Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Palestine

Gender development index in Palestine in 2023 — 0.945 ratio. Ranked 126 in the world out of 184. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 18.1%.

2023 0.945 ratio +5.7% vs 2022
World rank 126of 184
Period maximum 0.945 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.799 ratio2005

Trend over time

2004–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Palestine, 2004–20230.750.80.850.90.95200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 0.8 ratio2005: 0.799 ratio2006: 0.815 ratio2007: 0.828 ratio2008: 0.83 ratio2009: 0.832 ratio2010: 0.833 ratio2011: 0.848 ratio2012: 0.856 ratio2013: 0.859 ratio2014: 0.872 ratio2015: 0.873 ratio2016: 0.874 ratio2017: 0.876 ratio2018: 0.881 ratio2019: 0.885 ratio2020: 0.881 ratio2021: 0.885 ratio2022: 0.894 ratio2023: 0.945 ratio
Change over the period: +0.145 (+18.13%) Average annual rate: 0.88 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Palestine 0.945 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.847 ratio
Western Asia computed 0.841 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.945 +0.051 +5.7%
2022 0.894 +0.009 +1.02%
2021 0.885 +0.004 +0.45%
2020 0.881 −0.004 −0.45%
2019 0.885 +0.004 +0.45%
2018 0.881 +0.005 +0.57%
2017 0.876 +0.002 +0.23%
2016 0.874 +0.001 +0.11%
2015 0.873 +0.001 +0.11%
2014 0.872 +0.013 +1.51%
2013 0.859 +0.003 +0.35%
2012 0.856 +0.008 +0.94%
2011 0.848 +0.015 +1.8%
2010 0.833 +0.001 +0.12%
2009 0.832 +0.002 +0.24%
2008 0.83 +0.002 +0.24%
2007 0.828 +0.013 +1.6%
2006 0.815 +0.016 +2%
2005 0.799 −0.001 −0.13%
2004 0.8

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.