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Gender development index — Jordan

Gender development index in Jordan in 2023 — 0.861 ratio. Ranked 169 in the world out of 184. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.1%.

2023 0.861 ratio −2.49% vs 2022
World rank 169of 184
Period maximum 0.892 ratio2017
Period minimum 0.826 ratio2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Jordan, 2000–20230.820.840.860.880.92000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.827 ratio2001: 0.826 ratio2002: 0.834 ratio2003: 0.832 ratio2004: 0.835 ratio2005: 0.836 ratio2006: 0.841 ratio2007: 0.856 ratio2008: 0.854 ratio2009: 0.857 ratio2010: 0.862 ratio2011: 0.866 ratio2012: 0.867 ratio2013: 0.862 ratio2014: 0.857 ratio2015: 0.863 ratio2016: 0.88 ratio2017: 0.892 ratio2018: 0.886 ratio2019: 0.877 ratio2020: 0.888 ratio2021: 0.883 ratio2022: 0.883 ratio2023: 0.861 ratio
Change over the period: +0.034 (+4.11%) Average annual rate: 0.18 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Jordan 0.861 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.847 ratio
Western Asia computed 0.841 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.861 −0.022 −2.49%
2022 0.883 +0 +0%
2021 0.883 −0.005 −0.56%
2020 0.888 +0.011 +1.25%
2019 0.877 −0.009 −1.02%
2018 0.886 −0.006 −0.67%
2017 0.892 +0.012 +1.36%
2016 0.88 +0.017 +1.97%
2015 0.863 +0.006 +0.7%
2014 0.857 −0.005 −0.58%
2013 0.862 −0.005 −0.58%
2012 0.867 +0.001 +0.12%
2011 0.866 +0.004 +0.46%
2010 0.862 +0.005 +0.58%
2009 0.857 +0.003 +0.35%
2008 0.854 −0.002 −0.23%
2007 0.856 +0.015 +1.78%
2006 0.841 +0.005 +0.6%
2005 0.836 +0.001 +0.12%
2004 0.835 +0.003 +0.36%
2003 0.832 −0.002 −0.24%
2002 0.834 +0.008 +0.97%
2001 0.826 −0.001 −0.12%
2000 0.827 — —

Western Asia, 2023

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

QA Qatar 1.036 KW Kuwait 1.011 GE Georgia 1.009 AM Armenia 1.006 CY Cyprus 0.996 IL Israel 0.994 LB Lebanon 0.992 AZ Azerbaijan 0.983 BH Bahrain 0.957 AE United Arab Emirates 0.957 OM Oman 0.945 PS Palestine 0.945 TR Türkiye 0.938 SA Saudi Arabia 0.931 JO Jordan 0.861 IQ Iraq 0.793 SY Syria 0.787 YE Yemen 0.407
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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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