Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Belarus

Gender development index in Belarus in 2023 — 1.009 ratio. Ranked 20 in the world out of 184. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 1.2%.

2023 1.009 ratio +0.8% vs 2022
World rank 20of 184
Period maximum 1.038 ratio1996
Period minimum 1.001 ratio2022

Trend over time

1995–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Belarus, 1995–202311.011.021.031.0419951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 1.021 ratio1996: 1.038 ratio1997: 1.03 ratio1998: 1.022 ratio1999: 1.015 ratio2000: 1.02 ratio2001: 1.022 ratio2002: 1.025 ratio2003: 1.026 ratio2004: 1.026 ratio2005: 1.026 ratio2006: 1.027 ratio2007: 1.028 ratio2008: 1.03 ratio2009: 1.022 ratio2010: 1.035 ratio2011: 1.031 ratio2012: 1.028 ratio2013: 1.023 ratio2014: 1.019 ratio2015: 1.017 ratio2016: 1.014 ratio2017: 1.009 ratio2018: 1.003 ratio2019: 1.002 ratio2020: 1.006 ratio2021: 1.006 ratio2022: 1.001 ratio2023: 1.009 ratio
Change over the period: −0.012 (−1.18%) Average annual rate: -0.04 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Belarus 1.009 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.988 ratio
Eastern Europe computed 1.017 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.009 +0.008 +0.8%
2022 1.001 −0.005 −0.5%
2021 1.006 +0 +0%
2020 1.006 +0.004 +0.4%
2019 1.002 −0.001 −0.1%
2018 1.003 −0.006 −0.59%
2017 1.009 −0.005 −0.49%
2016 1.014 −0.003 −0.29%
2015 1.017 −0.002 −0.2%
2014 1.019 −0.004 −0.39%
2013 1.023 −0.005 −0.49%
2012 1.028 −0.003 −0.29%
2011 1.031 −0.004 −0.39%
2010 1.035 +0.013 +1.27%
2009 1.022 −0.008 −0.78%
2008 1.03 +0.002 +0.19%
2007 1.028 +0.001 +0.1%
2006 1.027 +0.001 +0.1%
2005 1.026 +0 +0%
2004 1.026 +0 +0%
2003 1.026 +0.001 +0.1%
2002 1.025 +0.003 +0.29%
2001 1.022 +0.002 +0.2%
2000 1.02 +0.005 +0.49%
1999 1.015 −0.007 −0.68%
1998 1.022 −0.008 −0.78%
1997 1.03 −0.008 −0.77%
1996 1.038 +0.017 +1.67%
1995 1.021

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.