Turkey Falls to 130th Rank in Gender Equality

Turkey keeps falling in World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap report.

Turkey ranked 142nd in 2014 has ranked 130th in 2015 among 145 countries.

The top ranked countries respectively are Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Rwanda, Philippines, Switzerland, Slovenia, and New Zealand.

The bottom ranked countries are Yemen, Pakistan, and Syria.

The report notes that 118 years is required for the global gender gap to disappear completely according to calculations so far.

Turkey in the report

Here is section of Turkey in the report.

- In terms of economic participation and opportunities as well as women participation in labor force, Turkey ranks 131st.

Turkey ranks 82nd in wages equality.

According to the report, a man earns $2.56 against a woman earning $1 doing the same job.

32.20 percent of women join labor force compared to 75.6 percent of men.

- Turkey ranks 105th in terms of gender equality in education as well as women literacy.

- Turkey ranks 105th in political empowerment.

Turkey took its place in 86th position in woman representation in parliament, and ranked 139th in Ministry positions.

Improvement by 0.039 as of 2006

Rankings of Turkey in the report as of 2006 are as follows:

(ÇT/TK)

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