Lebanon Ranked 135th on the Global Gender Gap Index 2016

According to the 2016 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index Report, Lebanon ranked 135th out of 144 countries. With this rank, Lebanon earned a score of 0.598, where 0 represents complete gender inequality and 1 represents complete equality.

Lebanon scored one of the lowest in terms of political empowerment, where it ranked 137th in the “women in parliament” sub index. The gender gap is also very pronounced in Lebanon in the fields of economic participation and opportunity, where the country ranked 136 on the Labor Force Participation sub-index and 135 on the estimated earned income sub-index.

However, the narrowest gender gap in Lebanon is in terms of education as the country ranked first on enrolment in secondary and tertiary education.

Global Gender Gap Ranks and Scores in the MENA Region

Middle East and North Africa
CountryOverall RankOverall Score
Qatar1190.643
United Arab Emirates1240.639
Tunisia1260.636
Kuwait1280.624
Bahrain1310.615
Egypt1320.614
Oman1330.612
Jordan1340.603
Lebanon1350.598
Morocco1370.597
Saudi Arabia1410.583
Syria1420.567
Yemen1440.516

Source: The World Economic Forum

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