Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Guinea-Bissau

Gender development index in Guinea-Bissau in 2023 — 0.878 ratio. Ranked 163 in the world out of 184. Since 2018, the indicator has risen by 0.9%.

2023 0.878 ratio −0.68% vs 2022
World rank 163of 184
Period maximum 0.884 ratio2022
Period minimum 0.851 ratio2019

Trend over time

2018–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Guinea-Bissau, 2018–20230.850.860.870.880.892018201920202021202220232018: 0.87 ratio2019: 0.851 ratio2020: 0.874 ratio2021: 0.876 ratio2022: 0.884 ratio2023: 0.878 ratio
Change over the period: +0.008 (+0.92%) Average annual rate: 0.18 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 0.878 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Western Africa computed 0.886 ratio
Low-income countries computed 0.836 ratio
Gender development index — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.878 −0.006 −0.68%
2022 0.884 +0.008 +0.91%
2021 0.876 +0.002 +0.23%
2020 0.874 +0.023 +2.7%
2019 0.851 −0.019 −2.18%
2018 0.87

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.