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Gender development index — Burkina Faso

Gender development index in Burkina Faso in 2023 — 0.881 ratio. Ranked 162 in the world out of 184. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 7.6%.

2023 0.881 ratio −2.97% vs 2022
World rank 162of 184
Period maximum 0.908 ratio2022
Period minimum 0.812 ratio2006

Trend over time

2005–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Burkina Faso, 2005–20230.80.8250.850.8750.90.92520052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.819 ratio2006: 0.812 ratio2007: 0.842 ratio2008: 0.851 ratio2009: 0.855 ratio2010: 0.867 ratio2011: 0.87 ratio2012: 0.875 ratio2013: 0.879 ratio2014: 0.896 ratio2015: 0.883 ratio2016: 0.884 ratio2017: 0.886 ratio2018: 0.885 ratio2019: 0.905 ratio2020: 0.904 ratio2021: 0.904 ratio2022: 0.908 ratio2023: 0.881 ratio
Change over the period: +0.062 (+7.57%) Average annual rate: 0.41 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Burkina Faso 0.881 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Western Africa computed 0.886 ratio
Low-income countries computed 0.836 ratio
Gender development index — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.881 −0.027 −2.97%
2022 0.908 +0.004 +0.44%
2021 0.904 +0 +0%
2020 0.904 −0.001 −0.11%
2019 0.905 +0.02 +2.26%
2018 0.885 −0.001 −0.11%
2017 0.886 +0.002 +0.23%
2016 0.884 +0.001 +0.11%
2015 0.883 −0.013 −1.45%
2014 0.896 +0.017 +1.93%
2013 0.879 +0.004 +0.46%
2012 0.875 +0.005 +0.57%
2011 0.87 +0.003 +0.35%
2010 0.867 +0.012 +1.4%
2009 0.855 +0.004 +0.47%
2008 0.851 +0.009 +1.07%
2007 0.842 +0.03 +3.69%
2006 0.812 −0.007 −0.85%
2005 0.819 — —

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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