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Gender development index — Sao Tome and Principe

Gender development index in Sao Tome and Principe in 2023 — 0.98 ratio. Ranked 76 in the world out of 184. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 7.6%.

2023 0.98 ratio +0% vs 2022
World rank 76of 184
Period maximum 0.98 ratio2022
Period minimum 0.911 ratio2005

Trend over time

2005–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Sao Tome and Principe, 2005–20230.90.920.940.960.9820052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.911 ratio2006: 0.915 ratio2007: 0.918 ratio2008: 0.92 ratio2009: 0.922 ratio2010: 0.924 ratio2011: 0.929 ratio2012: 0.933 ratio2013: 0.935 ratio2014: 0.936 ratio2015: 0.949 ratio2016: 0.955 ratio2017: 0.965 ratio2018: 0.964 ratio2019: 0.968 ratio2020: 0.975 ratio2021: 0.978 ratio2022: 0.98 ratio2023: 0.98 ratio
Change over the period: +0.069 (+7.57%) Average annual rate: 0.41 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 0.98 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Middle Africa computed 0.884 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.98 +0 +0%
2022 0.98 +0.002 +0.2%
2021 0.978 +0.003 +0.31%
2020 0.975 +0.007 +0.72%
2019 0.968 +0.004 +0.41%
2018 0.964 −0.001 −0.1%
2017 0.965 +0.01 +1.05%
2016 0.955 +0.006 +0.63%
2015 0.949 +0.013 +1.39%
2014 0.936 +0.001 +0.11%
2013 0.935 +0.002 +0.21%
2012 0.933 +0.004 +0.43%
2011 0.929 +0.005 +0.54%
2010 0.924 +0.002 +0.22%
2009 0.922 +0.002 +0.22%
2008 0.92 +0.002 +0.22%
2007 0.918 +0.003 +0.33%
2006 0.915 +0.004 +0.44%
2005 0.911 — —

Middle Africa, 2023

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

GA Gabon 0.994 ST Sao Tome and Principe 0.98 CG Republic of the Congo 0.924 AO Angola 0.906 CM Cameroon 0.898 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.886 TD Chad 0.787
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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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A composite measure of development: life expectancy, education and income in a single number from 0 to 1.

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