Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Namibia

Gender development index in Namibia in 2023 — 1.011 ratio. Ranked 18 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 4%.

2023 1.011 ratio +0.1% vs 2022
World rank 18of 184
Period maximum 1.014 ratio2016
Period minimum 0.938 ratio2003

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Namibia, 1990–20230.920.940.960.9811.021990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.972 ratio1991: 0.969 ratio1992: 0.97 ratio1993: 0.97 ratio1994: 0.978 ratio1995: 0.97 ratio1996: 0.963 ratio1997: 0.956 ratio1998: 0.942 ratio1999: 0.942 ratio2000: 0.943 ratio2001: 0.941 ratio2002: 0.943 ratio2003: 0.938 ratio2004: 0.942 ratio2005: 0.941 ratio2006: 0.953 ratio2007: 0.962 ratio2008: 0.972 ratio2009: 0.97 ratio2010: 0.981 ratio2011: 0.984 ratio2012: 0.993 ratio2013: 1.002 ratio2014: 1.003 ratio2015: 0.996 ratio2016: 1.014 ratio2017: 1.001 ratio2018: 1.014 ratio2019: 1.008 ratio2020: 1.011 ratio2021: 1.007 ratio2022: 1.01 ratio2023: 1.011 ratio
Change over the period: +0.039 (+4.01%) Average annual rate: 0.12 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Namibia 1.011 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Southern Africa computed 0.996 ratio
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.971 ratio
Gender development index — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.011 +0.001 +0.1%
2022 1.01 +0.003 +0.3%
2021 1.007 −0.004 −0.4%
2020 1.011 +0.003 +0.3%
2019 1.008 −0.006 −0.59%
2018 1.014 +0.013 +1.3%
2017 1.001 −0.013 −1.28%
2016 1.014 +0.018 +1.81%
2015 0.996 −0.007 −0.7%
2014 1.003 +0.001 +0.1%
2013 1.002 +0.009 +0.91%
2012 0.993 +0.009 +0.91%
2011 0.984 +0.003 +0.31%
2010 0.981 +0.011 +1.13%
2009 0.97 −0.002 −0.21%
2008 0.972 +0.01 +1.04%
2007 0.962 +0.009 +0.94%
2006 0.953 +0.012 +1.28%
2005 0.941 −0.001 −0.11%
2004 0.942 +0.004 +0.43%
2003 0.938 −0.005 −0.53%
2002 0.943 +0.002 +0.21%
2001 0.941 −0.002 −0.21%
2000 0.943 +0.001 +0.11%
1999 0.942 +0 +0%
1998 0.942 −0.014 −1.46%
1997 0.956 −0.007 −0.73%
1996 0.963 −0.007 −0.72%
1995 0.97 −0.008 −0.82%
1994 0.978 +0.008 +0.82%
1993 0.97 +0 +0%
1992 0.97 +0.001 +0.1%
1991 0.969 −0.003 −0.31%
1990 0.972

Southern Africa, 2023

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

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.