Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Mali

Gender development index in Mali in 2023 — 0.812 ratio. Ranked 178 in the world out of 184. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 1.8%.

2023 0.812 ratio +1.25% vs 2022
World rank 178of 184
Period maximum 0.874 ratio2007
Period minimum 0.767 ratio2018

Trend over time

2004–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Mali, 2004–20230.750.80.850.9200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 0.827 ratio2005: 0.819 ratio2006: 0.862 ratio2007: 0.874 ratio2008: 0.839 ratio2009: 0.82 ratio2010: 0.819 ratio2011: 0.82 ratio2012: 0.85 ratio2013: 0.868 ratio2014: 0.823 ratio2015: 0.85 ratio2016: 0.813 ratio2017: 0.81 ratio2018: 0.767 ratio2019: 0.767 ratio2020: 0.829 ratio2021: 0.816 ratio2022: 0.802 ratio2023: 0.812 ratio
Change over the period: −0.015 (−1.81%) Average annual rate: -0.1 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mali 0.812 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Western Africa computed 0.886 ratio
Low-income countries computed 0.836 ratio
Gender development index — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.812 +0.01 +1.25%
2022 0.802 −0.014 −1.72%
2021 0.816 −0.013 −1.57%
2020 0.829 +0.062 +8.08%
2019 0.767 +0 +0%
2018 0.767 −0.043 −5.31%
2017 0.81 −0.003 −0.37%
2016 0.813 −0.037 −4.35%
2015 0.85 +0.027 +3.28%
2014 0.823 −0.045 −5.18%
2013 0.868 +0.018 +2.12%
2012 0.85 +0.03 +3.66%
2011 0.82 +0.001 +0.12%
2010 0.819 −0.001 −0.12%
2009 0.82 −0.019 −2.26%
2008 0.839 −0.035 −4%
2007 0.874 +0.012 +1.39%
2006 0.862 +0.043 +5.25%
2005 0.819 −0.008 −0.97%
2004 0.827

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.