Countries With the Highest Gender Scores

Every country with a figure for gender score, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Iceland (2.19), Finland (2.04) and Nicaragua (1.98). The middle country of the 186 has 0.453.

What this measures

Gender score, in typical gaps (standard deviations). Source: PlaceStats. For this measure, higher is better.

The average of 5 measures from 3 publishers. Each measure is first put on a common scale: 0 is the average country in an average year, and 1 is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation). Each is turned so that higher is better. Measures are averaged within each publisher first, so a publisher with many measures does not count for more. Members: Women's political empowerment, Women ministers, Women in parliament, Women in management, Married by 18.

A standard deviation is a typical gap between places.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2012–2025. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on gender score

• Countries With the Lowest Gender Scores
• Gender score by country: trend over time and what it goes with

Related rankings

• Countries With the Highest Gender Wage Gaps
• Countries With the Highest Gender Inequality Index
• Countries With the Highest Gender Development Index
• Countries With the Highest Women's Political Empowerment
• Countries With the Highest Women Ministers
• Countries With the Highest Women in Parliament
• Countries With the Highest Women in Management
• Countries With the Highest Married by 18

A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.