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Gender development index — Sub-Saharan Africa

Gender development index in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 — 0.9 ratio. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 7%.

2023 0.9 ratio +0.39% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.9 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.842 ratio2005

Trend over time

2005–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Sub-Saharan Africa, 2005–20230.840.860.880.90.9220052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.842 ratio2006: 0.853 ratio2007: 0.859 ratio2008: 0.861 ratio2009: 0.864 ratio2010: 0.874 ratio2011: 0.876 ratio2012: 0.873 ratio2013: 0.879 ratio2014: 0.887 ratio2015: 0.887 ratio2016: 0.889 ratio2017: 0.891 ratio2018: 0.889 ratio2019: 0.885 ratio2020: 0.898 ratio2021: 0.897 ratio2022: 0.897 ratio2023: 0.9 ratio
Change over the period: +0.059 (+7%) Average annual rate: 0.38 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 0.9 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.9 +0.004 +0.39%
2022 0.897 −0.001 −0.06%
2021 0.897 −0 −0.03%
2020 0.898 +0.012 +1.39%
2019 0.885 −0.004 −0.42%
2018 0.889 −0.002 −0.19%
2017 0.891 +0.002 +0.2%
2016 0.889 +0.002 +0.21%
2015 0.887 +0 +0%
2014 0.887 +0.008 +0.89%
2013 0.879 +0.006 +0.71%
2012 0.873 −0.003 −0.35%
2011 0.876 +0.002 +0.23%
2010 0.874 +0.01 +1.14%
2009 0.864 +0.003 +0.4%
2008 0.861 +0.002 +0.19%
2007 0.859 +0.007 +0.77%
2006 0.853 +0.011 +1.33%
2005 0.842 — —

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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