In fact, it is better positioned in this field than other powers such as China and Japan, being surpassed by most of Europe, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Argentina, Colombia, Australia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Israel.

The report measures 149 countries in their progress towards gender parity in an escalation from 0 (meaning disparity) to 1 (parity) in four areas: Participation and Economic Opportunity, Level of Education, Health and Survival and Political Empowerment. In this sense, the overall rating of Mexico is 0.721, on a par with Mozambique, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe; United States, Peru (0.720 both), Austria (0.718), Chile (0.717), Uruguay (0.715), Croatia (0.712), Venezuela (0.709), Italy (0.706), and considerably above the world average of 0.680.

Level of education, the grade of 0.996 and position 58, Health and supervision, with 0.979 of qualification and 50 positions, and Political Empowerment, with 0.335 of qualification and 27 positions worldwide. However, where it is lagging behind is Participation and Economic Opportunity, despite having a higher rating (0.574), it is ranked 122 worldwide.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico is ranked 12, behind Nicaragua, Barbados, Costa Rica, Cuba, Bolivia, Bahamas, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Panama.

Of Mexico in particular, the Economic Forum that both the country and Chile rose in several ranges after having closed 72% of their gaps, to date the highest yields are published in the Index in both countries. Mexico shows an improvement in the four subgroups, reversing the downward trend of last year, with the progress in gender parity in women in the Congress, as well as a healthy life expectancy, the Forum recognizes.

In the report of the year 2017, in the year 81, with a rating of 0.692.

Staff

Translator: Martín Caballero