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Gender development index — Costa Rica

Gender development index in Costa Rica in 2023 — 0.975 ratio. Ranked 86 in the world out of 184. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.1%.

2023 0.975 ratio −2.21% vs 2022
World rank 86of 184
Period maximum 0.998 ratio2020
Period minimum 0.946 ratio2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Costa Rica, 2000–20230.940.960.9812000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.946 ratio2001: 0.968 ratio2002: 0.961 ratio2003: 0.961 ratio2004: 0.96 ratio2005: 0.971 ratio2006: 0.966 ratio2007: 0.967 ratio2008: 0.98 ratio2009: 0.961 ratio2010: 0.978 ratio2011: 0.977 ratio2012: 0.98 ratio2013: 0.981 ratio2014: 0.979 ratio2015: 0.987 ratio2016: 0.98 ratio2017: 0.985 ratio2018: 0.988 ratio2019: 0.989 ratio2020: 0.998 ratio2021: 0.995 ratio2022: 0.997 ratio2023: 0.975 ratio
Change over the period: +0.029 (+3.07%) Average annual rate: 0.13 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Costa Rica 0.975 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.986 ratio
Central America computed 0.971 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.975 −0.022 −2.21%
2022 0.997 +0.002 +0.2%
2021 0.995 −0.003 −0.3%
2020 0.998 +0.009 +0.91%
2019 0.989 +0.001 +0.1%
2018 0.988 +0.003 +0.3%
2017 0.985 +0.005 +0.51%
2016 0.98 −0.007 −0.71%
2015 0.987 +0.008 +0.82%
2014 0.979 −0.002 −0.2%
2013 0.981 +0.001 +0.1%
2012 0.98 +0.003 +0.31%
2011 0.977 −0.001 −0.1%
2010 0.978 +0.017 +1.77%
2009 0.961 −0.019 −1.94%
2008 0.98 +0.013 +1.34%
2007 0.967 +0.001 +0.1%
2006 0.966 −0.005 −0.51%
2005 0.971 +0.011 +1.15%
2004 0.96 −0.001 −0.1%
2003 0.961 +0 +0%
2002 0.961 −0.007 −0.72%
2001 0.968 +0.022 +2.33%
2000 0.946 — —

Central America, 2023

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

PA Panama 1.014 SV El Salvador 0.983 BZ Belize 0.981 MX Mexico 0.976 CR Costa Rica 0.975 HN Honduras 0.964 NI Nicaragua 0.952 GT Guatemala 0.934
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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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