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Malaysia's Global Gender Gap index score from 2015 to 2025

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Release date

June 2025

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Malaysia

Survey time period

2015 to 2025

Supplementary notes

The Global Gender Gap Index measures the gap between men and women across four fundamental categories (subindexes): Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival and Political Empowerment. The index value ranges between 1 (parity) and 0 (imparity).

Data was collected from a series of reports. No report was released in 2019.

Figures have been rounded.

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The Global Gender Gap index score for Malaysia in 2025 was ****, with a score of 1 being absolute parity and a score of 0 being absolute disparity. This showed a slight increase from an index score of **** in the previous year. Out of 148 countries included in the gender gap index globally, Malaysia ranked .

Malaysia trails behind in Southeast Asia

In the Southeast Asia region, Malaysia fell behind in its gender equality, compared to neighboring ASEAN countries like the Philippines and Singapore. The two countries scored **** and **** in the gender gap index in 2025, respectively, among the highest gender equality in Asia Pacific.

More women at work

One of the largest factors that contributed to gender disparity in Malaysia was women’s participation in the workforce. In 2023, the labor force participation rate for men was **** percent. Their female counterparts, however, only had a labor force participation rate of **** percent. This was likely caused by society’s expectations for women to mainly take care of their family or children. In an effort to change this perception, the Malaysian government announced in October 2024 some initiatives in the Budget 2025 that were targeted to increase women empowerment and encourage more women in the workforce.