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Gender development index — Belize

Gender development index in Belize in 2023 — 0.981 ratio. Ranked 75 in the world out of 184. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 5.8%.

2023 0.981 ratio +0% vs 2022
World rank 75of 184
Period maximum 0.995 ratio2019
Period minimum 0.922 ratio1996

Trend over time

1993–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Belize, 1993–20230.920.940.960.981199319961999200220052008201120142017202020231993: 0.927 ratio1994: 0.925 ratio1995: 0.926 ratio1996: 0.922 ratio1997: 0.932 ratio1998: 0.937 ratio1999: 0.936 ratio2000: 0.936 ratio2001: 0.939 ratio2002: 0.936 ratio2003: 0.943 ratio2004: 0.941 ratio2005: 0.943 ratio2006: 0.945 ratio2007: 0.952 ratio2008: 0.954 ratio2009: 0.956 ratio2010: 0.962 ratio2011: 0.965 ratio2012: 0.97 ratio2013: 0.961 ratio2014: 0.977 ratio2015: 0.977 ratio2016: 0.98 ratio2017: 0.982 ratio2018: 0.982 ratio2019: 0.995 ratio2020: 0.987 ratio2021: 0.976 ratio2022: 0.981 ratio2023: 0.981 ratio
Change over the period: +0.054 (+5.83%) Average annual rate: 0.19 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Belize 0.981 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.986 ratio
Central America computed 0.971 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.981 +0 +0%
2022 0.981 +0.005 +0.51%
2021 0.976 −0.011 −1.11%
2020 0.987 −0.008 −0.8%
2019 0.995 +0.013 +1.32%
2018 0.982 +0 +0%
2017 0.982 +0.002 +0.2%
2016 0.98 +0.003 +0.31%
2015 0.977 +0 +0%
2014 0.977 +0.016 +1.66%
2013 0.961 −0.009 −0.93%
2012 0.97 +0.005 +0.52%
2011 0.965 +0.003 +0.31%
2010 0.962 +0.006 +0.63%
2009 0.956 +0.002 +0.21%
2008 0.954 +0.002 +0.21%
2007 0.952 +0.007 +0.74%
2006 0.945 +0.002 +0.21%
2005 0.943 +0.002 +0.21%
2004 0.941 −0.002 −0.21%
2003 0.943 +0.007 +0.75%
2002 0.936 −0.003 −0.32%
2001 0.939 +0.003 +0.32%
2000 0.936 +0 +0%
1999 0.936 −0.001 −0.11%
1998 0.937 +0.005 +0.54%
1997 0.932 +0.01 +1.08%
1996 0.922 −0.004 −0.43%
1995 0.926 +0.001 +0.11%
1994 0.925 −0.002 −0.22%
1993 0.927 — —

Central America, 2023

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

PA Panama 1.014 SV El Salvador 0.983 BZ Belize 0.981 MX Mexico 0.976 CR Costa Rica 0.975 HN Honduras 0.964 NI Nicaragua 0.952 GT Guatemala 0.934
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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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