Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Myanmar

Gender development index in Myanmar in 2023 — 0.947 ratio. Ranked 125 in the world out of 184. Since 2015, the indicator has fallen by 1.7%.

2023 0.947 ratio −0.11% vs 2022
World rank 125of 184
Period maximum 0.975 ratio2018
Period minimum 0.947 ratio2023

Trend over time

2015–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Myanmar, 2015–20230.940.950.960.970.982015201620172018201920202021202220232015: 0.963 ratio2016: 0.954 ratio2017: 0.973 ratio2018: 0.975 ratio2019: 0.974 ratio2020: 0.97 ratio2021: 0.948 ratio2022: 0.948 ratio2023: 0.947 ratio
Change over the period: −0.016 (−1.66%) Average annual rate: -0.21 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Myanmar 0.947 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.972 ratio
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.967 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.947 −0.001 −0.11%
2022 0.948 +0 +0%
2021 0.948 −0.022 −2.27%
2020 0.97 −0.004 −0.41%
2019 0.974 −0.001 −0.1%
2018 0.975 +0.002 +0.21%
2017 0.973 +0.019 +1.99%
2016 0.954 −0.009 −0.93%
2015 0.963

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.