Gender equality: Rank declines a notch in 2022 against last year

Despite India maintaining a consistent performance on gender equality, its rank in this area in legal terms has declined to 124th among 190 countries in 2022 against 123rd a year ago and 117th in 2020, according to an index compiled by a World Bank study.

The 2022 study, “Women, Business and the Law”, has taken into account legal reforms in the period from October 2, 2020, to October 1, 2021.

India’s position went down despite its score remaining 74.4 out of 100 in all the three years. This means other countries reformed faster than India did in bridging the gender gap.

The ranking