and Japan is in 125th ( 64.7%), in the list that closes Algeria, Chad and Afghanistan.
Of the four sub-indices measured, the one related to health and survival (life expectancy and percentage of males and females at birth) is the most egalitarian, as its gap is considered to be 96% closed.
As a result, the largest gap is observed in political participation (parliamentarians, ministers and heads of state), where it is only 22.1% closed and at the current rate it will take 162 years to complete.
In economic participation (equal paypresence in the active population and specialized workers) the gap is considered to be 60.1% closed, but progression is considered to be even slower, so it is estimated that it will take 169 years to close if it continues as it is today.
In the field of education (literacy rate and Schooling) the gender gap is considered closed at 95.2% and at current rates it is estimated that it could close in 16 years.
By region, according to the WEF, Europe is the most equal (the gap narrowed by 76.3% and is projected to close in 67 years), followed by North America (75% and 95 years), and Latin America and the Caribbean. pool. (74.3%, although due to its faster onset, fewer years are expected to be eliminated than in previous cases, 53).
In the worst position were East Asia and the Pacific (68.8% and 189 years), sub-Saharan Africa (68.2% and 102 years), South Asia (63.4% and 149 years) and, closing the regional classification, Middle East and Maghreb (62.6% and 152 years).
In that field of work It is estimated that women’s participation in work is growing more than men, although due to factors such as the pandemic, there has been a big decline: in fact, the highest level of parity has not been achieved since 2009, when they were 69% (they are currently 64%, up one percentage point from 2022).
The report states that women still have higher unemployment rates globally (4.5% on average) than men (4.3%) and points out that “even when they get a job, they tend to do it in substandard conditions”.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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