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Ranked: Best Countries for Women in 2023 πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ

Ranked: Best Countries for Women in 2023 πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ

What We’re Showing

This graphic ranks the top 10 countries for women across inclusion, justice, and security metrics, using data from the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

Methodology

An index score out of 1.0 is derived based on ratings across the following components:

  • Inclusion: education, employment, financial inclusion, cell phone use, parliamentary representation
  • Justice: absence of legal discrimination, access to justice, maternal mortality ratio, son bias
  • Safety: intimate partner violence, community safety, political violence targeting women, and proximity to conflict

Key Takeaways

  • Nine of the top 10 countries are in Europe; New Zealand (#10) is the only regional outlier
  • The average score of the top 10 countries is 0.92 versus the global average of 0.65
  • Denmark, the highest-ranked country, scored particularly well across inclusion (such as financial inclusion and parliamentary representation) and justice (such as absence of legal discrimination and access to justice) metrics
  • Canada (#17), the UK (#26), and the U.S. (#37) did not make the top 10 list

Dataset

RankCountryIndex Score
1Denmark0.932
2Switzerland0.928
3Sweden0.926
4Finland0.924
4Iceland0.924
4Luxembourg0.924
7Norway0.92
8Austria0.911
9Netherlands0.908
10New Zealand0.904
.........
17Canada0.885
26United Kingdom0.860
37United States0.823
Global Average0.650
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