Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Cameroon

Gender development index in Cameroon in 2023 — 0.898 ratio. Ranked 155 in the world out of 184. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 4.8%.

2023 0.898 ratio +0.22% vs 2022
World rank 155of 184
Period maximum 0.906 ratio2021
Period minimum 0.849 ratio2002

Trend over time

1995–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Cameroon, 1995–20230.840.860.880.90.9219951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.857 ratio1996: 0.863 ratio1997: 0.859 ratio1998: 0.859 ratio1999: 0.858 ratio2000: 0.858 ratio2001: 0.867 ratio2002: 0.849 ratio2003: 0.866 ratio2004: 0.866 ratio2005: 0.865 ratio2006: 0.868 ratio2007: 0.879 ratio2008: 0.866 ratio2009: 0.861 ratio2010: 0.864 ratio2011: 0.864 ratio2012: 0.873 ratio2013: 0.878 ratio2014: 0.863 ratio2015: 0.889 ratio2016: 0.892 ratio2017: 0.894 ratio2018: 0.896 ratio2019: 0.895 ratio2020: 0.896 ratio2021: 0.906 ratio2022: 0.896 ratio2023: 0.898 ratio
Change over the period: +0.041 (+4.78%) Average annual rate: 0.17 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Cameroon 0.898 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Middle Africa computed 0.884 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.898 +0.002 +0.22%
2022 0.896 −0.01 −1.1%
2021 0.906 +0.01 +1.12%
2020 0.896 +0.001 +0.11%
2019 0.895 −0.001 −0.11%
2018 0.896 +0.002 +0.22%
2017 0.894 +0.002 +0.22%
2016 0.892 +0.003 +0.34%
2015 0.889 +0.026 +3.01%
2014 0.863 −0.015 −1.71%
2013 0.878 +0.005 +0.57%
2012 0.873 +0.009 +1.04%
2011 0.864 +0 +0%
2010 0.864 +0.003 +0.35%
2009 0.861 −0.005 −0.58%
2008 0.866 −0.013 −1.48%
2007 0.879 +0.011 +1.27%
2006 0.868 +0.003 +0.35%
2005 0.865 −0.001 −0.12%
2004 0.866 +0 +0%
2003 0.866 +0.017 +2%
2002 0.849 −0.018 −2.08%
2001 0.867 +0.009 +1.05%
2000 0.858 +0 +0%
1999 0.858 −0.001 −0.12%
1998 0.859 +0 +0%
1997 0.859 −0.004 −0.46%
1996 0.863 +0.006 +0.7%
1995 0.857

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.