International comparisons: WEF and PISA

It's that time of year again - when the World Economic Forum publishes its annual assessment of progress towards gender equality. This is a treasure trove of data and comparative rankings on four dimensions of equality: education, health, politics and economics. The headline news for the UK has been simple: the country went down 6 places in the overall ranking, dropping out of the top 20. I suppose you could take this as a timely signal of the slide into mediocrity - but I'm always one to avoid cynical pessimism. Here's how the UK's overall picture looks: Let me get my methodological beef out of the way. On education, WEF…
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