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“Glass-ceiling” is a metaphor used to indicate invisible obstacles that keep a given demographic group from developing/advancing beyond a certain level in a hierarchy.

Over the recent years world famous magazine The Economist regularly publishes The Glass-ceiling Index for OECD member countries that measures which country offers more favorable work environment for women. The calculation of the index is based on 10 indicators, such as gender gap in higher education, labor force participation, gender pay gap, the share of women in managerial positions and in the total number of GMAT candidates, etc. 

This year, ahead of Motherhood and Beauty day (April 7), Modex consulting company in cooperation with The Economist has calculated The Glass-ceiling index for Armenia. Below are the key results and some outstanding data in global comparison. 

The workplace environment is more favorable for women in Armenia than in Turkey, Japan and South Korea

According to the latest publication, Sweden is the leader of The Glass-ceiling index with 83.3 points out of 100, followed by Norway and Iceland with 79.6 and 77.2 points respectively. As per the results of 2018, the average point for OECD member countries stands at 59.6, noting that countries like the USA and Germany not only rank essentially behind the leader, but also have lower points than the average score of OECD member countries (57.2 and 55.8 respectively). As for Armenia, it considerably yields both the leader and the average score of OECD member countries, but holds a better rank with 39.6 points than Turkey (35.9), Japan (27.7) and South Korea (25.6).

28.7% of senior positions in Armenia are held by women 

According to the latest data (2017) published by Armenia’s Statistics committee, 28.7% of senior positions in Armenia are held by women. For comparison, the indicator stands at 41.3% for Poland and 31.9% for OECD member countries on an average. Yet Armenia surpasses countries like Italy (27.5%), Denmark (27.5%), the Netherlands (26.6%), etc.

32.1% of GMAT exam takers in Armenia are women

According to GMAC records, in the fiscal year of 2018 (July 01, 2017 – June 30, 2018) 32.1% of Armenian citizens who took GMAT exam were women. For comparison, the index stood at 28.8% for Great Britain and 28.2% for Norway. Worth noting that Armenia has recorded a drop compared to the previous year (39.1% for 2017).