Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Eastern Europe

Gender development index in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 1.017 ratio. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 5.2%.

2023 1.017 ratio +0.2% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 1.026 ratio2005
Period minimum 0.967 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Eastern Europe, 1990–20230.960.9811.021.041990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.967 ratio1991: 0.968 ratio1992: 0.97 ratio1993: 0.97 ratio1994: 0.973 ratio1995: 0.992 ratio1996: 0.992 ratio1997: 0.992 ratio1998: 0.991 ratio1999: 0.99 ratio2000: 0.992 ratio2001: 0.995 ratio2002: 0.995 ratio2003: 1.023 ratio2004: 1.024 ratio2005: 1.026 ratio2006: 1.024 ratio2007: 1.022 ratio2008: 1.021 ratio2009: 1.02 ratio2010: 1.022 ratio2011: 1.018 ratio2012: 1.016 ratio2013: 1.016 ratio2014: 1.015 ratio2015: 1.013 ratio2016: 1.011 ratio2017: 1.006 ratio2018: 1.01 ratio2019: 1.008 ratio2020: 1.009 ratio2021: 1.006 ratio2022: 1.015 ratio2023: 1.017 ratio
Change over the period: +0.05 (+5.18%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Europe 1.017 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.017 +0.002 +0.2%
2022 1.015 +0.009 +0.93%
2021 1.006 −0.003 −0.34%
2020 1.009 +0.001 +0.08%
2019 1.008 −0.002 −0.18%
2018 1.01 +0.004 +0.37%
2017 1.006 −0.004 −0.42%
2016 1.011 −0.002 −0.21%
2015 1.013 −0.002 −0.22%
2014 1.015 −0.001 −0.08%
2013 1.016 −0.001 −0.07%
2012 1.016 −0.002 −0.19%
2011 1.018 −0.003 −0.3%
2010 1.022 +0.002 +0.19%
2009 1.02 −0.002 −0.18%
2008 1.021 −0.001 −0.09%
2007 1.022 −0.002 −0.15%
2006 1.024 −0.002 −0.18%
2005 1.026 +0.002 +0.17%
2004 1.024 +0.001 +0.07%
2003 1.023 +0.028 +2.83%
2002 0.995 +0.001 +0.05%
2001 0.995 +0.003 +0.3%
2000 0.992 +0.001 +0.14%
1999 0.99 −0.001 −0.11%
1998 0.991 −0.001 −0.08%
1997 0.992 −0 −0.02%
1996 0.992 +0 +0.04%
1995 0.992 +0.019 +1.97%
1994 0.973 +0.003 +0.34%
1993 0.97 −0.001 −0.08%
1992 0.97 +0.002 +0.23%
1991 0.968 +0.001 +0.11%
1990 0.967

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.