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Gender development index — Central Asia

Gender development index in Central Asia in 2023 — 0.963 ratio. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.6%.

2023 0.963 ratio +0.85% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.972 ratio2018
Period minimum 0.948 ratio2020

Trend over time

2000–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Central Asia, 2000–20230.940.950.960.970.982000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.957 ratio2001: 0.955 ratio2002: 0.957 ratio2003: 0.951 ratio2004: 0.966 ratio2005: 0.968 ratio2006: 0.969 ratio2007: 0.965 ratio2008: 0.97 ratio2009: 0.961 ratio2010: 0.969 ratio2011: 0.968 ratio2012: 0.968 ratio2013: 0.971 ratio2014: 0.971 ratio2015: 0.968 ratio2016: 0.968 ratio2017: 0.966 ratio2018: 0.972 ratio2019: 0.959 ratio2020: 0.948 ratio2021: 0.951 ratio2022: 0.955 ratio2023: 0.963 ratio
Change over the period: +0.006 (+0.58%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Central Asia 0.963 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.963 +0.008 +0.85%
2022 0.955 +0.003 +0.35%
2021 0.951 +0.003 +0.35%
2020 0.948 −0.011 −1.11%
2019 0.959 −0.013 −1.33%
2018 0.972 +0.006 +0.59%
2017 0.966 −0.002 −0.16%
2016 0.968 −0 −0.01%
2015 0.968 −0.003 −0.35%
2014 0.971 +0.001 +0.06%
2013 0.971 +0.002 +0.24%
2012 0.968 +0.001 +0.06%
2011 0.968 −0.001 −0.11%
2010 0.969 +0.007 +0.76%
2009 0.961 −0.009 −0.93%
2008 0.97 +0.005 +0.54%
2007 0.965 −0.004 −0.44%
2006 0.969 +0.002 +0.18%
2005 0.968 +0.001 +0.15%
2004 0.966 +0.015 +1.59%
2003 0.951 −0.006 −0.62%
2002 0.957 +0.002 +0.19%
2001 0.955 −0.002 −0.22%
2000 0.957 — —

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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