Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Eswatini

Gender development index in Eswatini in 2023 — 0.964 ratio. Ranked 98 in the world out of 184. Since 2015, the indicator has risen by 2.4%.

2023 0.964 ratio +0% vs 2022
World rank 98of 184
Period maximum 0.986 ratio2021
Period minimum 0.941 ratio2015

Trend over time

2015–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Eswatini, 2015–20230.940.960.9812015201620172018201920202021202220232015: 0.941 ratio2016: 0.96 ratio2017: 0.95 ratio2018: 0.953 ratio2019: 0.955 ratio2020: 0.961 ratio2021: 0.986 ratio2022: 0.964 ratio2023: 0.964 ratio
Change over the period: +0.023 (+2.44%) Average annual rate: 0.3 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eswatini 0.964 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Southern Africa computed 0.996 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.964 +0 +0%
2022 0.964 −0.022 −2.23%
2021 0.986 +0.025 +2.6%
2020 0.961 +0.006 +0.63%
2019 0.955 +0.002 +0.21%
2018 0.953 +0.003 +0.32%
2017 0.95 −0.01 −1.04%
2016 0.96 +0.019 +2.02%
2015 0.941

Southern Africa, 2023

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

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.