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Gender development index — Brazil

Gender development index in Brazil in 2023 — 1.002 ratio. Ranked 28 in the world out of 184. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.6%.

2023 1.002 ratio −0.1% vs 2022
World rank 28of 184
Period maximum 1.003 ratio2021
Period minimum 0.993 ratio2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Brazil, 2000–20230.9930.9950.99811.0031.0052000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.996 ratio2001: 0.993 ratio2002: 0.995 ratio2003: 0.995 ratio2004: 0.995 ratio2005: 0.996 ratio2006: 0.997 ratio2007: 0.997 ratio2008: 0.996 ratio2009: 0.998 ratio2010: 0.996 ratio2011: 0.996 ratio2012: 0.994 ratio2013: 0.994 ratio2014: 0.994 ratio2015: 0.993 ratio2016: 0.994 ratio2017: 0.996 ratio2018: 0.996 ratio2019: 0.996 ratio2020: 0.993 ratio2021: 1.003 ratio2022: 1.003 ratio2023: 1.002 ratio
Change over the period: +0.006 (+0.6%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Brazil 1.002 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.986 ratio
South America computed 0.992 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.002 −0.001 −0.1%
2022 1.003 +0 +0%
2021 1.003 +0.01 +1.01%
2020 0.993 −0.003 −0.3%
2019 0.996 +0 +0%
2018 0.996 +0 +0%
2017 0.996 +0.002 +0.2%
2016 0.994 +0.001 +0.1%
2015 0.993 −0.001 −0.1%
2014 0.994 +0 +0%
2013 0.994 +0 +0%
2012 0.994 −0.002 −0.2%
2011 0.996 +0 +0%
2010 0.996 −0.002 −0.2%
2009 0.998 +0.002 +0.2%
2008 0.996 −0.001 −0.1%
2007 0.997 +0 +0%
2006 0.997 +0.001 +0.1%
2005 0.996 +0.001 +0.1%
2004 0.995 +0 +0%
2003 0.995 +0 +0%
2002 0.995 +0.002 +0.2%
2001 0.993 −0.003 −0.3%
2000 0.996 — —

South America, 2023

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

UY Uruguay 1.017 BR Brazil 1.002 EC Ecuador 0.998 SR Suriname 0.993 VE Venezuela 0.993 CO Colombia 0.992 GY Guyana 0.992 AR Argentina 0.988 PY Paraguay 0.988 CL Chile 0.967 BO Bolivia 0.961 PE Peru 0.959
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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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