Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Seychelles

Gender development index in the Seychelles in 2023 — 1.004 ratio. Ranked 26 in the world out of 184. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 1.5%.

2023 1.004 ratio +1.11% vs 2022
World rank 26of 184
Period maximum 1.029 ratio2020
Period minimum 0.982 ratio2012

Trend over time

2010–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Seychelles, 2010–20230.9811.021.04201020122014201620182020202220232010: 0.989 ratio2011: 1.003 ratio2012: 0.982 ratio2013: 0.989 ratio2014: 1.015 ratio2015: 1.011 ratio2016: 1.011 ratio2017: 1 ratio2018: 1.004 ratio2019: 1.014 ratio2020: 1.029 ratio2021: 0.995 ratio2022: 0.993 ratio2023: 1.004 ratio
Change over the period: +0.015 (+1.52%) Average annual rate: 0.12 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Seychelles 1.004 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Eastern Africa computed 0.915 ratio
High-income countries computed 0.991 ratio
Gender development index — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.004 +0.011 +1.11%
2022 0.993 −0.002 −0.2%
2021 0.995 −0.034 −3.3%
2020 1.029 +0.015 +1.48%
2019 1.014 +0.01 +1%
2018 1.004 +0.004 +0.4%
2017 1 −0.011 −1.09%
2016 1.011 +0 +0%
2015 1.011 −0.004 −0.39%
2014 1.015 +0.026 +2.63%
2013 0.989 +0.007 +0.71%
2012 0.982 −0.021 −2.09%
2011 1.003 +0.014 +1.42%
2010 0.989

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.