Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Estonia

Gender development index in Estonia in 2023 — 1.023 ratio. Ranked 9 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1.9%.

2023 1.023 ratio −0.2% vs 2022
World rank 9of 184
Period maximum 1.039 ratio2002
Period minimum 1.004 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Estonia, 1990–202311.011.021.031.041990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 1.004 ratio1991: 1.005 ratio1992: 1.009 ratio1993: 1.012 ratio1994: 1.024 ratio1995: 1.029 ratio1996: 1.018 ratio1997: 1.024 ratio1998: 1.026 ratio1999: 1.025 ratio2000: 1.028 ratio2001: 1.035 ratio2002: 1.039 ratio2003: 1.035 ratio2004: 1.035 ratio2005: 1.032 ratio2006: 1.035 ratio2007: 1.036 ratio2008: 1.034 ratio2009: 1.032 ratio2010: 1.028 ratio2011: 1.024 ratio2012: 1.024 ratio2013: 1.014 ratio2014: 1.021 ratio2015: 1.024 ratio2016: 1.021 ratio2017: 1.025 ratio2018: 1.026 ratio2019: 1.025 ratio2020: 1.021 ratio2021: 1.027 ratio2022: 1.025 ratio2023: 1.023 ratio
Change over the period: +0.019 (+1.89%) Average annual rate: 0.06 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Estonia 1.023 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.988 ratio
Northern Europe computed 0.986 ratio
High-income countries computed 0.991 ratio
Gender development index — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.023 −0.002 −0.2%
2022 1.025 −0.002 −0.19%
2021 1.027 +0.006 +0.59%
2020 1.021 −0.004 −0.39%
2019 1.025 −0.001 −0.1%
2018 1.026 +0.001 +0.1%
2017 1.025 +0.004 +0.39%
2016 1.021 −0.003 −0.29%
2015 1.024 +0.003 +0.29%
2014 1.021 +0.007 +0.69%
2013 1.014 −0.01 −0.98%
2012 1.024 +0 +0%
2011 1.024 −0.004 −0.39%
2010 1.028 −0.004 −0.39%
2009 1.032 −0.002 −0.19%
2008 1.034 −0.002 −0.19%
2007 1.036 +0.001 +0.1%
2006 1.035 +0.003 +0.29%
2005 1.032 −0.003 −0.29%
2004 1.035 +0 +0%
2003 1.035 −0.004 −0.38%
2002 1.039 +0.004 +0.39%
2001 1.035 +0.007 +0.68%
2000 1.028 +0.003 +0.29%
1999 1.025 −0.001 −0.1%
1998 1.026 +0.002 +0.2%
1997 1.024 +0.006 +0.59%
1996 1.018 −0.011 −1.07%
1995 1.029 +0.005 +0.49%
1994 1.024 +0.012 +1.19%
1993 1.012 +0.003 +0.3%
1992 1.009 +0.004 +0.4%
1991 1.005 +0.001 +0.1%
1990 1.004

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.