World Economic Forum's 2009 Gender Gap Best and Worst Countries

The World Economic Forum’s 2009 Gender Gap rankings were released today, and I think America should have our tail between our legs. POTUS can call women’s desire for total inclusion — even joining his ‘guy time’ — ‘bunk’, but America has a long way to go before reaching gender equality.

The Global Gender Gap report measures allocations of resources between the sexes. Simply stated, what countries do the best of dividing the gender pie 50/50, except in those countries where gendercide is practiced and there’s no a significant number of missing females.

It’s bad enough when Cuba (who we love to hate) outranks us in health care on key indicators like infant mortality rates, but alas the socialists outrank us on gender resource allocation as well, being 29 to our 31, in country rank. Both Cuba and the US lost ground from 2008.

Countries Ahead of US on 2009 Global Gender Gap Index

The following countries score higher than the US on the 2009 Global Gender Gap Index in total and in order of best to worst: Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Ireland, Philippines, Lesotho, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Latvia, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Spain, France, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, Barbados, Mongolia, Ecuador, Argentina, Canada, Mozambique, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Cuba and Lithuania.

The 20 worst countries in the ranking reading down from 115 to 134 are: Rep of Korea (South), Bahrain, Algeria, Cameroon, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Syria, Ethiopia, Oman, Morocco, Qatar, Egypt, Mali, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Benin, Pakistan, Chad, Yemen. A