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Gender development index — Samoa

Gender development index in Samoa in 2023 — 0.955 ratio. Ranked 113 in the world out of 184. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 2.7%.

2023 0.955 ratio −2.05% vs 2022
World rank 113of 184
Period maximum 0.985 ratio2017
Period minimum 0.921 ratio2011

Trend over time

1995–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Samoa, 1995–20230.920.940.960.98119951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.93 ratio1996: 0.932 ratio1997: 0.931 ratio1998: 0.93 ratio1999: 0.926 ratio2000: 0.929 ratio2001: 0.928 ratio2002: 0.929 ratio2003: 0.932 ratio2004: 0.934 ratio2005: 0.936 ratio2006: 0.936 ratio2007: 0.935 ratio2008: 0.93 ratio2009: 0.922 ratio2010: 0.928 ratio2011: 0.921 ratio2012: 0.971 ratio2013: 0.957 ratio2014: 0.958 ratio2015: 0.958 ratio2016: 0.959 ratio2017: 0.985 ratio2018: 0.959 ratio2019: 0.959 ratio2020: 0.961 ratio2021: 0.956 ratio2022: 0.975 ratio2023: 0.955 ratio
Change over the period: +0.025 (+2.69%) Average annual rate: 0.09 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Samoa 0.955 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.972 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.955 −0.02 −2.05%
2022 0.975 +0.019 +1.99%
2021 0.956 −0.005 −0.52%
2020 0.961 +0.002 +0.21%
2019 0.959 +0 +0%
2018 0.959 −0.026 −2.64%
2017 0.985 +0.026 +2.71%
2016 0.959 +0.001 +0.1%
2015 0.958 +0 +0%
2014 0.958 +0.001 +0.1%
2013 0.957 −0.014 −1.44%
2012 0.971 +0.05 +5.43%
2011 0.921 −0.007 −0.75%
2010 0.928 +0.006 +0.65%
2009 0.922 −0.008 −0.86%
2008 0.93 −0.005 −0.53%
2007 0.935 −0.001 −0.11%
2006 0.936 +0 +0%
2005 0.936 +0.002 +0.21%
2004 0.934 +0.002 +0.21%
2003 0.932 +0.003 +0.32%
2002 0.929 +0.001 +0.11%
2001 0.928 −0.001 −0.11%
2000 0.929 +0.003 +0.32%
1999 0.926 −0.004 −0.43%
1998 0.93 −0.001 −0.11%
1997 0.931 −0.001 −0.11%
1996 0.932 +0.002 +0.22%
1995 0.93 — —

Polynesia, 2023

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

TO Tonga 0.998 TV Tuvalu 0.969 WS Samoa 0.955
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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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