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Gender Development Index by country

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.

Countries reporting
179
Highest
1.04
Ukraine
Lowest
0.407
Yemen
Median
0.971
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,929

What the numbers show

Gender Development Index is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 1.04 in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.407 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.971, and the mean is 0.9522.

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

Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 12.9%), 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 Barbados 1.03 2023 up 1.6% rising
4 Antigua and Barbuda 1.03 2023 down 0.7% flat
5 Mongolia 1.03 2023 down 0.8% flat
6 Moldova 1.03 2023 up 0.9% flat
7 Latvia 1.03 2023 unchanged flat
8 Dominican Republic 1.02 2023 up 2.6% rising
9 Estonia 1.02 2023 up 0.9% flat
9 Russia 1.02 2023 down 0.4% flat
11 Lithuania 1.02 2023 down 0.9% flat
12 Uruguay 1.02 2023 down 0.3% flat
13 Saint Lucia 1.02 2023 up 1.3% flat
14 Bahamas 1.01 2023 up 0.9% flat
15 Panama 1.01 2023 up 1.3% rising
16 Jamaica 1.01 2023 down 0.1% flat
17 Poland 1.01 2023 unchanged flat
18 Kuwait 1.01 2023 up 0.3% rising
18 Namibia 1.01 2023 up 0.9% rising
20 Belarus 1.01 2023 down 1.4% flat
20 Georgia 1.01 2023 up 3.6% rising
20 United States 1.01 2023 up 1.6% flat
23 Thailand 1.01 2023 up 0.1% rising
24 Armenia 1.01 2023 up 3.2% flat
24 Lesotho 1.01 2023 up 1.0% flat
26 Kazakhstan 1 2023 down 1.5% flat
26 Seychelles 1 2023 up 1.5% flat
28 Brazil 1 2023 up 0.8% flat
29 Bulgaria 1 2023 up 0.3% flat
29 Portugal 1 2023 up 0.9% flat
31 Croatia 0.999 2023 up 1.0% rising
31 Slovakia 0.999 2023 up 0.8% flat
33 Ecuador 0.998 2023 up 1.8% flat
33 Tonga 0.998 2023 up 1.8% flat
35 Botswana 0.997 2023 up 2.7% flat
35 Slovenia 0.997 2023 up 0.1% flat
35 Vietnam 0.997 2023 down 0.1% rising
38 Cyprus 0.996 2023 up 2.2% rising
38 South Africa 0.996 2023 up 1.9% flat
40 Norway 0.995 2023 down 0.5% flat
41 Gabon 0.994 2023 up 1.0% flat
41 Israel 0.994 2023 up 2.4% rising
41 Singapore 0.994 2023 up 0.8% rising
44 Brunei 0.993 2023 down 0.2% flat
44 France 0.993 2023 up 0.8% flat
44 Suriname 0.993 2023 up 0.4% flat
44 Venezuela 0.993 2023 down 2.5% flat
48 Colombia 0.992 2023 down 0.2% flat
48 Finland 0.992 2023 up 0.3% flat
48 Guyana 0.992 2023 up 0.5% flat
48 Lebanon 0.992 2023 up 4.2% rising
48 Palau 0.992 2023 up 0.8% flat
53 Canada 0.991 2023 up 0.7% flat
53 San Marino 0.991 2023 up 0.6% flat
55 Denmark 0.99 2023 up 0.7% flat
55 Trinidad and Tobago 0.99 2023 up 0.5% rising
57 Spain 0.989 2023 up 0.8% flat
57 Hungary 0.989 2023 down 0.3% flat
59 Argentina 0.988 2023 down 0.5% flat
59 Paraguay 0.988 2023 up 0.7% rising
59 Sweden 0.988 2023 up 0.1% flat
62 Czechia 0.987 2023 up 0.5% flat
62 Serbia 0.987 2023 up 1.2% flat
64 Maldives 0.986 2023 up 3.4% rising
64 Romania 0.986 2023 up 0.5% rising
66 Austria 0.985 2023 up 1.5% flat
67 Grenada 0.984 2023 up 1.2% flat
67 Montenegro 0.984 2023 up 2.1% flat
67 Philippines 0.984 2023 down 0.9% flat
70 Azerbaijan 0.983 2023 up 4.5% flat
70 Iceland 0.983 2023 up 2.3% flat
70 El Salvador 0.983 2023 up 0.1% rising
73 Belize 0.981 2023 up 2.1% rising
74 Sao Tome and Principe 0.98 2023 up 4.8% rising
75 Belgium 0.979 2023 up 1.2% flat
75 United Kingdom 0.979 2023 up 1.2% flat
77 Australia 0.977 2023 up 1.6% flat
77 Switzerland 0.977 2023 up 1.1% flat
79 China 0.976 2023 up 2.7% rising
79 Hong Kong 0.976 2023 up 1.2% rising
79 Kiribati 0.976 2023 up 2.4% flat
79 Mexico 0.976 2023 up 2.3% rising
83 Costa Rica 0.975 2023 down 0.6% flat
83 Cuba 0.975 2023 up 2.2% rising
83 Germany 0.975 2023 up 2.2% flat
83 Italy 0.975 2023 up 0.6% flat
