This is released by two UN agencies – UN Women and UN Development Programme.
The bodies collated data from 114 countries and analysed them based on the twin indices of Women’s Empowerment Index (WEI) and the Global Gender Parity Index (GGPI).
On an average, women are empowered to achieve only 60 per cent of their full potential.
They also were found to achieve 28 per cent less than men across key human development dimensions, as measured by the GGPI.
None of the 114 countries analysed achieved full women’s empowerment or complete gender parity.
The report provides for the first time—a more comprehensive picture of progress in women and girl’s human development.
Of the 114 countries analysed, 85 have low or middle women’s empowerment and low or middle performance in achieving gender parity.
More than half the countries in this group are in the high (21 countries) or very high human development group (26 countries).