Center for Gender Studies Gender Wage Gaps -Worldwide
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 Re-Ranking 58 Countries by Three of Five Categories Employed in:
      Women's Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap - 2005 (pdf file)		  
Rank Political
  Empowerment		 click for explanation Rank Economic
  Opportunity 		clcik for explanation Rank Economic
  Participation 		click for explanation  
1 New Zealand 1 Denmark 1 Thailand  
2 Iceland 2 Norway 2 Zimbabwe  
3 Norway 3 Hungary 3 Russian Federation  
4 Finland 4 Czech Republic 4 Latvia  
5 United Kingdom 5 Estonia 5 Sweden  
6 Germany 6 Latvia 6 Denmark  
7 Netherlands 7 Iceland 7 Canada  
8 Sweden 8 Luxembourg 8 Estonia  
9 Costa Rica 9 France 9 China  
10 Latvia 10 Russian Federation 10 Lithuania  
11 Canada 11 Lithuania 11 Bulgaria  
12 Ireland 12 Sweden 12 Finland  
13 Lithuania 13 Venezuela 13 Norway  
14 France 14 Bulgaria 14 Slovak Republic  
15 Colombia 15 Slovenia 15 Australia  
16 South Africa 16 Netherlands 16 New Zealand  
17 Switzerland 17 Finland 17 Iceland  
18 Poland 18 Portugal 18 Bangladesh  
19 United States 19 Poland 19 United States  
20 Denmark 20 Chile 20 Germany  
21 Austria 21 Brazil 21 United Kingdom  
22 Australia 22 Austria 22 Turkey  
23 Bulgaria 23 China 23 Romania  
24 India 24 Indonesia 24 Czech Republic  
25 Belgium 25 Australia 25 Poland  
26 Argentina 26 Uruguay 26 Slovenia  
27 Spain 27 Canada 27 Portugal  
28 Hungary 28 Germany 28 Israel  
29 Slovak Republic 29 Argentina 29 Indonesia  
30 Estonia 30 Costa Rica 30 Hungary  
31 Portugal 31 Romania 31 France  
32 Israel 32 Jordan 32 Netherlands  
33 Luxembourg 33 Slovak Republic 33 Japan  
34 Zimbabwe 34 Spain 34 Korea  
35 Romania 35 India 35 Belgium  
36 Uruguay 36 Malaysia 36 Uruguay  
37 Pakistan 37 Belgium 37 Ireland  
38 Peru 38 Colombia 38 Venezuela  
39 Slovenia 39 Thailand 39 South Africa  
40 China 40 Israel 40 Malaysia  
41 Mexico 41 United Kingdom 41 Colombia  
42 Bangladesh 42 Switzerland 42 Austria  
43 Czech Republic 43 Malta 43 Switzerland  
44 Chile 44 Peru 44 Greece  
45 Malta 45 Mexico 45 Spain  
46 Indonesia 46 United States 46 Brazil  
47 Russian Federation 47 New Zealand 47 Mexico  
48 Italy 48 Greece 48 Luxembourg  
49 Thailand 49 Italy 49 Costa Rica  
50 Greece 50 Egypt 50 Peru  
51 Malaysia 51 Ireland 51 Italy  
52 Venezuela 52 Japan 52 Chile  
53 Turkey 53 Bangladesh 53 Pakistan  
54 Japan 54 Pakistan 54 India  
55 Egypt 55 Korea 55 Argentina  
56 Korea 56 South Africa 56 Malta  
57 Brazil 57 Zimbabwe 57 Egypt  
58 Jordan 58 Turkey 58 Jordan  
    ©2005 H. Lips & W. Andrew      Last updated: October 21st, 2005       Return: Gender Wage Gaps-Worldwide
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