India retained the 131st rank on the Global Gender Gap Index 2026 released by the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/davos-summit-2026-mmrda-signs-usd-26-billion-ai-and-green-industry-deals-at-world-economic-forum-2026-calls-it-biggest-ever-davos-success-23613227" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">World Economic Forum</a> on Wednesday (WEF), with Iceland, Finland, and Norway maintaining their top three slots respectively.
Only 14 countries ranked below than India on the index of 145 countries. These include Papua New Guinea, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Tajikistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Mali, Algeria and Congo.&nbsp;
In India, the world&rsquo;s most populous country with approximately 1.5 billion people, the progress towards <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/indias-gender-empolyment-gap-only-18-percent-young-women-in-paid-work-against-79-percent-men-says-report-23619606" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">gender parity</a> stood at 64.5 per cent, below the global average.
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