Barbados vs Qatar: Gender Development Index

Barbados

1.03

in 2023

Qatar

1.04

in 2023

Barbados rank

3rd

Qatar rank

2nd

Gender Development Index over time

Barbados
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 1.04 against 1.03 in Barbados, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 3rd and Qatar ranks 2nd of 179 countries.

Individual pages

Gender Development Index in Barbados
Gender Development Index in Qatar
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Gender Development Index
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 4,929 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The Gender Development Index (GDI) measures gender inequalities in the achievement of key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, a good education, and a decent standard of living.