Gender Development Index by country

Countries reporting
70
Highest
1.04
Ukraine
Lowest
0.407
Yemen
Median
0.9835
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
2,033

What the numbers show

Gender Development Index is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 1.04 in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.407 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9835, and the mean is 0.9583.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in State of Palestine (up 10.0%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 32.1%).

Gender Development Index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ukraine 1.04 2023 up 2.2% flat
2 Qatar 1.04 2023 up 3.0% rising
3 Republic of Moldova 1.03 2023 up 0.9% flat
4 Latvia 1.03 2023 unchanged flat
5 Estonia 1.02 2023 up 0.9% flat
5 Russia 1.02 2023 down 0.4% flat
7 Lithuania 1.02 2023 down 0.9% flat
8 Poland 1.01 2023 unchanged flat
9 Kuwait 1.01 2023 up 0.3% rising
10 Belarus 1.01 2023 down 1.4% flat
10 Georgia 1.01 2023 up 3.6% rising
12 Armenia 1.01 2023 up 3.2% flat
13 Kazakhstan 1 2023 down 1.5% flat
14 Ireland 1 2023 up 3.2% flat
15 Bulgaria 1 2023 up 0.3% flat
15 Portugal 1 2023 up 0.9% flat
17 Croatia 0.999 2023 up 1.0% rising
17 Slovak Republic 0.999 2023 up 0.8% flat
19 Slovenia 0.997 2023 up 0.1% flat
20 Luxembourg 0.996 2023 up 1.6% flat
20 Cyprus 0.996 2023 up 2.2% rising
22 Norway 0.995 2023 down 0.5% flat
23 France 0.993 2023 up 0.8% flat
24 Finland 0.992 2023 up 0.3% flat
24 Lebanon 0.992 2023 up 4.2% rising
26 San Marino 0.991 2023 up 0.6% flat
27 Denmark 0.99 2023 up 0.7% flat
28 Spain 0.989 2023 up 0.8% flat
28 Hungary 0.989 2023 down 0.3% flat
30 Sweden 0.988 2023 up 0.1% flat
31 Czechia 0.987 2023 up 0.5% flat
31 Serbia 0.987 2023 up 1.2% flat
33 Romania 0.986 2023 up 0.5% rising
34 Austria 0.985 2023 up 1.5% flat
35 Montenegro 0.984 2023 up 2.1% flat
36 Iceland 0.983 2023 up 2.3% flat
36 Azerbaijan 0.983 2023 up 4.5% flat
38 United Kingdom 0.979 2023 up 1.2% flat
38 Belgium 0.979 2023 up 1.2% flat
40 Switzerland 0.977 2023 up 1.1% flat
40 Malta 0.977 2023 up 2.0% rising
42 Germany 0.975 2023 up 2.2% flat
42 Italy 0.975 2023 up 0.6% flat
44 Netherlands 0.971 2023 up 1.6% flat
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.967 2023 up 3.4% flat
46 Liechtenstein 0.964 2023 up 0.9% flat
47 Albania 0.963 2023 unchanged rising
47 Greece 0.963 2023 down 0.3% flat
49 Kyrgyzstan 0.959 2023 down 0.5% flat
50 United Arab Emirates 0.957 2023 down 0.1% flat
50 Bahrain 0.957 2023 up 1.2% flat
52 North Macedonia 0.955 2023 up 1.4% flat
52 Libya 0.955 2023 down 2.0% flat
54 Uzbekistan 0.951 2023 down 1.3% flat
55 State of Palestine 0.945 2023 up 10.0% rising
55 Oman 0.945 2023 up 1.4% rising
57 Türkiye 0.938 2023 up 2.0% rising
58 Saudi Arabia 0.931 2023 up 1.9% rising
58 Tunisia 0.931 2023 up 3.4% rising
60 Tajikistan 0.926 2023 up 3.5% rising
61 Egypt 0.895 2023 up 0.7% rising
62 Algeria 0.887 2023 up 2.2% rising
63 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.875 2023 up 1.0% rising
64 Jordan 0.861 2023 down 0.1% rising
65 Morocco 0.859 2023 up 2.0% rising
66 Djibouti 0.814 2023 up 3.4% flat
67 Sudan 0.813 2023 down 3.6% flat
68 Iraq 0.793 2023 unchanged rising
69 Syrian Arab Republic 0.787 2023 down 6.5% flat
70 Yemen 0.407 2023 down 32.1% falling

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Indicator
Gender Development Index
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
70 places, 2,033 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed