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2025 Gender Gap Report Finds Japan Still at Bottom of G7
While Japan made progress in several areas, it took a huge step back in representation at the highest level of government.
By Jay Andrew Allen
There’s good news and bad news in the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Gender Gap Report for Japan. The good news is that the country made slight improvements in multiple categories. The bad news is that it slipped in political representation. That places Japan at the same ranking as last year and at the bottom of its fellow G7 countries.
Still at 118th, despite some progress
In this most recent report, Japan retained last year’s rank of 118 out of 148 countries. In its analysis, the WEF report says that the country actually made progress in several areas:
- A 0.3% improvement in gender parity, putting it on track to surpass its record of 67% set in 2015
- An increase in Economic Participation and Opportunity from 56.8% to 61.3%, spurred by more women in the labor force
- More women in management and legislative bodies — an increase from 14.6% to 16.1%