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Gender development index — Finland

Gender development index in Finland in 2023 — 0.992 ratio. Ranked 50 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 1.1%.

2023 0.992 ratio −0.2% vs 2022
World rank 50of 184
Period maximum 1.008 ratio1996
Period minimum 0.988 ratio2019

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Finland, 1990–20230.980.9911.011990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 1.003 ratio1991: 1.005 ratio1992: 1.007 ratio1993: 1.003 ratio1994: 1.003 ratio1995: 1.005 ratio1996: 1.008 ratio1997: 1.002 ratio1998: 1.003 ratio1999: 1.004 ratio2000: 0.998 ratio2001: 0.997 ratio2002: 0.995 ratio2003: 0.993 ratio2004: 1 ratio2005: 1 ratio2006: 1.003 ratio2007: 1.004 ratio2008: 1.001 ratio2009: 1.002 ratio2010: 1.003 ratio2011: 1.004 ratio2012: 1 ratio2013: 0.989 ratio2014: 0.99 ratio2015: 0.99 ratio2016: 0.99 ratio2017: 0.99 ratio2018: 0.989 ratio2019: 0.988 ratio2020: 0.991 ratio2021: 0.989 ratio2022: 0.994 ratio2023: 0.992 ratio
Change over the period: −0.011 (−1.1%) Average annual rate: -0.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Finland 0.992 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 — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.992 −0.002 −0.2%
2022 0.994 +0.005 +0.51%
2021 0.989 −0.002 −0.2%
2020 0.991 +0.003 +0.3%
2019 0.988 −0.001 −0.1%
2018 0.989 −0.001 −0.1%
2017 0.99 +0 +0%
2016 0.99 +0 +0%
2015 0.99 +0 +0%
2014 0.99 +0.001 +0.1%
2013 0.989 −0.011 −1.1%
2012 1 −0.004 −0.4%
2011 1.004 +0.001 +0.1%
2010 1.003 +0.001 +0.1%
2009 1.002 +0.001 +0.1%
2008 1.001 −0.003 −0.3%
2007 1.004 +0.001 +0.1%
2006 1.003 +0.003 +0.3%
2005 1 +0 +0%
2004 1 +0.007 +0.7%
2003 0.993 −0.002 −0.2%
2002 0.995 −0.002 −0.2%
2001 0.997 −0.001 −0.1%
2000 0.998 −0.006 −0.6%
1999 1.004 +0.001 +0.1%
1998 1.003 +0.001 +0.1%
1997 1.002 −0.006 −0.6%
1996 1.008 +0.003 +0.3%
1995 1.005 +0.002 +0.2%
1994 1.003 +0 +0%
1993 1.003 −0.004 −0.4%
1992 1.007 +0.002 +0.2%
1991 1.005 +0.002 +0.2%
1990 1.003 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

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

LV Latvia 1.026 EE Estonia 1.023 LT Lithuania 1.022 IE Ireland 1.001 NO Norway 0.995 FI Finland 0.992 DK Denmark 0.99 SE Sweden 0.988 IS Iceland 0.983 GB United Kingdom 0.979
Full table for all countries

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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