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Gender development index — Papua New Guinea

Gender development index in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 0.926 ratio. Ranked 143 in the world out of 184. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.1%.

2023 0.926 ratio −0.11% vs 2022
World rank 143of 184
Period maximum 0.928 ratio2020
Period minimum 0.865 ratio2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Papua New Guinea, 2000–20230.860.880.90.920.942000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.865 ratio2001: 0.866 ratio2002: 0.868 ratio2003: 0.871 ratio2004: 0.873 ratio2005: 0.876 ratio2006: 0.878 ratio2007: 0.88 ratio2008: 0.883 ratio2009: 0.886 ratio2010: 0.898 ratio2011: 0.9 ratio2012: 0.904 ratio2013: 0.908 ratio2014: 0.913 ratio2015: 0.917 ratio2016: 0.919 ratio2017: 0.921 ratio2018: 0.922 ratio2019: 0.925 ratio2020: 0.928 ratio2021: 0.927 ratio2022: 0.927 ratio2023: 0.926 ratio
Change over the period: +0.061 (+7.05%) Average annual rate: 0.3 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 0.926 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.972 ratio
Melanesia computed 0.928 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.926 −0.001 −0.11%
2022 0.927 +0 +0%
2021 0.927 −0.001 −0.11%
2020 0.928 +0.003 +0.32%
2019 0.925 +0.003 +0.33%
2018 0.922 +0.001 +0.11%
2017 0.921 +0.002 +0.22%
2016 0.919 +0.002 +0.22%
2015 0.917 +0.004 +0.44%
2014 0.913 +0.005 +0.55%
2013 0.908 +0.004 +0.44%
2012 0.904 +0.004 +0.44%
2011 0.9 +0.002 +0.22%
2010 0.898 +0.012 +1.35%
2009 0.886 +0.003 +0.34%
2008 0.883 +0.003 +0.34%
2007 0.88 +0.002 +0.23%
2006 0.878 +0.002 +0.23%
2005 0.876 +0.003 +0.34%
2004 0.873 +0.002 +0.23%
2003 0.871 +0.003 +0.35%
2002 0.868 +0.002 +0.23%
2001 0.866 +0.001 +0.12%
2000 0.865 — —

Melanesia, 2023

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

VU Vanuatu 0.952 FJ Fiji 0.948 SB Solomon Islands 0.927 PG Papua New Guinea 0.926
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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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