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Gender development index — Western Asia

Gender development index in Western Asia in 2023 — 0.841 ratio. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 5.8%.

2023 0.841 ratio −0.62% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.863 ratio2013
Period minimum 0.795 ratio1995

Trend over time

1995–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Western Asia, 1995–20230.780.80.820.840.860.8819951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.795 ratio1996: 0.798 ratio1997: 0.798 ratio1998: 0.807 ratio1999: 0.811 ratio2000: 0.817 ratio2001: 0.819 ratio2002: 0.822 ratio2003: 0.822 ratio2004: 0.824 ratio2005: 0.829 ratio2006: 0.835 ratio2007: 0.837 ratio2008: 0.842 ratio2009: 0.843 ratio2010: 0.854 ratio2011: 0.858 ratio2012: 0.862 ratio2013: 0.863 ratio2014: 0.859 ratio2015: 0.859 ratio2016: 0.86 ratio2017: 0.85 ratio2018: 0.847 ratio2019: 0.847 ratio2020: 0.849 ratio2021: 0.844 ratio2022: 0.846 ratio2023: 0.841 ratio
Change over the period: +0.046 (+5.79%) Average annual rate: 0.2 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Western Asia 0.841 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.841 −0.005 −0.62%
2022 0.846 +0.002 +0.21%
2021 0.844 −0.004 −0.52%
2020 0.849 +0.002 +0.25%
2019 0.847 −0 −0%
2018 0.847 −0.003 −0.39%
2017 0.85 −0.01 −1.15%
2016 0.86 +0.001 +0.13%
2015 0.859 −0 −0.03%
2014 0.859 −0.004 −0.45%
2013 0.863 +0.001 +0.07%
2012 0.862 +0.004 +0.47%
2011 0.858 +0.004 +0.48%
2010 0.854 +0.011 +1.32%
2009 0.843 +0.001 +0.16%
2008 0.842 +0.005 +0.55%
2007 0.837 +0.002 +0.26%
2006 0.835 +0.005 +0.65%
2005 0.829 +0.005 +0.65%
2004 0.824 +0.002 +0.27%
2003 0.822 −0 −0.02%
2002 0.822 +0.003 +0.36%
2001 0.819 +0.002 +0.24%
2000 0.817 +0.006 +0.75%
1999 0.811 +0.004 +0.55%
1998 0.807 +0.008 +1.05%
1997 0.798 +0 +0.03%
1996 0.798 +0.003 +0.4%
1995 0.795 — —

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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