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Gender development index — Netherlands

Gender development index in the Netherlands in 2023 — 0.971 ratio. Ranked 92 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3%.

2023 0.971 ratio +0.31% vs 2022
World rank 92of 184
Period maximum 0.971 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.943 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Netherlands, 1990–20230.940.950.960.970.981990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.943 ratio1991: 0.944 ratio1992: 0.947 ratio1993: 0.951 ratio1994: 0.946 ratio1995: 0.948 ratio1996: 0.951 ratio1997: 0.952 ratio1998: 0.955 ratio1999: 0.952 ratio2000: 0.954 ratio2001: 0.959 ratio2002: 0.959 ratio2003: 0.96 ratio2004: 0.962 ratio2005: 0.95 ratio2006: 0.95 ratio2007: 0.953 ratio2008: 0.953 ratio2009: 0.954 ratio2010: 0.957 ratio2011: 0.959 ratio2012: 0.956 ratio2013: 0.956 ratio2014: 0.956 ratio2015: 0.958 ratio2016: 0.959 ratio2017: 0.96 ratio2018: 0.961 ratio2019: 0.962 ratio2020: 0.961 ratio2021: 0.968 ratio2022: 0.968 ratio2023: 0.971 ratio
Change over the period: +0.028 (+2.97%) Average annual rate: 0.09 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Netherlands 0.971 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.988 ratio
Western Europe computed 0.982 ratio
High-income countries computed 0.991 ratio
Gender development index — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.971 +0.003 +0.31%
2022 0.968 +0 +0%
2021 0.968 +0.007 +0.73%
2020 0.961 −0.001 −0.1%
2019 0.962 +0.001 +0.1%
2018 0.961 +0.001 +0.1%
2017 0.96 +0.001 +0.1%
2016 0.959 +0.001 +0.1%
2015 0.958 +0.002 +0.21%
2014 0.956 +0 +0%
2013 0.956 +0 +0%
2012 0.956 −0.003 −0.31%
2011 0.959 +0.002 +0.21%
2010 0.957 +0.003 +0.31%
2009 0.954 +0.001 +0.1%
2008 0.953 +0 +0%
2007 0.953 +0.003 +0.32%
2006 0.95 +0 +0%
2005 0.95 −0.012 −1.25%
2004 0.962 +0.002 +0.21%
2003 0.96 +0.001 +0.1%
2002 0.959 +0 +0%
2001 0.959 +0.005 +0.52%
2000 0.954 +0.002 +0.21%
1999 0.952 −0.003 −0.31%
1998 0.955 +0.003 +0.32%
1997 0.952 +0.001 +0.11%
1996 0.951 +0.003 +0.32%
1995 0.948 +0.002 +0.21%
1994 0.946 −0.005 −0.53%
1993 0.951 +0.004 +0.42%
1992 0.947 +0.003 +0.32%
1991 0.944 +0.001 +0.11%
1990 0.943 — —

Western Europe, 2023

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

LU Luxembourg 0.996 FR France 0.993 AT Austria 0.985 BE Belgium 0.979 CH Switzerland 0.977 DE Germany 0.975 NL Netherlands 0.971 LI Liechtenstein 0.964
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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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