SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 22 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Awareness · Question 18 of 98

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According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2025, which region currently leads in closing its overall gender gap?

(a)North American Economies
(b)European Union Nations
(c)East Asian Countries
(d)Latin American Regions

Answer

Why

Correct — A. The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2025 ranks Northern America (Canada and the United States) first among its eight regions, with 75.8% of its overall gender gap closed.

Europe is second at 75.1%, and Latin America and the Caribbean third at 74.5%.

Northern America also ranks first in Economic Participation and Opportunity (76.1%).

North American economies → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
European Union Nations — Second, not first. The report's region is Europe, 40 economies rather than only EU members, and it has closed 75.1% of its gap against Northern America's 75.8%.
(c)
East Asian Countries — Middle of the table. The report's nearest region, Eastern Asia and the Pacific, has closed 69.4% of its gap, well behind Northern America's 75.8%.
(d)
Latin American Regions — Third place. Latin America and the Caribbean has closed 74.5% of its gap, behind Northern America (75.8%) and Europe (75.1%).

Concept

The Global Gender Gap Report is published by the World Economic Forum. Its index measures how much of the gap between women and men each economy has closed, from 0 to 100%.

It scores four subindexes: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.

The 2025 edition covers 148 economies, puts the global gap at 68.8% closed, and ranks Iceland first at 92.6%.

The options paraphrase the report's regions. The report says Northern America (only Canada and the United States) and Europe (40 economies), not 'North American Economies' or 'European Union Nations'.

Key facts

Global Gender Gap Report 2025: World Economic Forum, 148 economies, global gap 68.8% closed.
Regional order 2025: Northern America 75.8%, Europe 75.1%, Latin America and the Caribbean 74.5%.
Iceland ranks first at 92.6%, for the 16th consecutive year.
Northern America has two economies: Canada (32nd) and the United States (42nd).

Study next

India's rank and subindex scores in the Global Gender Gap Report 2025The four subindexes of the Global Gender Gap IndexOther WEF reports: Global Risks Report, Energy Transition Index

Common traps

Reading 'European Union Nations' as the report's Europe: that region has 40 economies and places second in 2025.
Picking Europe because Iceland, the top economy, is European: one economy's rank is not the regional score.

13 Sep 2025, 12:30, GA Q.19 asks what the report measures, keyed Politics, Economy, Health, Education. This item asks for its 2025 regional ranking.

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