The Reykjavík Index for Leadership measures the extent to which men and women are viewed equally in terms of their suitability for positions of power. The Index runs from 0 to 100; a score of 100 means that across society, there is complete agreement that men and women are equally suited to leadership in all sectors.
Our explicit goal is a world in which the Reykjavík Index score of 100 is the norm; this would be a world where men and women will have an equal opportunity to lead.
The Index has been constructed based on research exploring the question:
“For each of the following sectors or industries, do you think men or women are better suited to leadership positions?”
This question allows responses of ‘men’, ‘women’ or ‘both equally’ for 23 different sectors. Aligned with our goal, a response of ‘both equally’ scores a point while a response of ‘men’ or of ‘women’ scores zero points.
The Reykjavík Index for Leadership was launched in 2018 for the G7 countries and repeated in 2019. This report summarises the results for The Reykjavík Index for Leadership 2021/2022, which has been undertaken again in the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and USA), and expanded to cover all G20 countries, as well as Iceland, Spain and Poland.
