Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Syria

Gender development index in Syria in 2023 — 0.787 ratio. Ranked 181 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3%.

2023 0.787 ratio −0.76% vs 2022
World rank 181of 184
Period maximum 0.853 ratio2015
Period minimum 0.764 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Syria, 1990–20230.750.7750.80.8250.850.8751990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.764 ratio1991: 0.767 ratio1992: 0.781 ratio1993: 0.786 ratio1994: 0.798 ratio1995: 0.812 ratio1996: 0.792 ratio1997: 0.77 ratio1998: 0.799 ratio1999: 0.813 ratio2000: 0.817 ratio2001: 0.819 ratio2002: 0.83 ratio2003: 0.819 ratio2004: 0.817 ratio2005: 0.81 ratio2006: 0.799 ratio2007: 0.799 ratio2008: 0.807 ratio2009: 0.802 ratio2010: 0.807 ratio2011: 0.829 ratio2012: 0.85 ratio2013: 0.842 ratio2014: 0.834 ratio2015: 0.853 ratio2016: 0.836 ratio2017: 0.824 ratio2018: 0.81 ratio2019: 0.798 ratio2020: 0.798 ratio2021: 0.792 ratio2022: 0.793 ratio2023: 0.787 ratio
Change over the period: +0.023 (+3.01%) Average annual rate: 0.09 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Syria 0.787 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.847 ratio
Western Asia computed 0.841 ratio
Low-income countries computed 0.836 ratio
Gender development index — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.787 −0.006 −0.76%
2022 0.793 +0.001 +0.13%
2021 0.792 −0.006 −0.75%
2020 0.798 +0 +0%
2019 0.798 −0.012 −1.48%
2018 0.81 −0.014 −1.7%
2017 0.824 −0.012 −1.44%
2016 0.836 −0.017 −1.99%
2015 0.853 +0.019 +2.28%
2014 0.834 −0.008 −0.95%
2013 0.842 −0.008 −0.94%
2012 0.85 +0.021 +2.53%
2011 0.829 +0.022 +2.73%
2010 0.807 +0.005 +0.62%
2009 0.802 −0.005 −0.62%
2008 0.807 +0.008 +1%
2007 0.799 +0 +0%
2006 0.799 −0.011 −1.36%
2005 0.81 −0.007 −0.86%
2004 0.817 −0.002 −0.24%
2003 0.819 −0.011 −1.33%
2002 0.83 +0.011 +1.34%
2001 0.819 +0.002 +0.24%
2000 0.817 +0.004 +0.49%
1999 0.813 +0.014 +1.75%
1998 0.799 +0.029 +3.77%
1997 0.77 −0.022 −2.78%
1996 0.792 −0.02 −2.46%
1995 0.812 +0.014 +1.75%
1994 0.798 +0.012 +1.53%
1993 0.786 +0.005 +0.64%
1992 0.781 +0.014 +1.83%
1991 0.767 +0.003 +0.39%
1990 0.764

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.