Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Sri Lanka

Gender development index in Sri Lanka in 2023 — 0.951 ratio. Ranked 120 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.8%.

2023 0.951 ratio −1.04% vs 2022
World rank 120of 184
Period maximum 0.972 ratio2007
Period minimum 0.934 ratio1993

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Sri Lanka, 1990–20230.930.940.950.960.970.981990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.959 ratio1991: 0.947 ratio1992: 0.943 ratio1993: 0.934 ratio1994: 0.951 ratio1995: 0.938 ratio1996: 0.937 ratio1997: 0.958 ratio1998: 0.963 ratio1999: 0.954 ratio2000: 0.955 ratio2001: 0.95 ratio2002: 0.951 ratio2003: 0.944 ratio2004: 0.936 ratio2005: 0.953 ratio2006: 0.961 ratio2007: 0.972 ratio2008: 0.971 ratio2009: 0.969 ratio2010: 0.949 ratio2011: 0.951 ratio2012: 0.949 ratio2013: 0.958 ratio2014: 0.96 ratio2015: 0.964 ratio2016: 0.962 ratio2017: 0.965 ratio2018: 0.962 ratio2019: 0.957 ratio2020: 0.954 ratio2021: 0.957 ratio2022: 0.961 ratio2023: 0.951 ratio
Change over the period: −0.008 (−0.83%) Average annual rate: -0.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sri Lanka 0.951 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
South Asia computed 0.869 ratio
Southern Asia computed 0.87 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.951 −0.01 −1.04%
2022 0.961 +0.004 +0.42%
2021 0.957 +0.003 +0.31%
2020 0.954 −0.003 −0.31%
2019 0.957 −0.005 −0.52%
2018 0.962 −0.003 −0.31%
2017 0.965 +0.003 +0.31%
2016 0.962 −0.002 −0.21%
2015 0.964 +0.004 +0.42%
2014 0.96 +0.002 +0.21%
2013 0.958 +0.009 +0.95%
2012 0.949 −0.002 −0.21%
2011 0.951 +0.002 +0.21%
2010 0.949 −0.02 −2.06%
2009 0.969 −0.002 −0.21%
2008 0.971 −0.001 −0.1%
2007 0.972 +0.011 +1.14%
2006 0.961 +0.008 +0.84%
2005 0.953 +0.017 +1.82%
2004 0.936 −0.008 −0.85%
2003 0.944 −0.007 −0.74%
2002 0.951 +0.001 +0.11%
2001 0.95 −0.005 −0.52%
2000 0.955 +0.001 +0.1%
1999 0.954 −0.009 −0.93%
1998 0.963 +0.005 +0.52%
1997 0.958 +0.021 +2.24%
1996 0.937 −0.001 −0.11%
1995 0.938 −0.013 −1.37%
1994 0.951 +0.017 +1.82%
1993 0.934 −0.009 −0.95%
1992 0.943 −0.004 −0.42%
1991 0.947 −0.012 −1.25%
1990 0.959

Southern Asia, 2023

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

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.