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Gender development index — Central America

Gender development index in Central America in 2023 — 0.971 ratio. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 6%.

2023 0.971 ratio −0.25% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.978 ratio2021
Period minimum 0.917 ratio1995

Trend over time

1995–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Central America, 1995–20230.90.920.940.960.9819951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.917 ratio1996: 0.924 ratio1997: 0.924 ratio1998: 0.926 ratio1999: 0.927 ratio2000: 0.927 ratio2001: 0.927 ratio2002: 0.928 ratio2003: 0.932 ratio2004: 0.933 ratio2005: 0.941 ratio2006: 0.943 ratio2007: 0.943 ratio2008: 0.945 ratio2009: 0.948 ratio2010: 0.954 ratio2011: 0.953 ratio2012: 0.955 ratio2013: 0.957 ratio2014: 0.958 ratio2015: 0.957 ratio2016: 0.959 ratio2017: 0.961 ratio2018: 0.964 ratio2019: 0.966 ratio2020: 0.976 ratio2021: 0.978 ratio2022: 0.974 ratio2023: 0.971 ratio
Change over the period: +0.055 (+5.98%) Average annual rate: 0.21 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Central America 0.971 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.971 −0.002 −0.25%
2022 0.974 −0.004 −0.46%
2021 0.978 +0.002 +0.21%
2020 0.976 +0.011 +1.09%
2019 0.966 +0.002 +0.16%
2018 0.964 +0.004 +0.37%
2017 0.961 +0.001 +0.14%
2016 0.959 +0.002 +0.18%
2015 0.957 −0.001 −0.08%
2014 0.958 +0.001 +0.14%
2013 0.957 +0.002 +0.21%
2012 0.955 +0.001 +0.16%
2011 0.953 −0.001 −0.05%
2010 0.954 +0.006 +0.64%
2009 0.948 +0.003 +0.3%
2008 0.945 +0.002 +0.19%
2007 0.943 +0.001 +0.08%
2006 0.943 +0.002 +0.19%
2005 0.941 +0.008 +0.82%
2004 0.933 +0.001 +0.13%
2003 0.932 +0.004 +0.43%
2002 0.928 +0.001 +0.12%
2001 0.927 +0 +0.04%
2000 0.927 −0 −0%
1999 0.927 +0.001 +0.08%
1998 0.926 +0.002 +0.17%
1997 0.924 +0 +0.02%
1996 0.924 +0.008 +0.82%
1995 0.917 — —

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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