Hdi male vs female, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Hdi male vs female. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
182
Highest
3.37 % change on previous year
Cote d'Ivoire
Lowest
-10.2 % change on previous year
Palestine
Median
0.5164 % change on previous year
Years covered
33
1991–2023
Data points
4,742
What the numbers show
Hdi male vs female, annual growth rate is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 3.37 % change on previous year in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is -10.2 % change on previous year in Palestine.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5164 % change on previous year, and the mean is 0.5227 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 9,196.9%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 56,514.8%).
Hdi male vs female, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.37 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 378.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Niger | 3.02 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,772.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Namibia | 2.37 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 127.8% | volatile |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 2.1 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 423.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 1.92 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 176.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritius | 1.89 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 512.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Guyana | 1.69 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.52 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 285.2% | falling |
| 9 | Philippines | 1.51 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Greece | 1.45 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 141.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Nepal | 1.44 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 98.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 1.41 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 1.4 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Rwanda | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Samoa | 1.37 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 304.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Chile | 1.37 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Brunei | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,491.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Armenia | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Uruguay | 1.26 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Kuwait | 1.2 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 184.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Malaysia | 1.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Paraguay | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Serbia | 1.15 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 2,266.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Italy | 1.1 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,917.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Oman | 1.09 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 9,196.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Cameroon | 1.07 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Bolivia | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Albania | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Yemen | 1 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Lithuania | 0.9979 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Guatemala | 0.9787 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 182.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Bhutan | 0.9586 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 33 | Spain | 0.9572 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 70.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9552 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Slovakia | 0.9468 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 175.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Mexico | 0.943 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 2,655.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Latvia | 0.9179 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Togo | 0.9137 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Malawi | 0.9089 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Madagascar | 0.8992 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 313.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.8963 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Portugal | 0.8885 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 43 | United States | 0.8759 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 631.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Iceland | 0.867 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 142.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Seychelles | 0.8668 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 403.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Jordan | 0.8609 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 262.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Zambia | 0.8559 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Malta | 0.8547 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.8509 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 50 | India | 0.8391 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 85.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 0.8348 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Ukraine | 0.8267 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 867.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Thailand | 0.8217 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 221.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Canada | 0.8192 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 223.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 0.8002 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Brazil | 0.795 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Montenegro | 0.7879 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Iran | 0.7869 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 545.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Morocco | 0.7715 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 0.7486 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | 0.745 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 39.5% | flat |
| 62 | Senegal | 0.7324 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Honduras | 0.7312 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 390.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 0.73 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 0.7279 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Mongolia | 0.7252 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Australia | 0.7229 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 374.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Slovenia | 0.7163 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 0.7 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Belgium | 0.6824 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 238.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Lesotho | 0.6811 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 0.6753 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Uganda | 0.6404 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 279.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Congo | 0.6396 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Poland | 0.6353 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Chad | 0.6296 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 0.6172 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 0.6111 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Georgia | 0.6063 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Mozambique | 0.5938 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Tonga | 0.5812 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Cambodia | 0.5753 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 230.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Fiji | 0.5685 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Hungary | 0.568 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 85 | South Korea | 0.5567 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Burundi | 0.5445 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Singapore | 0.5291 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 200.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Switzerland | 0.5279 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 72.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Belize | 0.526 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 655.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Myanmar | 0.5221 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Barbados | 0.5182 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 704.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Germany | 0.5145 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 633.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Djibouti | 0.5031 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 0.4998 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Panama | 0.4949 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Egypt | 0.4879 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 97 | San Marino | 0.4879 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 0.4832 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Nauru | 0.4803 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 100 | South Africa | 0.4669 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Cape Verde | 0.4632 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Laos | 0.4569 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Czechia | 0.4418 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Algeria | 0.4375 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Norway | 0.4349 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Ecuador | 0.434 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Japan | 0.4334 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 60.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Botswana | 0.43 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Austria | 0.4226 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 169.9% | volatile |
| 110 | France | 0.4162 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Liberia | 0.4123 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Vietnam | 0.3994 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 113 | Hong Kong | 0.3947 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Gambia | 0.392 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Estonia | 0.3875 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Haiti | 0.3868 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 117 | El Salvador | 0.3827 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 297.4% | volatile |
| 118 | New Zealand | 0.3598 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Kenya | 0.3595 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Suriname | 0.3578 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Afghanistan | 0.3545 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Venezuela | 0.353 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 186.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Tuvalu | 0.3473 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Ghana | 0.3381 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Finland | 0.3244 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Denmark | 0.3193 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Russia | 0.3185 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Kiribati | 0.2975 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Croatia | 0.2942 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2736 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2629 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Cyprus | 0.2621 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 483.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2592 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Comoros | 0.2524 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 135 | Tunisia | 0.251 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Qatar | 0.2492 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Gabon | 0.2478 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 0.2419 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Tanzania | 0.2376 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Peru | 0.225 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Grenada | 0.2187 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 449.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Mali | 0.2184 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 114.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Mauritania | 0.2153 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 0.2107 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Ireland | 0.2103 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Indonesia | 0.1886 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.188 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Turkey | 0.1819 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Maldives | 0.1749 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Nigeria | 0.1726 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 151 | China | 0.1663 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Liechtenstein | 0.1564 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 153 | East Timor | 0.1514 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Netherlands | 0.1442 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Palau | 0.1211 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Lucia | 0.1151 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Jamaica | 0.112 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 183.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Eswatini | 0.0871 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Marshall Islands | 0.0667 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0618 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Uzbekistan | 0.0508 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Sweden | 0.048 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Bahamas | 0.0475 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Angola | 0.0299 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 165 | United Kingdom | 0.0072 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 0.0042 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Pakistan | -0.0155 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 105.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Moldova | -0.0214 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 106.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Dominican Republic | -0.0585 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 108.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Iraq | -0.0672 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 120.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Azerbaijan | -0.1293 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 118.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Benin | -0.1864 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 111.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Cuba | -0.1994 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Belarus | -0.2879 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 145.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Israel | -0.3086 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 154.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Vanuatu | -0.3245 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 136.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Bahrain | -0.3571 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 122.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Lebanon | -0.3693 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Syria | -1.08 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Sudan | -1.71 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 302.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Libya | -1.86 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Palestine | -10.2 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 56,514.8% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Hdi male vs female. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Human Development Index: males vs. females UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Hdi male vs female. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.