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Global Gender Gap Report Ranks India at 135, Poorest in Health and Survival

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In the Health and Survival subindex, India was ranked 146, behind Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

India has ranked 135th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Report 2022. On a scale of 0 to 1,India has scored 0.629, which is its seventh-highest score in the last 16 years.

However, India has fared more poorly in the subindex Economic Participation and Opportunity, where it ranked 143, falling behind neighboring countries such as Nepal (98), Bhutan (126), and Bangladesh (141).

The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions -- 1) Economic Participation and Opportunity, 2) Educational Attainment, 3) Health and Survival, and 4) Political Empowerment.

In the Health and Survival subindex, India was ranked 146, which is its lowest among all four subindexes. It was preceded by neighbouring nations like Nepal (109), Bhutan (125), Bangladesh (129), Afghanistan (140), and Pakistan (143).

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