Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Mauritius

Gender development index in Mauritius in 2023 — 0.971 ratio. Ranked 92 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 8.1%.

2023 0.971 ratio −1.32% vs 2022
World rank 92of 184
Period maximum 0.99 ratio2020
Period minimum 0.898 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Mauritius, 1990–20230.8750.90.9250.950.97511990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.898 ratio1991: 0.912 ratio1992: 0.914 ratio1993: 0.918 ratio1994: 0.924 ratio1995: 0.901 ratio1996: 0.899 ratio1997: 0.904 ratio1998: 0.912 ratio1999: 0.913 ratio2000: 0.916 ratio2001: 0.905 ratio2002: 0.911 ratio2003: 0.915 ratio2004: 0.916 ratio2005: 0.923 ratio2006: 0.927 ratio2007: 0.933 ratio2008: 0.938 ratio2009: 0.94 ratio2010: 0.946 ratio2011: 0.946 ratio2012: 0.953 ratio2013: 0.958 ratio2014: 0.961 ratio2015: 0.967 ratio2016: 0.965 ratio2017: 0.972 ratio2018: 0.976 ratio2019: 0.976 ratio2020: 0.99 ratio2021: 0.985 ratio2022: 0.984 ratio2023: 0.971 ratio
Change over the period: +0.073 (+8.13%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritius 0.971 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Eastern Africa computed 0.915 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.971 −0.013 −1.32%
2022 0.984 −0.001 −0.1%
2021 0.985 −0.005 −0.51%
2020 0.99 +0.014 +1.43%
2019 0.976 +0 +0%
2018 0.976 +0.004 +0.41%
2017 0.972 +0.007 +0.73%
2016 0.965 −0.002 −0.21%
2015 0.967 +0.006 +0.62%
2014 0.961 +0.003 +0.31%
2013 0.958 +0.005 +0.52%
2012 0.953 +0.007 +0.74%
2011 0.946 +0 +0%
2010 0.946 +0.006 +0.64%
2009 0.94 +0.002 +0.21%
2008 0.938 +0.005 +0.54%
2007 0.933 +0.006 +0.65%
2006 0.927 +0.004 +0.43%
2005 0.923 +0.007 +0.76%
2004 0.916 +0.001 +0.11%
2003 0.915 +0.004 +0.44%
2002 0.911 +0.006 +0.66%
2001 0.905 −0.011 −1.2%
2000 0.916 +0.003 +0.33%
1999 0.913 +0.001 +0.11%
1998 0.912 +0.008 +0.88%
1997 0.904 +0.005 +0.56%
1996 0.899 −0.002 −0.22%
1995 0.901 −0.023 −2.49%
1994 0.924 +0.006 +0.65%
1993 0.918 +0.004 +0.44%
1992 0.914 +0.002 +0.22%
1991 0.912 +0.014 +1.56%
1990 0.898

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.