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Gender development index — Melanesia

Gender development index in Melanesia in 2023 — 0.928 ratio. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 4.9%.

2023 0.928 ratio −0.06% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.93 ratio2020
Period minimum 0.885 ratio2005

Trend over time

2005–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Melanesia, 2005–20230.880.90.920.9420052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.885 ratio2006: 0.885 ratio2007: 0.887 ratio2008: 0.889 ratio2009: 0.892 ratio2010: 0.905 ratio2011: 0.908 ratio2012: 0.91 ratio2013: 0.913 ratio2014: 0.917 ratio2015: 0.921 ratio2016: 0.923 ratio2017: 0.924 ratio2018: 0.924 ratio2019: 0.927 ratio2020: 0.93 ratio2021: 0.928 ratio2022: 0.929 ratio2023: 0.928 ratio
Change over the period: +0.044 (+4.94%) Average annual rate: 0.27 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Melanesia 0.928 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.928 −0.001 −0.06%
2022 0.929 +0 +0.05%
2021 0.928 −0.001 −0.15%
2020 0.93 +0.003 +0.32%
2019 0.927 +0.003 +0.28%
2018 0.924 +0.001 +0.08%
2017 0.924 +0.001 +0.09%
2016 0.923 +0.002 +0.21%
2015 0.921 +0.003 +0.37%
2014 0.917 +0.004 +0.48%
2013 0.913 +0.003 +0.28%
2012 0.91 +0.002 +0.26%
2011 0.908 +0.003 +0.32%
2010 0.905 +0.013 +1.44%
2009 0.892 +0.003 +0.34%
2008 0.889 +0.003 +0.31%
2007 0.887 +0.002 +0.21%
2006 0.885 +0 +0.01%
2005 0.885 — —

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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