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
183
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 183 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 0.9529.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 139 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Ireland | 1 | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 30 | Portugal | 1 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 32 | Croatia | 0.999 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 32 | Slovakia | 0.999 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 34 | Ecuador | 0.998 | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 34 | Tonga | 0.998 | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 36 | Botswana | 0.997 | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 36 | Slovenia | 0.997 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Vietnam | 0.997 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Cyprus | 0.996 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 0.996 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 39 | South Africa | 0.996 | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 42 | Norway | 0.995 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 43 | Gabon | 0.994 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 43 | Israel | 0.994 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 43 | Singapore | 0.994 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 46 | Brunei | 0.993 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 46 | France | 0.993 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 46 | Suriname | 0.993 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 46 | Venezuela | 0.993 | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 50 | Colombia | 0.992 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Finland | 0.992 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 50 | Guyana | 0.992 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 50 | Lebanon | 0.992 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 50 | Palau | 0.992 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 55 | Canada | 0.991 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 55 | San Marino | 0.991 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 57 | Denmark | 0.99 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.99 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 59 | Spain | 0.989 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 59 | Hungary | 0.989 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 61 | Argentina | 0.988 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 61 | Paraguay | 0.988 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 61 | Sweden | 0.988 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 64 | Czechia | 0.987 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 64 | Serbia | 0.987 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 66 | Maldives | 0.986 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 66 | Romania | 0.986 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 68 | Austria | 0.985 | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 69 | Grenada | 0.984 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 69 | Montenegro | 0.984 | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 69 | Philippines | 0.984 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 0.983 | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 72 | Iceland | 0.983 | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 72 | El Salvador | 0.983 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 75 | Belize | 0.981 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 76 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.98 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 77 | Belgium | 0.979 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 77 | United Kingdom | 0.979 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 79 | Australia | 0.977 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 79 | Switzerland | 0.977 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 79 | Malta | 0.977 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 82 | China | 0.976 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 82 | Hong Kong | 0.976 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 82 | Kiribati | 0.976 | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 82 | Mexico | 0.976 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 0.975 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 86 | Cuba | 0.975 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 86 | Germany | 0.975 | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 86 | Italy | 0.975 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 90 | Malaysia | 0.973 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 90 | New Zealand | 0.973 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 92 | Mauritius | 0.971 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 92 | Netherlands | 0.971 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 94 | Japan | 0.97 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 95 | Tuvalu | 0.969 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.967 | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 96 | Chile | 0.967 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 98 | Cape Verde | 0.964 | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 98 | Honduras | 0.964 | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 98 | Liechtenstein | 0.964 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 98 | Eswatini | 0.964 | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 102 | Albania | 0.963 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Greece | 0.963 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 104 | Bolivia | 0.961 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 105 | Marshall Islands | 0.96 | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 106 | Gambia | 0.959 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.959 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 106 | South Korea | 0.959 | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 106 | Peru | 0.959 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 110 | Bhutan | 0.958 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 111 | United Arab Emirates | 0.957 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 111 | Bahrain | 0.957 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 113 | Libya | 0.955 | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 113 | North Macedonia | 0.955 | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 113 | Nauru | 0.955 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 113 | Samoa | 0.955 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 117 | Micronesia (country) | 0.953 | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 0.952 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 0.952 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 0.951 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 120 | Tanzania | 0.951 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 0.951 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 123 | Zambia | 0.949 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 124 | Fiji | 0.948 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 125 | Myanmar | 0.947 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 126 | Indonesia | 0.945 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 126 | Oman | 0.945 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 126 | Palestine | 0.945 | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 129 | Kenya | 0.944 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 0.944 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 131 | Cambodia | 0.939 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 131 | East Timor | 0.939 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 133 | Turkey | 0.938 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 134 | Guatemala | 0.934 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 134 | Madagascar | 0.934 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 136 | Ghana | 0.933 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 137 | Burundi | 0.932 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 137 | Haiti | 0.932 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 139 | Saudi Arabia | 0.931 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 139 | Tunisia | 0.931 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 141 | Comoros | 0.929 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 0.927 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 0.926 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 0.926 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 145 | Malawi | 0.925 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 146 | Congo | 0.924 | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 146 | Senegal | 0.924 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 148 | Rwanda | 0.922 | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 149 | Mozambique | 0.92 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 0.918 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 151 | Laos | 0.911 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.91 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 153 | Uganda | 0.908 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 154 | Angola | 0.906 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 155 | Cameroon | 0.898 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 156 | Egypt | 0.895 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 157 | Nigeria | 0.892 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 158 | Algeria | 0.887 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 159 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.886 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 0.886 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 159 | Mauritania | 0.886 | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 0.881 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 163 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.878 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 164 | Iran | 0.875 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 165 | India | 0.874 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 166 | Benin | 0.866 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 167 | Liberia | 0.865 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 167 | Togo | 0.865 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 169 | Jordan | 0.861 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 170 | Morocco | 0.859 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 171 | Nepal | 0.858 | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 172 | Niger | 0.855 | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 173 | Pakistan | 0.838 | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 0.83 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 175 | Guinea | 0.828 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 176 | Djibouti | 0.814 | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 177 | Sudan | 0.813 | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 178 | Mali | 0.812 | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 179 | Iraq | 0.793 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Syria | 0.787 | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 180 | Chad | 0.787 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 0.66 | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 183 | Yemen | 0.407 | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
About this data
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.