Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Libya

Gender development index in Libya in 2023 — 0.955 ratio. Ranked 113 in the world out of 184. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 0.9%.

2023 0.955 ratio −1.95% vs 2022
World rank 113of 184
Period maximum 0.984 ratio2016
Period minimum 0.955 ratio2023

Trend over time

2010–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Libya, 2010–20230.950.960.970.980.99201020122014201620182020202220232010: 0.964 ratio2011: 0.977 ratio2012: 0.976 ratio2013: 0.974 ratio2014: 0.982 ratio2015: 0.983 ratio2016: 0.984 ratio2017: 0.98 ratio2018: 0.978 ratio2019: 0.98 ratio2020: 0.968 ratio2021: 0.975 ratio2022: 0.974 ratio2023: 0.955 ratio
Change over the period: −0.009 (−0.93%) Average annual rate: -0.07 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Libya 0.955 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.847 ratio
Northern Africa computed 0.877 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.955 −0.019 −1.95%
2022 0.974 −0.001 −0.1%
2021 0.975 +0.007 +0.72%
2020 0.968 −0.012 −1.22%
2019 0.98 +0.002 +0.2%
2018 0.978 −0.002 −0.2%
2017 0.98 −0.004 −0.41%
2016 0.984 +0.001 +0.1%
2015 0.983 +0.001 +0.1%
2014 0.982 +0.008 +0.82%
2013 0.974 −0.002 −0.2%
2012 0.976 −0.001 −0.1%
2011 0.977 +0.013 +1.35%
2010 0.964

Northern Africa, 2023

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

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.