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Gender development index — OECD

Gender development index in the OECD in 2023 — 0.985 ratio. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3.9%.

2023 0.985 ratio −0.13% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.986 ratio2022
Period minimum 0.947 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — OECD, 1990–20230.940.950.960.970.980.991990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.947 ratio1991: 0.954 ratio1992: 0.956 ratio1993: 0.956 ratio1994: 0.956 ratio1995: 0.957 ratio1996: 0.958 ratio1997: 0.959 ratio1998: 0.961 ratio1999: 0.962 ratio2000: 0.961 ratio2001: 0.962 ratio2002: 0.963 ratio2003: 0.964 ratio2004: 0.965 ratio2005: 0.965 ratio2006: 0.965 ratio2007: 0.967 ratio2008: 0.967 ratio2009: 0.968 ratio2010: 0.97 ratio2011: 0.971 ratio2012: 0.971 ratio2013: 0.972 ratio2014: 0.973 ratio2015: 0.974 ratio2016: 0.975 ratio2017: 0.977 ratio2018: 0.978 ratio2019: 0.98 ratio2020: 0.981 ratio2021: 0.985 ratio2022: 0.986 ratio2023: 0.985 ratio
Change over the period: +0.037 (+3.95%) Average annual rate: 0.12 %

Comparison, 2023

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

OECD 0.985 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.985 −0.001 −0.13%
2022 0.986 +0.001 +0.09%
2021 0.985 +0.004 +0.39%
2020 0.981 +0.002 +0.19%
2019 0.98 +0.002 +0.16%
2018 0.978 +0.001 +0.15%
2017 0.977 +0.001 +0.13%
2016 0.975 +0.002 +0.17%
2015 0.974 +0.001 +0.1%
2014 0.973 +0.001 +0.06%
2013 0.972 +0.001 +0.07%
2012 0.971 +0 +0.03%
2011 0.971 +0.001 +0.09%
2010 0.97 +0.002 +0.17%
2009 0.968 +0.001 +0.11%
2008 0.967 +0.001 +0.06%
2007 0.967 +0.002 +0.17%
2006 0.965 +0 +0.04%
2005 0.965 +0 +0.01%
2004 0.965 +0.001 +0.09%
2003 0.964 +0.001 +0.1%
2002 0.963 +0.001 +0.09%
2001 0.962 +0.001 +0.06%
2000 0.961 −0.001 −0.06%
1999 0.962 +0.001 +0.1%
1998 0.961 +0.002 +0.23%
1997 0.959 +0 +0.03%
1996 0.958 +0.001 +0.1%
1995 0.957 +0.001 +0.12%
1994 0.956 +0 +0.01%
1993 0.956 −0 −0.03%
1992 0.956 +0.003 +0.28%
1991 0.954 +0.006 +0.67%
1990 0.947 — —

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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