The world's most gender-equal countries

The world's most gender-equal countries Chad Case/Alamy BBC Travel talks to residents in four of the best-rated nations to find out what it's really like to live there. Jordan Siemens/Getty Images As well as topping the Global Gender Gap report, Iceland also ranks as one of the world's most peaceful countries Iceland For the 14th year in a row, Iceland takes the top position in the WEF rankings, with it gender gap estimated to be 91.2% closed. Top 10 countries in the 2023 Global Gender Gap report: Iceland, gap 91.2% closed Norway, gap 87.9% closed Finland, gap 86.3% closed New Zealand, gap 85.6% closed Sweden, gap 81.5% closed Germany, gap 81.5% closed Nicaragua, gap 81.1% closed Namibia, gap 80.2% closed Lithuania, gap 80% closed Belgium, gap 79.6% closed But the rosy picture depends on what, exactly, you look at. Jordan Siemens/Getty Images As well as topping the Global Gender Gap report, Iceland also ranks as one of the world's most peaceful countries Norway Norway ranks second in the WEF's 2023 rankings, with a global gender gap estimated to be 87.9% closed. Keren Su/Alamy Penohole Brock loves the music and energy found across Namibia Namibia The only African country in the top 10, Namibia's gender gap is estimated to be 80.2% closed, putting it in eighth position.