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Gender development index — Western Europe

Gender development index in Western Europe in 2023 — 0.982 ratio. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3.5%.

2023 0.982 ratio +0.18% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.982 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.948 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Western Europe, 1990–20230.940.950.960.970.980.991990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.948 ratio1991: 0.955 ratio1992: 0.96 ratio1993: 0.96 ratio1994: 0.959 ratio1995: 0.96 ratio1996: 0.96 ratio1997: 0.96 ratio1998: 0.961 ratio1999: 0.96 ratio2000: 0.96 ratio2001: 0.962 ratio2002: 0.963 ratio2003: 0.966 ratio2004: 0.967 ratio2005: 0.962 ratio2006: 0.963 ratio2007: 0.965 ratio2008: 0.963 ratio2009: 0.965 ratio2010: 0.965 ratio2011: 0.968 ratio2012: 0.967 ratio2013: 0.967 ratio2014: 0.968 ratio2015: 0.969 ratio2016: 0.972 ratio2017: 0.973 ratio2018: 0.973 ratio2019: 0.975 ratio2020: 0.975 ratio2021: 0.978 ratio2022: 0.98 ratio2023: 0.982 ratio
Change over the period: +0.033 (+3.51%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Western Europe 0.982 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.982 +0.002 +0.18%
2022 0.98 +0.002 +0.22%
2021 0.978 +0.003 +0.29%
2020 0.975 +0 +0.04%
2019 0.975 +0.001 +0.12%
2018 0.973 +0.001 +0.05%
2017 0.973 +0.001 +0.13%
2016 0.972 +0.002 +0.24%
2015 0.969 +0.001 +0.11%
2014 0.968 +0.001 +0.14%
2013 0.967 −0 −0.01%
2012 0.967 −0.001 −0.05%
2011 0.968 +0.002 +0.24%
2010 0.965 +0 +0.01%
2009 0.965 +0.002 +0.23%
2008 0.963 −0.002 −0.18%
2007 0.965 +0.002 +0.18%
2006 0.963 +0.001 +0.1%
2005 0.962 −0.006 −0.59%
2004 0.967 +0.002 +0.18%
2003 0.966 +0.002 +0.26%
2002 0.963 +0.001 +0.14%
2001 0.962 +0.002 +0.2%
2000 0.96 +0 +0.01%
1999 0.96 −0.001 −0.11%
1998 0.961 +0.001 +0.06%
1997 0.96 +0 +0%
1996 0.96 +0.001 +0.07%
1995 0.96 +0.001 +0.06%
1994 0.959 −0.001 −0.08%
1993 0.96 −0 −0.01%
1992 0.96 +0.005 +0.51%
1991 0.955 +0.007 +0.73%
1990 0.948 — —

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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