China returns to top 100 in gender parity ranking for first time since 2016

For the first time in a decade, China has returned to the top 100 out of 145 economies in an annual global report assessing gender equality.China closed 69.9 per cent of its gender gap in 2025, rising to 96th place from 103rd the previous year and increasing 1.3 percentage points, according to the 2026 Global Gender Gap Report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), an international non-profit organisation based in Switzerland.It marks the first time China has been ranked in the top 100 since 2016, when it placed 99th.This year, China ranked higher than a few major economies in the region, including South Korea (101), Japan (117) and India (131).