Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Moldova

Gender development index in Moldova in 2023 — 1.029 ratio. Ranked 6 in the world out of 184. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 3.2%.

2023 1.029 ratio +0.1% vs 2022
World rank 6of 184
Period maximum 1.029 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.997 ratio2005

Trend over time

2005–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Moldova, 2005–20230.9911.011.021.0320052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.997 ratio2006: 0.997 ratio2007: 1.004 ratio2008: 1.005 ratio2009: 1.008 ratio2010: 1.014 ratio2011: 1.017 ratio2012: 1.015 ratio2013: 1.02 ratio2014: 1.019 ratio2015: 1.021 ratio2016: 1.023 ratio2017: 1.023 ratio2018: 1.02 ratio2019: 1.022 ratio2020: 1.02 ratio2021: 1.02 ratio2022: 1.028 ratio2023: 1.029 ratio
Change over the period: +0.032 (+3.21%) Average annual rate: 0.18 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Moldova 1.029 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.988 ratio
Eastern Europe computed 1.017 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.029 +0.001 +0.1%
2022 1.028 +0.008 +0.78%
2021 1.02 +0 +0%
2020 1.02 −0.002 −0.2%
2019 1.022 +0.002 +0.2%
2018 1.02 −0.003 −0.29%
2017 1.023 +0 +0%
2016 1.023 +0.002 +0.2%
2015 1.021 +0.002 +0.2%
2014 1.019 −0.001 −0.1%
2013 1.02 +0.005 +0.49%
2012 1.015 −0.002 −0.2%
2011 1.017 +0.003 +0.3%
2010 1.014 +0.006 +0.6%
2009 1.008 +0.003 +0.3%
2008 1.005 +0.001 +0.1%
2007 1.004 +0.007 +0.7%
2006 0.997 +0 +0%
2005 0.997

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.