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Gender development index — Benin

Gender development index in Benin in 2023 — 0.866 ratio. Ranked 166 in the world out of 184. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 17.7%.

2023 0.866 ratio +1.88% vs 2022
World rank 166of 184
Period maximum 0.866 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.736 ratio1995

Trend over time

1995–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Benin, 1995–20230.70.750.80.850.919951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.736 ratio1996: 0.763 ratio1997: 0.767 ratio1998: 0.777 ratio1999: 0.786 ratio2000: 0.789 ratio2001: 0.792 ratio2002: 0.786 ratio2003: 0.794 ratio2004: 0.802 ratio2005: 0.807 ratio2006: 0.812 ratio2007: 0.816 ratio2008: 0.819 ratio2009: 0.822 ratio2010: 0.838 ratio2011: 0.838 ratio2012: 0.836 ratio2013: 0.841 ratio2014: 0.844 ratio2015: 0.85 ratio2016: 0.858 ratio2017: 0.859 ratio2018: 0.859 ratio2019: 0.848 ratio2020: 0.862 ratio2021: 0.86 ratio2022: 0.85 ratio2023: 0.866 ratio
Change over the period: +0.13 (+17.66%) Average annual rate: 0.58 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Benin 0.866 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Western Africa computed 0.886 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.866 +0.016 +1.88%
2022 0.85 −0.01 −1.16%
2021 0.86 −0.002 −0.23%
2020 0.862 +0.014 +1.65%
2019 0.848 −0.011 −1.28%
2018 0.859 +0 +0%
2017 0.859 +0.001 +0.12%
2016 0.858 +0.008 +0.94%
2015 0.85 +0.006 +0.71%
2014 0.844 +0.003 +0.36%
2013 0.841 +0.005 +0.6%
2012 0.836 −0.002 −0.24%
2011 0.838 +0 +0%
2010 0.838 +0.016 +1.95%
2009 0.822 +0.003 +0.37%
2008 0.819 +0.003 +0.37%
2007 0.816 +0.004 +0.49%
2006 0.812 +0.005 +0.62%
2005 0.807 +0.005 +0.62%
2004 0.802 +0.008 +1.01%
2003 0.794 +0.008 +1.02%
2002 0.786 −0.006 −0.76%
2001 0.792 +0.003 +0.38%
2000 0.789 +0.003 +0.38%
1999 0.786 +0.009 +1.16%
1998 0.777 +0.01 +1.3%
1997 0.767 +0.004 +0.52%
1996 0.763 +0.027 +3.67%
1995 0.736 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 0.964 GM Gambia 0.959 GH Ghana 0.933 SN Senegal 0.924 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.91 NG Nigeria 0.892 MR Mauritania 0.886 BF Burkina Faso 0.881 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.878 BJ Benin 0.866 LR Liberia 0.865 TG Togo 0.865 NE Niger 0.855 SL Sierra Leone 0.83 GN Guinea 0.828 ML Mali 0.812
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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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