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Gender development index — Tanzania

Gender development index in Tanzania in 2023 — 0.951 ratio. Ranked 120 in the world out of 184. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.9%.

2023 0.951 ratio +0.11% vs 2022
World rank 120of 184
Period maximum 0.973 ratio2020
Period minimum 0.88 ratio2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Tanzania, 2000–20230.8750.90.9250.950.9752000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.881 ratio2001: 0.895 ratio2002: 0.88 ratio2003: 0.892 ratio2004: 0.896 ratio2005: 0.9 ratio2006: 0.91 ratio2007: 0.909 ratio2008: 0.918 ratio2009: 0.912 ratio2010: 0.942 ratio2011: 0.926 ratio2012: 0.928 ratio2013: 0.925 ratio2014: 0.93 ratio2015: 0.929 ratio2016: 0.935 ratio2017: 0.94 ratio2018: 0.946 ratio2019: 0.95 ratio2020: 0.973 ratio2021: 0.953 ratio2022: 0.95 ratio2023: 0.951 ratio
Change over the period: +0.07 (+7.95%) Average annual rate: 0.33 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Tanzania 0.951 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Eastern Africa computed 0.915 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.951 +0.001 +0.11%
2022 0.95 −0.003 −0.31%
2021 0.953 −0.02 −2.06%
2020 0.973 +0.023 +2.42%
2019 0.95 +0.004 +0.42%
2018 0.946 +0.006 +0.64%
2017 0.94 +0.005 +0.53%
2016 0.935 +0.006 +0.65%
2015 0.929 −0.001 −0.11%
2014 0.93 +0.005 +0.54%
2013 0.925 −0.003 −0.32%
2012 0.928 +0.002 +0.22%
2011 0.926 −0.016 −1.7%
2010 0.942 +0.03 +3.29%
2009 0.912 −0.006 −0.65%
2008 0.918 +0.009 +0.99%
2007 0.909 −0.001 −0.11%
2006 0.91 +0.01 +1.11%
2005 0.9 +0.004 +0.45%
2004 0.896 +0.004 +0.45%
2003 0.892 +0.012 +1.36%
2002 0.88 −0.015 −1.68%
2001 0.895 +0.014 +1.59%
2000 0.881 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 1.004 MU Mauritius 0.971 TZ Tanzania 0.951 ZM Zambia 0.949 KE Kenya 0.944 ZW Zimbabwe 0.944 MG Madagascar 0.934 BI Burundi 0.932 KM Comoros 0.929 MW Malawi 0.925 RW Rwanda 0.922 MZ Mozambique 0.92 UG Uganda 0.908 ET Ethiopia 0.886 DJ Djibouti 0.814 SO Somalia 0.793
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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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