With 83.6 points out of 100, Sweden ranked first in the European Union on the Gender Equality Index, an indicator developed by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). Denmark was classed second with 77.5 points. France is in third place with 74.6 points out of 100 and has moved up two spots from last year.
Hungary and Greece are found at the bottom of the Gender Equality Index, with both scoring less than 52. Overall, the European Union scored 67.4 out of 100 in the index.
The Most Gender Equal Countries In The European Union 2019:
- Sweden: 83.6/100
- Denmark: 77.5/100
- France: 74.6/100
- Finland: 73.4/100
- United Kingdom: 72.2/100
- Netherlands: 72.1/100
- Ireland: 71.3/100
- Belgium: 71.1/100
- Spain: 70.1/100
- Luxembourg: 69.2/100
- Slovenia: 68.3/100
- Germany: 66.9/100
- Austria: 65.3/100
- Italy: 63.0/100
- Malta: 62.5/100
- Portugal: 59.9/100
- Estonia: 59.8/100
- Luxembourg: 59.7/100
- Bulgaria: 58.8/100
- Cyprus: 56.3/100
- Czech Republic: 55.7/100
- Croatia: 55.6:/100
- Lithuania: 55.5/100
- Poland: 55.2/100
- Romania: 54.5/100
- Slovakia: 54.1/100
- Hungary: 51.2/100
- Greece: 51.2/100
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