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Gender development index — Barbados

Gender development index in Barbados in 2023 — 1.035 ratio. Ranked 3 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 6.9%.

2023 1.035 ratio −0.19% vs 2022
World rank 3of 184
Period maximum 1.038 ratio2016
Period minimum 0.968 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Barbados, 1990–20230.960.9811.021.041990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.968 ratio1991: 0.971 ratio1992: 0.975 ratio1993: 0.976 ratio1994: 0.985 ratio1995: 0.99 ratio1996: 0.991 ratio1997: 0.991 ratio1998: 0.991 ratio1999: 0.992 ratio2000: 0.995 ratio2001: 0.993 ratio2002: 0.994 ratio2003: 0.997 ratio2004: 0.999 ratio2005: 1.003 ratio2006: 1.004 ratio2007: 1.006 ratio2008: 1.01 ratio2009: 1.014 ratio2010: 1.014 ratio2011: 1.016 ratio2012: 1.016 ratio2013: 1.019 ratio2014: 1.023 ratio2015: 1.025 ratio2016: 1.038 ratio2017: 1.027 ratio2018: 1.029 ratio2019: 1.031 ratio2020: 1.031 ratio2021: 1.031 ratio2022: 1.037 ratio2023: 1.035 ratio
Change over the period: +0.067 (+6.92%) Average annual rate: 0.2 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Barbados 1.035 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.986 ratio
High-income countries computed 0.991 ratio
Gender development index — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.035 −0.002 −0.19%
2022 1.037 +0.006 +0.58%
2021 1.031 +0 +0%
2020 1.031 +0 +0%
2019 1.031 +0.002 +0.19%
2018 1.029 +0.002 +0.19%
2017 1.027 −0.011 −1.06%
2016 1.038 +0.013 +1.27%
2015 1.025 +0.002 +0.2%
2014 1.023 +0.004 +0.39%
2013 1.019 +0.003 +0.3%
2012 1.016 +0 +0%
2011 1.016 +0.002 +0.2%
2010 1.014 +0 +0%
2009 1.014 +0.004 +0.4%
2008 1.01 +0.004 +0.4%
2007 1.006 +0.002 +0.2%
2006 1.004 +0.001 +0.1%
2005 1.003 +0.004 +0.4%
2004 0.999 +0.002 +0.2%
2003 0.997 +0.003 +0.3%
2002 0.994 +0.001 +0.1%
2001 0.993 −0.002 −0.2%
2000 0.995 +0.003 +0.3%
1999 0.992 +0.001 +0.1%
1998 0.991 +0 +0%
1997 0.991 +0 +0%
1996 0.991 +0.001 +0.1%
1995 0.99 +0.005 +0.51%
1994 0.985 +0.009 +0.92%
1993 0.976 +0.001 +0.1%
1992 0.975 +0.004 +0.41%
1991 0.971 +0.003 +0.31%
1990 0.968 — —

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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