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Gender development index — Maldives

Gender development index in the Maldives in 2023 — 0.986 ratio. Ranked 66 in the world out of 184. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.1%.

2023 0.986 ratio +0.1% vs 2022
World rank 66of 184
Period maximum 1.016 ratio2019
Period minimum 0.919 ratio2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Maldives, 2000–20230.90.9250.950.97511.0252000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.921 ratio2001: 0.919 ratio2002: 0.922 ratio2003: 0.926 ratio2004: 0.926 ratio2005: 0.929 ratio2006: 0.934 ratio2007: 0.935 ratio2008: 0.939 ratio2009: 0.965 ratio2010: 0.947 ratio2011: 0.949 ratio2012: 0.951 ratio2013: 0.954 ratio2014: 0.961 ratio2015: 0.957 ratio2016: 0.997 ratio2017: 0.964 ratio2018: 0.969 ratio2019: 1.016 ratio2020: 0.972 ratio2021: 0.979 ratio2022: 0.985 ratio2023: 0.986 ratio
Change over the period: +0.065 (+7.06%) Average annual rate: 0.3 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Maldives 0.986 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
South Asia computed 0.869 ratio
Southern Asia computed 0.87 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.986 +0.001 +0.1%
2022 0.985 +0.006 +0.61%
2021 0.979 +0.007 +0.72%
2020 0.972 −0.044 −4.33%
2019 1.016 +0.047 +4.85%
2018 0.969 +0.005 +0.52%
2017 0.964 −0.033 −3.31%
2016 0.997 +0.04 +4.18%
2015 0.957 −0.004 −0.42%
2014 0.961 +0.007 +0.73%
2013 0.954 +0.003 +0.32%
2012 0.951 +0.002 +0.21%
2011 0.949 +0.002 +0.21%
2010 0.947 −0.018 −1.87%
2009 0.965 +0.026 +2.77%
2008 0.939 +0.004 +0.43%
2007 0.935 +0.001 +0.11%
2006 0.934 +0.005 +0.54%
2005 0.929 +0.003 +0.32%
2004 0.926 +0 +0%
2003 0.926 +0.004 +0.43%
2002 0.922 +0.003 +0.33%
2001 0.919 −0.002 −0.22%
2000 0.921 — —

Southern Asia, 2023

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

MV Maldives 0.986 BT Bhutan 0.958 LK Sri Lanka 0.951 BD Bangladesh 0.918 IR Iran 0.875 IN India 0.874 NP Nepal 0.858 PK Pakistan 0.838 AF Afghanistan 0.66
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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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