Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Southern Europe

Gender development index in Southern Europe in 2023 — 0.981 ratio. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 1.4%.

2023 0.981 ratio −0.21% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.983 ratio2022
Period minimum 0.967 ratio2005

Trend over time

2004–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Southern Europe, 2004–20230.9650.970.9750.980.985200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 0.968 ratio2005: 0.967 ratio2006: 0.969 ratio2007: 0.97 ratio2008: 0.972 ratio2009: 0.973 ratio2010: 0.973 ratio2011: 0.974 ratio2012: 0.974 ratio2013: 0.974 ratio2014: 0.974 ratio2015: 0.975 ratio2016: 0.977 ratio2017: 0.976 ratio2018: 0.977 ratio2019: 0.978 ratio2020: 0.982 ratio2021: 0.981 ratio2022: 0.983 ratio2023: 0.981 ratio
Change over the period: +0.014 (+1.41%) Average annual rate: 0.07 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Europe 0.981 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.981 −0.002 −0.21%
2022 0.983 +0.002 +0.21%
2021 0.981 −0.001 −0.07%
2020 0.982 +0.004 +0.38%
2019 0.978 +0.001 +0.11%
2018 0.977 +0.001 +0.1%
2017 0.976 −0 −0.04%
2016 0.977 +0.002 +0.21%
2015 0.975 +0 +0.03%
2014 0.974 +0 +0.03%
2013 0.974 −0 −0.04%
2012 0.974 +0 +0.04%
2011 0.974 +0 +0.05%
2010 0.973 +0 +0.01%
2009 0.973 +0.002 +0.15%
2008 0.972 +0.002 +0.18%
2007 0.97 +0.001 +0.08%
2006 0.969 +0.002 +0.26%
2005 0.967 −0.001 −0.1%
2004 0.968

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.