There are many reasons why you might feel compelled to visit a country: the culture, cuisine and history are all factors that may play a part in your decision making. But what about the destination’s attitude to gender equality - could that sway you?

If so then you may be interested in new research, published this week, from the World Economic Forum (WEF), which, as part of its annual Global Gender Gap Report, ranked almost 150 countries on gender equality.

Enlightened Iceland was found to have a smaller gender gap than any other country - though, crucially, a gap still exists there - followed by Norway and Finland.

That these Scandinavian nations lead the way may not come as a big surprise, but the rest of the top 10 is likely to raise a few eyebrows, given that it features Rwanda and Nicaragua, but not the United Kingdom, which came 15th.