Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — BRICS

Gender development index in BRICS in 2023 — 0.935 ratio. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 16.4%.

2023 0.935 ratio +0.82% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.935 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.803 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — BRICS, 1990–20230.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.803 ratio1991: 0.812 ratio1992: 0.83 ratio1993: 0.832 ratio1994: 0.834 ratio1995: 0.836 ratio1996: 0.841 ratio1997: 0.845 ratio1998: 0.85 ratio1999: 0.848 ratio2000: 0.862 ratio2001: 0.872 ratio2002: 0.875 ratio2003: 0.891 ratio2004: 0.893 ratio2005: 0.896 ratio2006: 0.899 ratio2007: 0.9 ratio2008: 0.902 ratio2009: 0.905 ratio2010: 0.908 ratio2011: 0.907 ratio2012: 0.906 ratio2013: 0.91 ratio2014: 0.91 ratio2015: 0.909 ratio2016: 0.911 ratio2017: 0.911 ratio2018: 0.905 ratio2019: 0.913 ratio2020: 0.92 ratio2021: 0.922 ratio2022: 0.927 ratio2023: 0.935 ratio
Change over the period: +0.131 (+16.37%) Average annual rate: 0.46 %

Comparison, 2023

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

BRICS 0.935 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.935 +0.008 +0.82%
2022 0.927 +0.005 +0.57%
2021 0.922 +0.002 +0.24%
2020 0.92 +0.007 +0.71%
2019 0.913 +0.008 +0.92%
2018 0.905 −0.006 −0.7%
2017 0.911 −0 −0.03%
2016 0.911 +0.002 +0.23%
2015 0.909 −0 −0.05%
2014 0.91 −0 −0.02%
2013 0.91 +0.003 +0.38%
2012 0.906 −0.001 −0.09%
2011 0.907 −0.001 −0.1%
2010 0.908 +0.003 +0.36%
2009 0.905 +0.002 +0.27%
2008 0.902 +0.002 +0.23%
2007 0.9 +0.001 +0.15%
2006 0.899 +0.003 +0.35%
2005 0.896 +0.003 +0.33%
2004 0.893 +0.002 +0.2%
2003 0.891 +0.016 +1.88%
2002 0.875 +0.003 +0.36%
2001 0.872 +0.009 +1.08%
2000 0.862 +0.014 +1.64%
1999 0.848 −0.001 −0.14%
1998 0.85 +0.005 +0.53%
1997 0.845 +0.004 +0.52%
1996 0.841 +0.004 +0.53%
1995 0.836 +0.002 +0.29%
1994 0.834 +0.002 +0.26%
1993 0.832 +0.001 +0.17%
1992 0.83 +0.018 +2.24%
1991 0.812 +0.009 +1.11%
1990 0.803

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.