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Gender development index — Singapore

Gender development index in Singapore in 2023 — 0.994 ratio. Ranked 43 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 6.7%.

2023 0.994 ratio −0.2% vs 2022
World rank 43of 184
Period maximum 0.996 ratio2022
Period minimum 0.932 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Singapore, 1990–20230.920.940.960.9811990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.932 ratio1991: 0.94 ratio1992: 0.941 ratio1993: 0.942 ratio1994: 0.945 ratio1995: 0.948 ratio1996: 0.953 ratio1997: 0.958 ratio1998: 0.956 ratio1999: 0.958 ratio2000: 0.961 ratio2001: 0.96 ratio2002: 0.962 ratio2003: 0.965 ratio2004: 0.968 ratio2005: 0.973 ratio2006: 0.978 ratio2007: 0.98 ratio2008: 0.979 ratio2009: 0.977 ratio2010: 0.985 ratio2011: 0.986 ratio2012: 0.987 ratio2013: 0.986 ratio2014: 0.987 ratio2015: 0.988 ratio2016: 0.988 ratio2017: 0.989 ratio2018: 0.988 ratio2019: 0.99 ratio2020: 0.991 ratio2021: 0.993 ratio2022: 0.996 ratio2023: 0.994 ratio
Change over the period: +0.062 (+6.65%) Average annual rate: 0.2 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Singapore 0.994 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.972 ratio
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.967 ratio
High-income countries computed 0.991 ratio
Gender development index — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.994 −0.002 −0.2%
2022 0.996 +0.003 +0.3%
2021 0.993 +0.002 +0.2%
2020 0.991 +0.001 +0.1%
2019 0.99 +0.002 +0.2%
2018 0.988 −0.001 −0.1%
2017 0.989 +0.001 +0.1%
2016 0.988 +0 +0%
2015 0.988 +0.001 +0.1%
2014 0.987 +0.001 +0.1%
2013 0.986 −0.001 −0.1%
2012 0.987 +0.001 +0.1%
2011 0.986 +0.001 +0.1%
2010 0.985 +0.008 +0.82%
2009 0.977 −0.002 −0.2%
2008 0.979 −0.001 −0.1%
2007 0.98 +0.002 +0.2%
2006 0.978 +0.005 +0.51%
2005 0.973 +0.005 +0.52%
2004 0.968 +0.003 +0.31%
2003 0.965 +0.003 +0.31%
2002 0.962 +0.002 +0.21%
2001 0.96 −0.001 −0.1%
2000 0.961 +0.003 +0.31%
1999 0.958 +0.002 +0.21%
1998 0.956 −0.002 −0.21%
1997 0.958 +0.005 +0.52%
1996 0.953 +0.005 +0.53%
1995 0.948 +0.003 +0.32%
1994 0.945 +0.003 +0.32%
1993 0.942 +0.001 +0.11%
1992 0.941 +0.001 +0.11%
1991 0.94 +0.008 +0.86%
1990 0.932 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2023

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

TH Thailand 1.008 VN Vietnam 0.997 SG Singapore 0.994 BN Brunei Darussalam 0.993 PH Philippines 0.984 MY Malaysia 0.973 MM Myanmar 0.947 ID Indonesia 0.945 KH Cambodia 0.939 TL Timor-Leste 0.939 LA Laos 0.911
Full table for all countries

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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