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1 Insight ReportGlobal Gender Gap Report 20202 World Economic Forum 91-93 route de la CapiteCH-1223 Cologny/GenevaSwitzerlandTel.: +41 (0)22 869 1212 Fax: +41 (0)22 786 2744E-mail: 2019by the World Economic ForumAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys-tem, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise without the prior permission of the World Economic : 978-2-940631-03-2 The Report and an interactive data platform are available at of Use and DisclaimerThe analysis presented in the Global Gender Gap Report 2020 (herein: Report ) is based on a methodology integrating the latest statistics from international organizations and a survey of findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Economic Forum .

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6 Computation and Composition of the Global Gender Gap Index _____45 Section B: Indicators Definitions and Sources _____48 Notes & References _____56 PART 2 - COUNTRY PROFILES _____58 How to Read the Country Profiles _____59 Index of Country Profiles _____62 Country Profiles _____63 Contributors and Acknowledgments _____3694At the dawn of the 2020s, building fairer and more inclu-sive economies must be the goal of Global , national and industry leaders. To get there, instilling Gender parity across education, health, politics and across all forms of Economic participation will be critical. Over the past 14 years the Global Gender Gap Index included in this Report has served as a compass to track progress on relative gaps between women and men on health, education, economy and politics.

7 Through this annual yardstick, stakeholders within each country are able to set priorities relevant in each specific Economic , political and cultural context. This year s Report highlights the growing urgency for action. Without the equal inclusion of half of the World s tal-ent, we will not be able to deliver on the promise of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for all of society, grow our economies for greater shared prosperity or achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. At the present rate of change, it will take nearly a century to achieve parity, a timeline we simply cannot accept in today s globalized World , especially among younger generations who hold increasingly progressive views of Gender equality. Fortunately, the pathways to accelerating Gender parity have also become more evident.

8 Companies must treat peo-ple with dignity and respect and offer equal opportunities to all members of the society, leveraging Gender diversity and investing in all of their talent through ongoing upskilling and reskilling. Governments must create policies that provide talent development, integration and deployment opportuni-ties for all genders, diversify the leadership pool and provide support to families and caregivers, in both youthful and ageing societies alike. And business and government must work together on creating a new Economic and social nar-rative for action and on coordinating and speeding up the process of change. At the World Economic Forum , in our Platform for Shap-ing the New Economy and Society, we are supplementing studies such as this annual Report , with a growing portfo-lio of impact-focused initiatives.

9 Our Closing the Gender Gap Accelerators work with advanced and developing economies to create public-private collaborations for rapid acceleration to Economic parity, focusing on increasing women s participation in the workforce, closing the pay gap between men and women, and helping more women advance into leadership roles and develop in-demand skills. Our Hardwiring Gender Parity in the Future of Work initiative is starting with a commitment framework for businesses to embed parity into their fastest growing professions. We are delighted to feature in this Report a special collaboration with our partner LinkedIn exploring Gender gaps in some of the Prefacemost critical professions of the new economy.

10 Finally, we have set ourselves an institutional target to at least double the participation of women leaders at our Annual Meeting in Davos over the next decade, as a symbol of the leadership shift that must occur globally to make our economies and societies more inclusive. On behalf of the Forum , I would like to express my grat-itude to Roberto Crotti, Thierry Geiger, Vesselina Ratcheva and Saadia Zahidi for their leadership of this project, as well as all members of the Platform for shaping the New Econ-omy and Society team for their support. Additionally, this Report and our broader work on Gender parity benefits from the outstanding engagement of the Partners of the Platform for Shaping the Future of the New Economy and are certain that this Report will contribute to shaping mindsets and catalysing action towards the achievement of Gender equality.