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Gender development index — Timor-Leste

Gender development index in Timor-Leste in 2023 — 0.939 ratio. Ranked 131 in the world out of 184. Since 2009, the indicator has risen by 6.2%.

2023 0.939 ratio +0.11% vs 2022
World rank 131of 184
Period maximum 1.033 ratio2016
Period minimum 0.884 ratio2009

Trend over time

2009–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Timor-Leste, 2009–20230.850.90.9511.05200920112013201520172019202120232009: 0.884 ratio2010: 0.906 ratio2011: 0.903 ratio2012: 0.91 ratio2013: 0.925 ratio2014: 0.917 ratio2015: 0.918 ratio2016: 1.033 ratio2017: 0.932 ratio2018: 0.933 ratio2019: 0.935 ratio2020: 0.937 ratio2021: 0.943 ratio2022: 0.938 ratio2023: 0.939 ratio
Change over the period: +0.055 (+6.22%) Average annual rate: 0.43 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 0.939 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.972 ratio
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.967 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.939 +0.001 +0.11%
2022 0.938 −0.005 −0.53%
2021 0.943 +0.006 +0.64%
2020 0.937 +0.002 +0.21%
2019 0.935 +0.002 +0.21%
2018 0.933 +0.001 +0.11%
2017 0.932 −0.101 −9.78%
2016 1.033 +0.115 +12.53%
2015 0.918 +0.001 +0.11%
2014 0.917 −0.008 −0.86%
2013 0.925 +0.015 +1.65%
2012 0.91 +0.007 +0.78%
2011 0.903 −0.003 −0.33%
2010 0.906 +0.022 +2.49%
2009 0.884 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2023

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

TH Thailand 1.008 VN Vietnam 0.997 SG Singapore 0.994 BN Brunei Darussalam 0.993 PH Philippines 0.984 MY Malaysia 0.973 MM Myanmar 0.947 ID Indonesia 0.945 KH Cambodia 0.939 TL Timor-Leste 0.939 LA Laos 0.911
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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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