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he map, above, shows gender equality across the world as published in the 'Global Gender
Gap Report 2014' of the World Economic Forum.
The Global Gender Gap Index presented in this report (called Gender Equality Score in the
map and graphic here) covers the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas
health, education, economy and politics.
The highest possible score for any country is 1 (equality) and the lowest possible score is 0
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According to 2014 rankings, Iceland is ranked at the first position with a score of 0.86. India is
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Take a look a the graphic, below, that shows how India's gender equality for each of the four

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