November 11th, 2009 at 11:30 pm

The Gender-Gap Rankings Are In: We’re Number (Thirty)One!

Via Yglesias:

But that’s just the rankings.  I recommend taking a look at the full report.  In case you cannot: here’s some more:

If it hasn’t struck you already, compare the graph on education with the one on political empowerment–then with the one on economic opportunity.

This is the United States, 2009.  And so the trudging continues.

UPDATE: Another measure:

The most important determinant of a country’s competitiveness is its human talent—the skills, education and productivity of its workforce.  And women account for one-half of the potential talent base throughout the world. Over time, therefore, a nation’s competitiveness depends significantly on whether and how it educates and utilizes its female talent.To maximize its competitiveness and development potential, each country should strive for gender equality—that is, to give women the same rights, responsibilities and opportunities as men. Figure 7 shows a plot of the Global Gender Gap Index 2009 scores against the Global Competitiveness Index 2009–2010 scores, while Figure 8 plots the Global Gender Gap Index 2009 scores against GDP per capita.

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