For the 14th year running, Iceland takes the top position at 91.2%. It also continues to be the only country to have closed more than 90% of its gender gap.
The first wave of feminism in Norway began in the 1840s, and many waves have since followed, paving the way for rights for women in the Scandinavian country.
The first European country to grant women the right to vote in 1906, Finland registered 86.3% parity in the 2023 edition. The recent tenure of a female head of state, Sanna Marin, and parity in ministerial positions boosts parity on political empowerment to 70%.
In the last five years, New Zealand has gained more than five percentage points to close 85.6% of the overall gender gap.
Maintaining its rank since the last edition, Sweden has closed 81.5% of the gender gap. Political empowerment is at 50.3%, and economic participation and opportunity is at 79.5% parity.
Climbing four rankings since last year, Germany registered an additional 1.4 percentage points for a score of 81.5%.
The nation has achieved gender parity on educational attainment and has been standing at 97.8% parity on the health and survival subindex.
The highest-ranking Sub-Saharan African country, Namibia has attained 80.2% gender parity. With 56% of technical workers and 43.6% of senior officers being women, economic participation and opportunity is at 78.4% parity. Namibia