Here is Question No. 9 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2017
Q9. Which of the following gives ‘Global Gender Gap Index’ ranking to the countries of the world?
a) World Economic Forum
b) UN Human Rights Council
c) UN Women
d) World Health Orgnisation
The correct answer is Option 1.
- Global Gender Gap Index:
- It is released by World Economic Forum which is an annual report. Hence option 1 is correct.
- The first publication of this index was released in 2006.
- This index is ranked among 153 countries by using 4 dimensions namely as follows,
- Educational attainment,
- Health and survival,
- Economic participation & opportunity and
- Political empowerment.
- The World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries in its Global Gender Gap (GGG) Index for 2022.
- India’s overall score has improved from 0.625 (in 2021) to 0.629, which is its seventh-highest score in the last 16 years.
- In 2021, India was ranked 140 out of 156 countries.
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