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Gender development index — Senegal

Gender development index in Senegal in 2023 — 0.924 ratio. Ranked 146 in the world out of 184. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 11.7%.

2023 0.924 ratio −0.32% vs 2022
World rank 146of 184
Period maximum 0.927 ratio2022
Period minimum 0.827 ratio2005

Trend over time

2005–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Senegal, 2005–20230.80.850.90.9520052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.827 ratio2006: 0.84 ratio2007: 0.841 ratio2008: 0.851 ratio2009: 0.864 ratio2010: 0.879 ratio2011: 0.912 ratio2012: 0.896 ratio2013: 0.897 ratio2014: 0.897 ratio2015: 0.905 ratio2016: 0.915 ratio2017: 0.892 ratio2018: 0.904 ratio2019: 0.882 ratio2020: 0.913 ratio2021: 0.919 ratio2022: 0.927 ratio2023: 0.924 ratio
Change over the period: +0.097 (+11.73%) Average annual rate: 0.62 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Senegal 0.924 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Western Africa computed 0.886 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.924 −0.003 −0.32%
2022 0.927 +0.008 +0.87%
2021 0.919 +0.006 +0.66%
2020 0.913 +0.031 +3.51%
2019 0.882 −0.022 −2.43%
2018 0.904 +0.012 +1.35%
2017 0.892 −0.023 −2.51%
2016 0.915 +0.01 +1.1%
2015 0.905 +0.008 +0.89%
2014 0.897 +0 +0%
2013 0.897 +0.001 +0.11%
2012 0.896 −0.016 −1.75%
2011 0.912 +0.033 +3.75%
2010 0.879 +0.015 +1.74%
2009 0.864 +0.013 +1.53%
2008 0.851 +0.01 +1.19%
2007 0.841 +0.001 +0.12%
2006 0.84 +0.013 +1.57%
2005 0.827 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 0.964 GM Gambia 0.959 GH Ghana 0.933 SN Senegal 0.924 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.91 NG Nigeria 0.892 MR Mauritania 0.886 BF Burkina Faso 0.881 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.878 BJ Benin 0.866 LR Liberia 0.865 TG Togo 0.865 NE Niger 0.855 SL Sierra Leone 0.83 GN Guinea 0.828 ML Mali 0.812
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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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