The inequality between men and women has increased over the past year in Israel, said the World Economic Forum in a report released on Thursday.
In its 2008 Global Gender Gap report, the group ranked the Jewish state 56th among the 130 surveyed economies, with an overall score of 0.69 out of 1, which marks a sharp decline from the 36th place and the 0.6965 point in 2007.
Among the four major criteria, Israel scored particularly poor in the "heal and survival" category, coming in at the 93rd place, as compared to 59th in "political empowerment," 55th in "economic participation and opportunities" and 42nd in "educational attainment."
Although lagging behind a number of European and North American countries, with Germany at 11th, Britain at 13th, France at 15th and the United States at 27th, Israel is the highest-ranking nation in the Middle East and North Africa region, home to the bottom three: Saudi Arabia, Chad and Yemen.
At the top of the list is Norway, with 0.8239 point, followed by three other Nordic countries: Finland, Sweden and Iceland.
Summing up the whole situation, the report noted that the world has made progress in reducing the economic, political and education gaps between the genders, while losing ground on health gaps.
Source: Xinhua
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