Namibia ranks as the top African country in gender equality in the 2025 Global Gender Gap Report, published by the World Economic Forum.
With a score of 81.1 percent, Namibia places 8th globally and has remained in the top 10 worldwide since 2021.
The report tracks gender parity across 148 countries using four dimensions: economic participation, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranked sixth out of eight regions, closing 68 percent of its overall gender gap. While the region lags behind others in education and political empowerment, it showed measurable progress compared to past years.
Notably, Sub-Saharan Africa improved in tertiary education, with women now outnumbering men in enrollment across many countries.
The region also saw increased representation of women in leadership, including ministers and parliamentarians. Rwanda stands out with full gender parity in its national parliament.
Wow, now that’s a surprise. What wonderful news
That’s pretty cool! My prejudices now ask if that is also true for violent crimes against women, are they especially good there, or as bad as any western country?
If you compare western european countries with namibia , you could find that Namibia have more crime rate on women than western countries, but the catch is that in recent years there is significant volume of reported cases, particularly regarding intimate partner violence. That means women are finally reporting and no of arrests have also increased
Unlike other african countries where women fear reporting crimes , Namibia have made great strides in judiciary, police etc so that women are coming forward to report crimes. that’s a good thing and a foremost step towards in achieving great gender equality like in Scandinavian countries in future.
Crimes agains women get worst the more radical religious the country is.
In case anyone is wondering, the who report can be found here
i’m gonna be honest, there are matriarchal societies in africa that WEF regularly ignores in its eurocentric ratings
well, those aren’t equal, innit?
