Jamaica is the highest-ranked Caribbean nation on gender equality, in keeping with the World Financial Discussion board’s Global Gender Gap Index 2023 report.
Every year, WEF compiles a report that measures the extent of gender-based gaps amongst 4 key dimensions: Financial Participation and Alternative, Instructional Attainment, Well being and Survival, and Political Empowerment, then offers every nation a rating between 0% (the bottom doable gender equality) and 100% (the very best doable gender equality). The analyses of every nation are meant to function a foundation for designing efficient measures for lowering gender gaps.
High international locations globally for gender equality
The highest ten international locations for gender equality embrace 4 Nordic international locations: Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Sweden; in addition to their European neighbors: Germany, Belgium, and Lithuania; the Asian Pacific nation New Zealand; Nicaragua in Latin America; and Namibia in Africa.
For over 10 years, Iceland has retained its primary spot. For 2023, it acquired a rating of 91%.
The Caribbean and Latin America rankings
Jamaica ranks second on the planet in financial participation and alternatives for girls however beneath #50 in training and political illustration. Below the well being and survival sub-category, it ranks at #94.
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Jamaica is ranked twenty fourth globally from a listing of 146 international locations, with a 77% score. The island is first amongst Caribbean international locations, however when combining Latin America and Caribbean international locations, it ranks third, beneath Nicaragua (81%) and Costa Rica (79%).
Progress in Latin America and the Caribbean
With incremental progress in the direction of gender parity since 2017, Latin America and the Caribbean has bridged 74.3% of its general gender hole. After Europe and North America, the area has the third-highest stage of parity, the report famous.
“Because the final version, seven out of 21 international locations (together with comparatively populous international locations like Colombia, Chile, Honduras, and Brazil) have improved their gender parity scores by a minimum of 0.5 share factors, whereas 5 international locations have seen a decline of their parity scores by a minimum of 0.5 share factors. This has led to a 1.7 percentage-point enhance in general gender parity since final yr.
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“Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Jamaica register the very best parity scores on this area, and Belize, Paraguay, and Guatemala the bottom. On the present price of progress, Latin America and the Caribbean will take 53 years to achieve full gender parity,” the report stated.
