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Gender development index — Rwanda

Gender development index in Rwanda in 2023 — 0.922 ratio. Ranked 148 in the world out of 184. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 4.7%.

2023 0.922 ratio +0% vs 2022
World rank 148of 184
Period maximum 0.947 ratio2013
Period minimum 0.876 ratio1999

Trend over time

1995–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Rwanda, 1995–20230.860.880.90.920.940.9619951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.881 ratio1996: 0.881 ratio1997: 0.889 ratio1998: 0.893 ratio1999: 0.876 ratio2000: 0.883 ratio2001: 0.894 ratio2002: 0.899 ratio2003: 0.893 ratio2004: 0.905 ratio2005: 0.914 ratio2006: 0.908 ratio2007: 0.912 ratio2008: 0.925 ratio2009: 0.93 ratio2010: 0.936 ratio2011: 0.94 ratio2012: 0.942 ratio2013: 0.947 ratio2014: 0.941 ratio2015: 0.946 ratio2016: 0.938 ratio2017: 0.91 ratio2018: 0.934 ratio2019: 0.934 ratio2020: 0.939 ratio2021: 0.922 ratio2022: 0.922 ratio2023: 0.922 ratio
Change over the period: +0.041 (+4.65%) Average annual rate: 0.16 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Rwanda 0.922 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Eastern Africa computed 0.915 ratio
Low-income countries computed 0.836 ratio
Gender development index — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.922 +0 +0%
2022 0.922 +0 +0%
2021 0.922 −0.017 −1.81%
2020 0.939 +0.005 +0.54%
2019 0.934 +0 +0%
2018 0.934 +0.024 +2.64%
2017 0.91 −0.028 −2.99%
2016 0.938 −0.008 −0.85%
2015 0.946 +0.005 +0.53%
2014 0.941 −0.006 −0.63%
2013 0.947 +0.005 +0.53%
2012 0.942 +0.002 +0.21%
2011 0.94 +0.004 +0.43%
2010 0.936 +0.006 +0.65%
2009 0.93 +0.005 +0.54%
2008 0.925 +0.013 +1.43%
2007 0.912 +0.004 +0.44%
2006 0.908 −0.006 −0.66%
2005 0.914 +0.009 +0.99%
2004 0.905 +0.012 +1.34%
2003 0.893 −0.006 −0.67%
2002 0.899 +0.005 +0.56%
2001 0.894 +0.011 +1.25%
2000 0.883 +0.007 +0.8%
1999 0.876 −0.017 −1.9%
1998 0.893 +0.004 +0.45%
1997 0.889 +0.008 +0.91%
1996 0.881 +0 +0%
1995 0.881 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 1.004 MU Mauritius 0.971 TZ Tanzania 0.951 ZM Zambia 0.949 KE Kenya 0.944 ZW Zimbabwe 0.944 MG Madagascar 0.934 BI Burundi 0.932 KM Comoros 0.929 MW Malawi 0.925 RW Rwanda 0.922 MZ Mozambique 0.92 UG Uganda 0.908 ET Ethiopia 0.886 DJ Djibouti 0.814 SO Somalia 0.793
Full table for all countries

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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