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Gender development index — Sierra Leone

Gender development index in Sierra Leone in 2023 — 0.83 ratio. Ranked 174 in the world out of 184. Since 2003, the indicator has risen by 3%.

2023 0.83 ratio +0% vs 2022
World rank 174of 184
Period maximum 0.834 ratio2018
Period minimum 0.798 ratio2005

Trend over time

2003–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Sierra Leone, 2003–20230.790.80.810.820.830.84200320052007200920112013201520172019202120232003: 0.806 ratio2004: 0.809 ratio2005: 0.798 ratio2006: 0.8 ratio2007: 0.806 ratio2008: 0.807 ratio2009: 0.809 ratio2010: 0.816 ratio2011: 0.816 ratio2012: 0.816 ratio2013: 0.819 ratio2014: 0.829 ratio2015: 0.816 ratio2016: 0.816 ratio2017: 0.817 ratio2018: 0.834 ratio2019: 0.823 ratio2020: 0.825 ratio2021: 0.826 ratio2022: 0.83 ratio2023: 0.83 ratio
Change over the period: +0.024 (+2.98%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sierra Leone 0.83 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Western Africa computed 0.886 ratio
Low-income countries computed 0.836 ratio
Gender development index — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.83 +0 +0%
2022 0.83 +0.004 +0.48%
2021 0.826 +0.001 +0.12%
2020 0.825 +0.002 +0.24%
2019 0.823 −0.011 −1.32%
2018 0.834 +0.017 +2.08%
2017 0.817 +0.001 +0.12%
2016 0.816 +0 +0%
2015 0.816 −0.013 −1.57%
2014 0.829 +0.01 +1.22%
2013 0.819 +0.003 +0.37%
2012 0.816 +0 +0%
2011 0.816 +0 +0%
2010 0.816 +0.007 +0.87%
2009 0.809 +0.002 +0.25%
2008 0.807 +0.001 +0.12%
2007 0.806 +0.006 +0.75%
2006 0.8 +0.002 +0.25%
2005 0.798 −0.011 −1.36%
2004 0.809 +0.003 +0.37%
2003 0.806 — —

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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Indexes Human development index

A composite measure of development: life expectancy, education and income in a single number from 0 to 1.

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