Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Bhutan

Gender development index in Bhutan in 2023 — 0.958 ratio. Ranked 110 in the world out of 184. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 0.7%.

2023 0.958 ratio −1.54% vs 2022
World rank 110of 184
Period maximum 0.985 ratio2021
Period minimum 0.94 ratio2016

Trend over time

2010–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Bhutan, 2010–20230.920.940.960.981201020122014201620182020202220232010: 0.951 ratio2011: 0.955 ratio2012: 0.967 ratio2013: 0.954 ratio2014: 0.953 ratio2015: 0.957 ratio2016: 0.94 ratio2017: 0.942 ratio2018: 0.963 ratio2019: 0.976 ratio2020: 0.982 ratio2021: 0.985 ratio2022: 0.973 ratio2023: 0.958 ratio
Change over the period: +0.007 (+0.74%) Average annual rate: 0.06 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Bhutan 0.958 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
South Asia computed 0.869 ratio
Southern Asia computed 0.87 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.958 −0.015 −1.54%
2022 0.973 −0.012 −1.22%
2021 0.985 +0.003 +0.31%
2020 0.982 +0.006 +0.61%
2019 0.976 +0.013 +1.35%
2018 0.963 +0.021 +2.23%
2017 0.942 +0.002 +0.21%
2016 0.94 −0.017 −1.78%
2015 0.957 +0.004 +0.42%
2014 0.953 −0.001 −0.1%
2013 0.954 −0.013 −1.34%
2012 0.967 +0.012 +1.26%
2011 0.955 +0.004 +0.42%
2010 0.951

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.