87 Malaysia 0.973 2023 up 0.6% rising
87 New Zealand 0.973 2023 up 0.2% flat
89 Mauritius 0.971 2023 up 1.4% rising
89 Netherlands 0.971 2023 up 1.6% flat
91 Japan 0.97 2023 up 1.1% flat
92 Tuvalu 0.969 2023 up 4.0% rising
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.967 2023 up 3.4% flat
93 Chile 0.967 2023 up 0.7% flat
95 Cape Verde 0.964 2023 down 2.5% flat
95 Honduras 0.964 2023 down 3.0% rising
95 Eswatini 0.964 2023 up 2.4% flat
98 Albania 0.963 2023 unchanged rising
98 Greece 0.963 2023 down 0.3% flat
100 Bolivia 0.961 2023 up 2.9% rising
101 Marshall Islands 0.96 2023 up 4.0% flat
102 Gambia 0.959 2023 up 9.5% rising
102 Kyrgyzstan 0.959 2023 down 0.5% flat
102 South Korea 0.959 2023 up 2.6% flat
102 Peru 0.959 2023 up 1.2% flat
106 Bhutan 0.958 2023 up 0.4% flat
107 United Arab Emirates 0.957 2023 down 0.1% flat
107 Bahrain 0.957 2023 up 1.2% flat
109 Libya 0.955 2023 down 2.0% flat
109 North Macedonia 0.955 2023 up 1.4% flat
109 Nauru 0.955 2023 up 0.4% flat
109 Samoa 0.955 2023 down 0.2% flat
113 Micronesia (country) 0.953 2023 up 2.9% flat
114 Nicaragua 0.952 2023 down 1.7% flat
114 Vanuatu 0.952 2023 up 2.0% flat
116 Sri Lanka 0.951 2023 down 0.7% flat
116 Tanzania 0.951 2023 up 2.8% rising
116 Uzbekistan 0.951 2023 down 1.3% flat
119 Zambia 0.949 2023 up 5.8% rising
120 Fiji 0.948 2023 up 0.2% flat
121 Myanmar 0.947 2023 down 1.7% flat
122 Indonesia 0.945 2023 up 2.1% rising
122 Oman 0.945 2023 up 1.4% rising
122 Palestine 0.945 2023 up 10.0% rising
125 Kenya 0.944 2023 up 1.3% rising
125 Zimbabwe 0.944 2023 up 2.8% rising
127 Cambodia 0.939 2023 up 3.1% rising
127 East Timor 0.939 2023 up 1.5% rising
129 Turkey 0.938 2023 up 2.0% rising
130 Guatemala 0.934 2023 up 1.0% flat
130 Madagascar 0.934 2023 down 0.6% flat
132 Ghana 0.933 2023 up 3.3% rising
133 Burundi 0.932 2023 up 1.3% rising
133 Haiti 0.932 2023 up 3.3% rising
135 Saudi Arabia 0.931 2023 up 1.9% rising
135 Tunisia 0.931 2023 up 3.4% rising
137 Comoros 0.929 2023 up 6.1% rising
138 Solomon Islands 0.927 2023 up 0.4% flat
139 Papua New Guinea 0.926 2023 up 2.0% rising
139 Tajikistan 0.926 2023 up 3.5% rising
141 Malawi 0.925 2023 up 2.9% rising
142 Congo 0.924 2023 up 3.5% flat
142 Senegal 0.924 2023 up 3.0% rising
144 Rwanda 0.922 2023 down 2.6% rising
145 Mozambique 0.92 2023 up 1.2% rising
146 Bangladesh 0.918 2023 up 3.3% rising
147 Laos 0.911 2023 up 1.1% rising
148 Cote d'Ivoire 0.91 2023 up 4.2% rising
149 Uganda 0.908 2023 down 1.0% flat
150 Angola 0.906 2023 up 5.3% rising
151 Cameroon 0.898 2023 up 2.3% rising
152 Egypt 0.895 2023 up 0.7% rising
153 Nigeria 0.892 2023 up 5.4% rising
154 Algeria 0.887 2023 up 2.2% rising
155 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.886 2023 up 6.1% rising
155 Ethiopia 0.886 2023 up 3.9% rising
155 Mauritania 0.886 2023 up 2.1% flat
158 Burkina Faso 0.881 2023 up 0.2% rising
159 Guinea-Bissau 0.878 2023 up 0.9% flat
160 Iran 0.875 2023 up 1.0% rising
161 India 0.874 2023 up 4.3% rising
162 Benin 0.866 2023 up 3.0% rising
163 Liberia 0.865 2023 up 5.6% rising
163 Togo 0.865 2023 up 4.3% rising
165 Jordan 0.861 2023 down 0.1% rising
166 Morocco 0.859 2023 up 2.0% rising
167 Nepal 0.858 2023 down 5.5% rising
168 Niger 0.855 2023 up 10.8% rising
169 Pakistan 0.838 2023 up 12.9% rising
170 Sierra Leone 0.83 2023 up 1.3% flat
171 Guinea 0.828 2023 — flat
172 Djibouti 0.814 2023 up 3.4% flat
173 Sudan 0.813 2023 down 3.6% flat
174 Mali 0.812 2023 down 6.5% falling
175 Iraq 0.793 2023 unchanged rising
176 Syria 0.787 2023 down 6.5% flat
176 Chad 0.787 2023 unchanged flat
178 Afghanistan 0.66 2023 down 3.1% flat
179 Yemen 0.407 2023 down 32.1% falling

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

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.