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Gender development index — Mauritania

Gender development index in Mauritania in 2023 — 0.886 ratio. Ranked 159 in the world out of 184. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.4%.

2023 0.886 ratio +0% vs 2022
World rank 159of 184
Period maximum 0.886 ratio2022
Period minimum 0.833 ratio2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Mauritania, 2000–20230.820.840.860.880.92000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.833 ratio2001: 0.853 ratio2002: 0.838 ratio2003: 0.845 ratio2004: 0.849 ratio2005: 0.855 ratio2006: 0.856 ratio2007: 0.859 ratio2008: 0.862 ratio2009: 0.861 ratio2010: 0.865 ratio2011: 0.864 ratio2012: 0.873 ratio2013: 0.868 ratio2014: 0.86 ratio2015: 0.852 ratio2016: 0.856 ratio2017: 0.877 ratio2018: 0.868 ratio2019: 0.881 ratio2020: 0.881 ratio2021: 0.884 ratio2022: 0.886 ratio2023: 0.886 ratio
Change over the period: +0.053 (+6.36%) Average annual rate: 0.27 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritania 0.886 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Western Africa computed 0.886 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.886 +0 +0%
2022 0.886 +0.002 +0.23%
2021 0.884 +0.003 +0.34%
2020 0.881 +0 +0%
2019 0.881 +0.013 +1.5%
2018 0.868 −0.009 −1.03%
2017 0.877 +0.021 +2.45%
2016 0.856 +0.004 +0.47%
2015 0.852 −0.008 −0.93%
2014 0.86 −0.008 −0.92%
2013 0.868 −0.005 −0.57%
2012 0.873 +0.009 +1.04%
2011 0.864 −0.001 −0.12%
2010 0.865 +0.004 +0.46%
2009 0.861 −0.001 −0.12%
2008 0.862 +0.003 +0.35%
2007 0.859 +0.003 +0.35%
2006 0.856 +0.001 +0.12%
2005 0.855 +0.006 +0.71%
2004 0.849 +0.004 +0.47%
2003 0.845 +0.007 +0.84%
2002 0.838 −0.015 −1.76%
2001 0.853 +0.02 +2.4%
2000 0.833 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 0.964 GM Gambia 0.959 GH Ghana 0.933 SN Senegal 0.924 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.91 NG Nigeria 0.892 MR Mauritania 0.886 BF Burkina Faso 0.881 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.878 BJ Benin 0.866 LR Liberia 0.865 TG Togo 0.865 NE Niger 0.855 SL Sierra Leone 0.83 GN Guinea 0.828 ML Mali 0.812
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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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