Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Bahrain

Gender development index in Bahrain in 2023 — 0.957 ratio. Ranked 111 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3.8%.

2023 0.957 ratio +0% vs 2022
World rank 111of 184
Period maximum 0.977 ratio2008
Period minimum 0.911 ratio1995

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Bahrain, 1990–20230.90.920.940.960.981990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.922 ratio1991: 0.926 ratio1992: 0.931 ratio1993: 0.931 ratio1994: 0.93 ratio1995: 0.911 ratio1996: 0.912 ratio1997: 0.913 ratio1998: 0.933 ratio1999: 0.929 ratio2000: 0.931 ratio2001: 0.928 ratio2002: 0.936 ratio2003: 0.945 ratio2004: 0.962 ratio2005: 0.968 ratio2006: 0.974 ratio2007: 0.972 ratio2008: 0.977 ratio2009: 0.941 ratio2010: 0.947 ratio2011: 0.943 ratio2012: 0.949 ratio2013: 0.946 ratio2014: 0.943 ratio2015: 0.931 ratio2016: 0.933 ratio2017: 0.931 ratio2018: 0.929 ratio2019: 0.962 ratio2020: 0.971 ratio2021: 0.942 ratio2022: 0.957 ratio2023: 0.957 ratio
Change over the period: +0.035 (+3.8%) Average annual rate: 0.11 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Bahrain 0.957 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.847 ratio
Western Asia computed 0.841 ratio
High-income countries computed 0.991 ratio
Gender development index — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.957 +0 +0%
2022 0.957 +0.015 +1.59%
2021 0.942 −0.029 −2.99%
2020 0.971 +0.009 +0.94%
2019 0.962 +0.033 +3.55%
2018 0.929 −0.002 −0.21%
2017 0.931 −0.002 −0.21%
2016 0.933 +0.002 +0.21%
2015 0.931 −0.012 −1.27%
2014 0.943 −0.003 −0.32%
2013 0.946 −0.003 −0.32%
2012 0.949 +0.006 +0.64%
2011 0.943 −0.004 −0.42%
2010 0.947 +0.006 +0.64%
2009 0.941 −0.036 −3.68%
2008 0.977 +0.005 +0.51%
2007 0.972 −0.002 −0.21%
2006 0.974 +0.006 +0.62%
2005 0.968 +0.006 +0.62%
2004 0.962 +0.017 +1.8%
2003 0.945 +0.009 +0.96%
2002 0.936 +0.008 +0.86%
2001 0.928 −0.003 −0.32%
2000 0.931 +0.002 +0.22%
1999 0.929 −0.004 −0.43%
1998 0.933 +0.02 +2.19%
1997 0.913 +0.001 +0.11%
1996 0.912 +0.001 +0.11%
1995 0.911 −0.019 −2.04%
1994 0.93 −0.001 −0.11%
1993 0.931 +0 +0%
1992 0.931 +0.005 +0.54%
1991 0.926 +0.004 +0.43%
1990 0.922

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.