Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Ecuador

Gender development index in Ecuador in 2023 — 0.998 ratio. Ranked 34 in the world out of 184. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 1.6%.

2023 0.998 ratio +0.2% vs 2022
World rank 34of 184
Period maximum 1.012 ratio2020
Period minimum 0.978 ratio2014

Trend over time

2010–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Ecuador, 2010–20230.970.980.9911.011.02201020122014201620182020202220232010: 0.982 ratio2011: 0.982 ratio2012: 0.983 ratio2013: 0.98 ratio2014: 0.978 ratio2015: 0.98 ratio2016: 0.983 ratio2017: 0.984 ratio2018: 0.987 ratio2019: 0.991 ratio2020: 1.012 ratio2021: 1.004 ratio2022: 0.996 ratio2023: 0.998 ratio
Change over the period: +0.016 (+1.63%) Average annual rate: 0.12 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ecuador 0.998 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.986 ratio
South America computed 0.992 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.998 +0.002 +0.2%
2022 0.996 −0.008 −0.8%
2021 1.004 −0.008 −0.79%
2020 1.012 +0.021 +2.12%
2019 0.991 +0.004 +0.41%
2018 0.987 +0.003 +0.3%
2017 0.984 +0.001 +0.1%
2016 0.983 +0.003 +0.31%
2015 0.98 +0.002 +0.2%
2014 0.978 −0.002 −0.2%
2013 0.98 −0.003 −0.31%
2012 0.983 +0.001 +0.1%
2011 0.982 +0 +0%
2010 0.982

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.