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Gender development index — Jamaica

Gender development index in Jamaica in 2023 — 1.013 ratio. Ranked 16 in the world out of 184. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 4.4%.

2023 1.013 ratio +0.2% vs 2022
World rank 16of 184
Period maximum 1.015 ratio2014
Period minimum 0.97 ratio1995

Trend over time

1995–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Jamaica, 1995–20230.960.9811.0219951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.97 ratio1996: 0.972 ratio1997: 0.973 ratio1998: 0.973 ratio1999: 0.974 ratio2000: 0.973 ratio2001: 0.995 ratio2002: 0.983 ratio2003: 0.985 ratio2004: 0.987 ratio2005: 0.991 ratio2006: 0.994 ratio2007: 0.996 ratio2008: 1.005 ratio2009: 1.002 ratio2010: 1.009 ratio2011: 1.01 ratio2012: 1.011 ratio2013: 1.014 ratio2014: 1.015 ratio2015: 1.004 ratio2016: 1.005 ratio2017: 1.007 ratio2018: 1.009 ratio2019: 1.01 ratio2020: 1.01 ratio2021: 1.009 ratio2022: 1.011 ratio2023: 1.013 ratio
Change over the period: +0.043 (+4.43%) Average annual rate: 0.16 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Jamaica 1.013 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.986 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.013 +0.002 +0.2%
2022 1.011 +0.002 +0.2%
2021 1.009 −0.001 −0.1%
2020 1.01 +0 +0%
2019 1.01 +0.001 +0.1%
2018 1.009 +0.002 +0.2%
2017 1.007 +0.002 +0.2%
2016 1.005 +0.001 +0.1%
2015 1.004 −0.011 −1.08%
2014 1.015 +0.001 +0.1%
2013 1.014 +0.003 +0.3%
2012 1.011 +0.001 +0.1%
2011 1.01 +0.001 +0.1%
2010 1.009 +0.007 +0.7%
2009 1.002 −0.003 −0.3%
2008 1.005 +0.009 +0.9%
2007 0.996 +0.002 +0.2%
2006 0.994 +0.003 +0.3%
2005 0.991 +0.004 +0.41%
2004 0.987 +0.002 +0.2%
2003 0.985 +0.002 +0.2%
2002 0.983 −0.012 −1.21%
2001 0.995 +0.022 +2.26%
2000 0.973 −0.001 −0.1%
1999 0.974 +0.001 +0.1%
1998 0.973 +0 +0%
1997 0.973 +0.001 +0.1%
1996 0.972 +0.002 +0.21%
1995 0.97 — —

Caribbean, 2023

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

BB Barbados 1.035 AG Antigua and Barbuda 1.031 DO Dominican Republic 1.024 LC Saint Lucia 1.016 BS Bahamas 1.015 JM Jamaica 1.013 TT Trinidad and Tobago 0.99 GD Grenada 0.984 CU Cuba 0.975 HT Haiti 0.932
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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