Analytics, EU – Baltic States, Financial Services, Rating, Wages

According to the report, Estonia climbed the most in the ranking and mainly due to improving its political empowerment index.

In the parliament, the share of women MPs rose from 19% to 24%, while in the government the share rose from 17% to 46% as a result of Estonia having six female ministers at a time for a period of a few months at the end of 2014 and the start of 2015.

Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Ireland made up the top five, while Syria, Pakistan and Yemen were the bottom three countries.

The Global Gender Gap Index 2015 ranks 145 economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool, based on economic, educational, health-based and political indicators. With a decade of data, this edition of the Global Gender Gap Report – first published in 2006 – shows that while the world has made progress overall, stubborn inequalities remain.