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Gender development index — Hong Kong

Gender development index in Hong Kong in 2023 — 0.976 ratio. Ranked 82 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 6.6%.

2023 0.976 ratio +0.21% vs 2022
World rank 82of 184
Period maximum 0.976 ratio2017
Period minimum 0.916 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Hong Kong, 1990–20230.90.920.940.960.981990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.916 ratio1991: 0.921 ratio1992: 0.922 ratio1993: 0.925 ratio1994: 0.928 ratio1995: 0.933 ratio1996: 0.935 ratio1997: 0.936 ratio1998: 0.937 ratio1999: 0.939 ratio2000: 0.945 ratio2001: 0.948 ratio2002: 0.951 ratio2003: 0.952 ratio2004: 0.953 ratio2005: 0.952 ratio2006: 0.954 ratio2007: 0.951 ratio2008: 0.961 ratio2009: 0.961 ratio2010: 0.963 ratio2011: 0.962 ratio2012: 0.962 ratio2013: 0.964 ratio2014: 0.966 ratio2015: 0.967 ratio2016: 0.967 ratio2017: 0.976 ratio2018: 0.976 ratio2019: 0.974 ratio2020: 0.968 ratio2021: 0.971 ratio2022: 0.974 ratio2023: 0.976 ratio
Change over the period: +0.06 (+6.55%) Average annual rate: 0.19 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Hong Kong 0.976 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.972 ratio
Eastern Asia computed 0.975 ratio
High-income countries computed 0.991 ratio
Gender development index — Hong Kong, by year Hong Kong All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.976 +0.002 +0.21%
2022 0.974 +0.003 +0.31%
2021 0.971 +0.003 +0.31%
2020 0.968 −0.006 −0.62%
2019 0.974 −0.002 −0.2%
2018 0.976 +0 +0%
2017 0.976 +0.009 +0.93%
2016 0.967 +0 +0%
2015 0.967 +0.001 +0.1%
2014 0.966 +0.002 +0.21%
2013 0.964 +0.002 +0.21%
2012 0.962 +0 +0%
2011 0.962 −0.001 −0.1%
2010 0.963 +0.002 +0.21%
2009 0.961 +0 +0%
2008 0.961 +0.01 +1.05%
2007 0.951 −0.003 −0.31%
2006 0.954 +0.002 +0.21%
2005 0.952 −0.001 −0.1%
2004 0.953 +0.001 +0.11%
2003 0.952 +0.001 +0.11%
2002 0.951 +0.003 +0.32%
2001 0.948 +0.003 +0.32%
2000 0.945 +0.006 +0.64%
1999 0.939 +0.002 +0.21%
1998 0.937 +0.001 +0.11%
1997 0.936 +0.001 +0.11%
1996 0.935 +0.002 +0.21%
1995 0.933 +0.005 +0.54%
1994 0.928 +0.003 +0.32%
1993 0.925 +0.003 +0.33%
1992 0.922 +0.001 +0.11%
1991 0.921 +0.005 +0.55%
1990 0.916 — —

Eastern Asia, 2023

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

MN Mongolia 1.03 CN China 0.976 HK Hong Kong 0.976 JP Japan 0.97 KR South Korea 0.959
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.

Other indicators for Hong Kong

Indexes Human development index

A composite measure of development: life expectancy, education and income in a single number from 0 to 1.

Hong Kong by year Demography Share of women in the population

What part of a country's population is made up of women.

Hong Kong by year
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