India made no improvement in the overall gender gap ranking by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2018, compared to 2017. It stood at a low 108 out of the 149 countries in 2018, the same as in 2017.

India in the Gender Gap Index 2018

• India has improved in wage equality for similar work subindex of the Gender Gap Index
• It has been able to fully close the tertiary education gender gap for the very first time.
• India has been ranked 142nd in the economic opportunity and participation subindex out of total 149
• As per WEF report, India needs to get more women into senior and professional roles to make more improvement in the rankings.
• India widened the gap in health and survival subindex. It continues to rank third-lowest in this subindex in the world. It has made the least improvement in this parameter in the last 10
• India has closed 66 percent of its Gender Gap and is slightly ahead of the South-Asian region. South Asian region was ranked second-lowest in the index having closed only 65 per cent of its gender gap.

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