Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Dominican Republic

Gender development index in the Dominican Republic in 2023 — 1.024 ratio. Ranked 8 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 12.3%.

2023 1.024 ratio −0.49% vs 2022
World rank 8of 184
Period maximum 1.031 ratio2021
Period minimum 0.887 ratio1993

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Dominican Republic, 1990–20230.850.90.9511.051990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.912 ratio1991: 0.916 ratio1992: 0.929 ratio1993: 0.887 ratio1994: 0.93 ratio1995: 0.931 ratio1996: 0.935 ratio1997: 0.935 ratio1998: 0.931 ratio1999: 0.941 ratio2000: 0.951 ratio2001: 0.953 ratio2002: 0.959 ratio2003: 0.958 ratio2004: 0.956 ratio2005: 0.962 ratio2006: 0.962 ratio2007: 0.965 ratio2008: 0.969 ratio2009: 0.973 ratio2010: 0.986 ratio2011: 0.996 ratio2012: 1.002 ratio2013: 0.998 ratio2014: 0.997 ratio2015: 1.01 ratio2016: 1.011 ratio2017: 1.015 ratio2018: 1.015 ratio2019: 1.021 ratio2020: 1.027 ratio2021: 1.031 ratio2022: 1.029 ratio2023: 1.024 ratio
Change over the period: +0.112 (+12.28%) Average annual rate: 0.35 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Dominican Republic 1.024 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.986 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.024 −0.005 −0.49%
2022 1.029 −0.002 −0.19%
2021 1.031 +0.004 +0.39%
2020 1.027 +0.006 +0.59%
2019 1.021 +0.006 +0.59%
2018 1.015 +0 +0%
2017 1.015 +0.004 +0.4%
2016 1.011 +0.001 +0.1%
2015 1.01 +0.013 +1.3%
2014 0.997 −0.001 −0.1%
2013 0.998 −0.004 −0.4%
2012 1.002 +0.006 +0.6%
2011 0.996 +0.01 +1.01%
2010 0.986 +0.013 +1.34%
2009 0.973 +0.004 +0.41%
2008 0.969 +0.004 +0.41%
2007 0.965 +0.003 +0.31%
2006 0.962 +0 +0%
2005 0.962 +0.006 +0.63%
2004 0.956 −0.002 −0.21%
2003 0.958 −0.001 −0.1%
2002 0.959 +0.006 +0.63%
2001 0.953 +0.002 +0.21%
2000 0.951 +0.01 +1.06%
1999 0.941 +0.01 +1.07%
1998 0.931 −0.004 −0.43%
1997 0.935 +0 +0%
1996 0.935 +0.004 +0.43%
1995 0.931 +0.001 +0.11%
1994 0.93 +0.043 +4.85%
1993 0.887 −0.042 −4.52%
1992 0.929 +0.013 +1.42%
1991 0.916 +0.004 +0.44%
1990 0.912

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.