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Gender development index — Ghana

Gender development index in Ghana in 2023 — 0.933 ratio. Ranked 136 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 15%.

2023 0.933 ratio +0.43% vs 2022
World rank 136of 184
Period maximum 0.933 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.811 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Ghana, 1990–20230.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.811 ratio1991: 0.822 ratio1992: 0.83 ratio1993: 0.82 ratio1994: 0.823 ratio1995: 0.823 ratio1996: 0.827 ratio1997: 0.83 ratio1998: 0.844 ratio1999: 0.849 ratio2000: 0.844 ratio2001: 0.847 ratio2002: 0.851 ratio2003: 0.854 ratio2004: 0.856 ratio2005: 0.862 ratio2006: 0.875 ratio2007: 0.873 ratio2008: 0.876 ratio2009: 0.879 ratio2010: 0.894 ratio2011: 0.892 ratio2012: 0.895 ratio2013: 0.903 ratio2014: 0.901 ratio2015: 0.911 ratio2016: 0.91 ratio2017: 0.908 ratio2018: 0.917 ratio2019: 0.919 ratio2020: 0.923 ratio2021: 0.923 ratio2022: 0.929 ratio2023: 0.933 ratio
Change over the period: +0.122 (+15.04%) Average annual rate: 0.43 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ghana 0.933 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Western Africa computed 0.886 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.933 +0.004 +0.43%
2022 0.929 +0.006 +0.65%
2021 0.923 +0 +0%
2020 0.923 +0.004 +0.44%
2019 0.919 +0.002 +0.22%
2018 0.917 +0.009 +0.99%
2017 0.908 −0.002 −0.22%
2016 0.91 −0.001 −0.11%
2015 0.911 +0.01 +1.11%
2014 0.901 −0.002 −0.22%
2013 0.903 +0.008 +0.89%
2012 0.895 +0.003 +0.34%
2011 0.892 −0.002 −0.22%
2010 0.894 +0.015 +1.71%
2009 0.879 +0.003 +0.34%
2008 0.876 +0.003 +0.34%
2007 0.873 −0.002 −0.23%
2006 0.875 +0.013 +1.51%
2005 0.862 +0.006 +0.7%
2004 0.856 +0.002 +0.23%
2003 0.854 +0.003 +0.35%
2002 0.851 +0.004 +0.47%
2001 0.847 +0.003 +0.36%
2000 0.844 −0.005 −0.59%
1999 0.849 +0.005 +0.59%
1998 0.844 +0.014 +1.69%
1997 0.83 +0.003 +0.36%
1996 0.827 +0.004 +0.49%
1995 0.823 +0 +0%
1994 0.823 +0.003 +0.37%
1993 0.82 −0.01 −1.2%
1992 0.83 +0.008 +0.97%
1991 0.822 +0.011 +1.36%
1990 0.811 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 0.964 GM Gambia 0.959 GH Ghana 0.933 SN Senegal 0.924 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.91 NG Nigeria 0.892 MR Mauritania 0.886 BF Burkina Faso 0.881 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.878 BJ Benin 0.866 LR Liberia 0.865 TG Togo 0.865 NE Niger 0.855 SL Sierra Leone 0.83 GN Guinea 0.828 ML Mali 0.812
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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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