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11 cze 2024 · Over the past 50 years, nearly half (47.2%) of economies tracked by the Global Gender Gap Index have had at least one woman in top political office. Gender parity in parliamentary representation reached a record high of 33% in 2024, nearly doubling since 2006 (18.8%).
The chart shows that around half of all women worldwide are in the labor force but that this differs across world regions: while most are slightly or cleary above the global average, the Middle East and North Africa as well as South Asia have much lower participation rates.
The two charts allow us to answer the initial questions: Women are greatly under-represented in top income groups – they make up much less than 50% across each of the nine countries. Within the top 1% women account for around 20% and there is surprisingly little variation across countries.
11 cze 2024 · The World Bank estimates that closing the gender gap in employment and entrepreneurship could increase global GDP by more than 20%, while the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has categorized the correction of the “misallocation” of women’s talents and abilities as a method for boosting productivity.
The World Bank's Gender Data Portal makes the latest gender statistics accessible through compelling narratives and data visualizations to improve the understanding of gender data and facilitate analyses that inform policy choices.
If 2.5 million more women joined the workforce, worked about two paid hours more per week, and landed jobs in the most productive sectors, women’s contribution to GDP could unlock as much as €146 billion in annual GDP by 2030.
21 cze 2023 · Based on 2023 trends, the global gender gap is not expected to close for another 131 years - around 30 percent longer than the World Economic Forum 's 2020 outlook predicted.
