The 21st Century climate challenge

TABLE29.. . and achieving equality for all women and menGender empowerment measureHuman development indicatorsHDI rankGender empowerment measure(GEM)RankValueMDGSeats in parliamentheld by women a(% of total)Female legislators,senior officialsand managers b(% of total)Female professionaland technicalworkers b(% of total)Ratio of estimatedfemale to maleearned income cHIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT1 Iceland 5 0.862 31.7 27 56 0.722 Norway 1 0.910 37.9 30 50 0.773 Australia 8 0.847 28.3 37 56 0.704 Canada 10 0.820 24.3 36 56 0.645 Ireland 19 0.699 14.2 31 52 0.536 Sweden 2 0.906 47.3 30 51 0.817 Switzerland 27 0.660 24.8 8 22 0.638 Japan 54 0.557 11.1 10 d 46 d 0.459 Netherlands 6 0.859 36.0 26 50 0.6410 France 18 0.718 13.9 37 47 0.6411 Finland 3 0.887 42.0 30 55 0.7112 United States 15 0.762 16.3 42 56 0.6313 Spain 12 0.794 30.5 32 48 0.5014 Denmark 4 0.875 36.9 25 53 0.7315 Austria 13 0.788 31.0 27 49 0.4616 United Kingdom 14 0.783 19.3 34 47 0.6617 Belgium 7 0.850 35.7 32 49 0.5518 Luxembourg .. .. 23.3 .. .. 0.5119 New Zealand 11 0.811 32.2 36 53 0.7020 Italy 21 0.693 16.1 32 46 0.4721 Hong Kong, China (SAR) .. .. .. 27 40 0.5622 Germany 9 0.831 30.6 37 50 0.5823 Israel 28 0.660 14.2 26 54 0.6524 Greece 37 0.622 13.0 26 49 0.5525 Singapore 16 0.761 24.5 26 44 0.5126 Korea (Republic of) 64 0.510 13.4 8 39 0.4027 Slovenia 41 0.611 10.8 33 57 0.6128 Cyprus 48 0.580 14.3 15 45 0.6029 Portugal 22 0.692 21.3 34 50 0.5930 Brunei Darussalam .. .. .. e 26 44 0.4231 Barbados 30 0.649 17.6 43 52 0.6332 Czech Republic 34 0.627 15.3 30 52 0.5133 Kuwait .. .. 3.1 f .. .. 0.3534 Malta 63 0.514 9.2 20 38 0.5035 Qatar 84 0.374 0.0 8 24 0.2436 Hungary 50 0.569 10.4 35 62 0.6437 Poland 39 0.614 19.1 33 61 0.6038 Argentina 17 0.728 36.8 33 53 0.5439 United Arab Emirates 29 0.652 22.5 8 25 0.2540 Chile 60 0.519 12.7 25 d 52 d 0.4041 Bahrain .. .. 13.8 .. .. 0.3542 Slovakia 33 0.630 19.3 31 58 0.5843 Lithuania 25 0.669 24.8 43 67 0.6944 Estonia 31 0.637 21.8 37 70 0.6245 Latvia 38 0.619 19.0 42 65 0.6546 Uruguay 59 0.525 10.8 40 54 0.5647 Croatia 40 0.612 21.7 24 50 0.6748 Costa Rica 24 0.680 38.6 25 40 0.5349 Bahamas 20 0.696 22.2 46 60 0.7050 Seychelles .. .. 23.5 .. .. ..51 Cuba 26 0.661 36.0 34 d 62 d 0.4552 Mexico 46 0.589 21.5 29 42 0.3953 Bulgaria 42 0.606 22.1 34 60 0.65330 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008