Global Gender Gap Index

Master's thesis for master’s programme "Data Journalism" at HSE University

The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks the evolution of gender-based gaps among four key dimensions. The following information are visualized for each country: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.

This year, the Global Gender Gap index benchmarks 156 countries, providing a tool for cross-country comparison and to prioritize the most effective policies needed to close gender gaps. The methodology of the index has remained stable since its original conception in 2006, providing a basis for robust cross-country and time-series analysis. The Global Gender Gap Index measures scores on a 0 to 100 scale and scores can be interpreted as the distance to parity (i.e. the percentage of the gender gap that has been closed).

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