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Gender development index — Bahamas

Gender development index in the Bahamas in 2023 — 1.015 ratio. Ranked 14 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1.7%.

2023 1.015 ratio +0.4% vs 2022
World rank 14of 184
Period maximum 1.015 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.996 ratio2019

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Bahamas, 1990–20230.99511.0051.011.0151990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.998 ratio1991: 1.001 ratio1992: 0.999 ratio1993: 0.999 ratio1994: 1.001 ratio1995: 1.004 ratio1996: 1.004 ratio1997: 1.005 ratio1998: 1.007 ratio1999: 1.003 ratio2000: 1.001 ratio2001: 1.003 ratio2002: 1.001 ratio2003: 1.003 ratio2004: 1 ratio2005: 1.002 ratio2006: 1.007 ratio2007: 1.001 ratio2008: 1.002 ratio2009: 1.003 ratio2010: 1.007 ratio2011: 1.009 ratio2012: 1.009 ratio2013: 1.006 ratio2014: 1.009 ratio2015: 1.007 ratio2016: 1.008 ratio2017: 1.008 ratio2018: 1.007 ratio2019: 0.996 ratio2020: 1.009 ratio2021: 1.007 ratio2022: 1.011 ratio2023: 1.015 ratio
Change over the period: +0.017 (+1.7%) Average annual rate: 0.05 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahamas

Bahamas 1.015 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.986 ratio
High-income countries computed 0.991 ratio
Gender development index — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.015 +0.004 +0.4%
2022 1.011 +0.004 +0.4%
2021 1.007 −0.002 −0.2%
2020 1.009 +0.013 +1.31%
2019 0.996 −0.011 −1.09%
2018 1.007 −0.001 −0.1%
2017 1.008 +0 +0%
2016 1.008 +0.001 +0.1%
2015 1.007 −0.002 −0.2%
2014 1.009 +0.003 +0.3%
2013 1.006 −0.003 −0.3%
2012 1.009 +0 +0%
2011 1.009 +0.002 +0.2%
2010 1.007 +0.004 +0.4%
2009 1.003 +0.001 +0.1%
2008 1.002 +0.001 +0.1%
2007 1.001 −0.006 −0.6%
2006 1.007 +0.005 +0.5%
2005 1.002 +0.002 +0.2%
2004 1 −0.003 −0.3%
2003 1.003 +0.002 +0.2%
2002 1.001 −0.002 −0.2%
2001 1.003 +0.002 +0.2%
2000 1.001 −0.002 −0.2%
1999 1.003 −0.004 −0.4%
1998 1.007 +0.002 +0.2%
1997 1.005 +0.001 +0.1%
1996 1.004 +0 +0%
1995 1.004 +0.003 +0.3%
1994 1.001 +0.002 +0.2%
1993 0.999 +0 +0%
1992 0.999 −0.002 −0.2%
1991 1.001 +0.003 +0.3%
1990 0.998 — —

Caribbean, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BB Barbados 1.035 AG Antigua and Barbuda 1.031 DO Dominican Republic 1.024 LC Saint Lucia 1.016 BS Bahamas 1.015 JM Jamaica 1.013 TT Trinidad and Tobago 0.99 GD Grenada 0.984 CU Cuba 0.975 HT Haiti 0.932
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The ratio of the Human Development Index computed for women to the index computed for men. One means equality, values below it mean women lag behind, above it men do, and the second happens more often than is commonly thought: in a number of countries women are ahead of men in life expectancy and education by enough to outweigh their lag in income. The indicator answers a question about the gap, not about the level: in two countries with the same ratio absolute development can differ twofold.

Important: A ratio, not a level: a value near one in a poor country speaks of equality between the sexes, not of well-being. It is worth looking at together with the Human Development Index itself.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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Indexes Human development index

A composite measure of development: life expectancy, education and income in a single number from 0 to 1.

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