Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Guyana

Gender development index in Guyana in 2023 — 0.992 ratio. Ranked 50 in the world out of 184. Since 2018, the indicator has risen by 0.5%.

2023 0.992 ratio +0.1% vs 2022
World rank 50of 184
Period maximum 0.992 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.986 ratio2021

Trend over time

2018–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Guyana, 2018–20230.9860.9880.990.9922018201920202021202220232018: 0.987 ratio2019: 0.99 ratio2020: 0.989 ratio2021: 0.986 ratio2022: 0.991 ratio2023: 0.992 ratio
Change over the period: +0.005 (+0.51%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Guyana 0.992 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.986 ratio
South America computed 0.992 ratio
High-income countries computed 0.991 ratio
Gender development index — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.992 +0.001 +0.1%
2022 0.991 +0.005 +0.51%
2021 0.986 −0.003 −0.3%
2020 0.989 −0.001 −0.1%
2019 0.99 +0.003 +0.3%
2018 0.987

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.