Gender Gap Report 2016

India ranked 87/144 countries
India has climbed 21 spots from 108th position in 2015.
Report is released by World Economic Forum
The report measures gender gap as progress towards parity between men and women in four areas

1. Educational attainment,
2. Health and survival,
3. Economic opportunity and
4. Political empowerment.

India related comments:

In this edition India has overtaken China which is ranked 99th.
The improvement in India’s ranking is driven largely by major improvements in education, where it has managed to close its gap entirely in primary and secondary education.
In case of education attainment, India has made considerable strides moving up from 125th rank in 2015 to 113th in 2016.
On economic participation and opportunity too, India has moved up to 136th rank in 2016, from 139th in the year 2015.
On health and survival, India has made little progress moving up by one place to 142nd rank compared to 141st in 2015.
On political empowerment, India continues to be ranked 9th in the world.