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Gender development index — Eastern Asia

Gender development index in Eastern Asia in 2023 — 0.975 ratio. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 6.1%.

2023 0.975 ratio +0.13% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.975 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.919 ratio1995

Trend over time

1995–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Eastern Asia, 1995–20230.90.920.940.960.9819951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.919 ratio1996: 0.923 ratio1997: 0.925 ratio1998: 0.927 ratio1999: 0.919 ratio2000: 0.921 ratio2001: 0.924 ratio2002: 0.93 ratio2003: 0.935 ratio2004: 0.939 ratio2005: 0.949 ratio2006: 0.95 ratio2007: 0.952 ratio2008: 0.954 ratio2009: 0.956 ratio2010: 0.96 ratio2011: 0.951 ratio2012: 0.951 ratio2013: 0.95 ratio2014: 0.951 ratio2015: 0.951 ratio2016: 0.952 ratio2017: 0.953 ratio2018: 0.952 ratio2019: 0.961 ratio2020: 0.97 ratio2021: 0.972 ratio2022: 0.974 ratio2023: 0.975 ratio
Change over the period: +0.056 (+6.06%) Average annual rate: 0.21 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Asia 0.975 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.975 +0.001 +0.13%
2022 0.974 +0.002 +0.22%
2021 0.972 +0.002 +0.19%
2020 0.97 +0.009 +0.91%
2019 0.961 +0.009 +0.94%
2018 0.952 −0.001 −0.08%
2017 0.953 +0.001 +0.12%
2016 0.952 +0.001 +0.11%
2015 0.951 +0 +0.01%
2014 0.951 +0 +0.01%
2013 0.95 −0.001 −0.08%
2012 0.951 +0 +0.01%
2011 0.951 −0.009 −0.91%
2010 0.96 +0.004 +0.38%
2009 0.956 +0.002 +0.22%
2008 0.954 +0.003 +0.28%
2007 0.952 +0.002 +0.18%
2006 0.95 +0.001 +0.1%
2005 0.949 +0.01 +1.03%
2004 0.939 +0.005 +0.49%
2003 0.935 +0.005 +0.56%
2002 0.93 +0.005 +0.57%
2001 0.924 +0.003 +0.3%
2000 0.921 +0.002 +0.22%
1999 0.919 −0.008 −0.86%
1998 0.927 +0.003 +0.28%
1997 0.925 +0.002 +0.21%
1996 0.923 +0.004 +0.39%
1995 0.919 — —

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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