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…