Global Gender Gap Report: Hungary finishes last among EU nations

World Economic Forum has published this year’s Global Gender Gap report. Out of all the 149 countries examined, Hungary finished below the global average at the 102nd place. Hungary had the worst score among all the European nations.

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What is this report and what does it measure?

Qubit reports that The Global Gender Gap Report has been recently published, and it is apparent that Hungary is not doing so well regarding decreasing the gap between men and women.

“The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 as a framework for capturing the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress over time. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, education, health and political criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income groups.”

In other words, the index measures gender-based gaps in access to resources and opportunities in the countries, across four fundamental categories: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival and Political Empowerment.

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Here are the top countries, who made the most progress regarding the gender gap. Women living in these countries are the closest to economic and political equality.

According to the estimations, it will take 108 years to make the gender gap disappear globally, across all four categories, and it will take approximately 202 more years to achieve equal pay among men and woman who work at similar positions.

Interestingly, the great power nations such as the United States or China have not been doing as well: the U.S. finished 51th, China 103^rd.