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Bookmark or Share- Global Gender Gap Report 2024 | World Economic ForumThe report benchmarks gender parity across 146 economies using four key dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment. It shows that the global gender gap has closed by 68.5% in 2024, but it will take 134 years to reach full parity.
- Wealth gap widens as pandemic deepens economic inequality | World ...The richest 10% of the world population owns 76% of all wealth, while the poorest half owns just a sliver, according to the World Inequality Lab. The war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 crisis have exacerbated the gap between rich and poor countries, calling for urgent policy action to tackle poverty and inequality.
- Inequality in India: what's the real story? | World Economic ForumAt the other end of the pyramid, the poorer half jostles for a mere 4.1% of national wealth. What’s more, things are getting better for the rich. The Credit Suisse data shows that India’s richest 1% owned just 36.8% of the country’s wealth in 2000, while the share of the top 10% was 65.9%.
- The problem with wealth inequality | World Economic ForumThe World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.
- Global income inequality: How big is gap between richest and poorest ...The report reveals that the richest 10% of the world own 52% of the income and 76% of the wealth, while the poorest half earn just 8% and own 2%. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the inequalities, but some policies can reduce them, the report argues.
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