Egypt ranks 134 out of 144 in gender inequality

Egypt ranked 134 out of 144 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report for 2017. Iceland, Norway and Finland occupied the top three while Yemen, Pakistan and Syria held the bottom three positions. Egypt ranked tenth amongst the 17 MENA nations who saw progress as a group but remained the worst performing region. The report stated that this was the worst year in terms improvement for the gender gap globally since its inception in 2006.