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Gender development index — Uganda

Gender development index in Uganda in 2023 — 0.908 ratio. Ranked 153 in the world out of 184. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.5%.

2023 0.908 ratio +0% vs 2022
World rank 153of 184
Period maximum 0.949 ratio2008
Period minimum 0.855 ratio2005

Trend over time

2000–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Uganda, 2000–20230.850.8750.90.9250.952000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.877 ratio2001: 0.88 ratio2002: 0.856 ratio2003: 0.897 ratio2004: 0.908 ratio2005: 0.855 ratio2006: 0.931 ratio2007: 0.939 ratio2008: 0.949 ratio2009: 0.943 ratio2010: 0.909 ratio2011: 0.918 ratio2012: 0.879 ratio2013: 0.917 ratio2014: 0.929 ratio2015: 0.92 ratio2016: 0.924 ratio2017: 0.905 ratio2018: 0.915 ratio2019: 0.922 ratio2020: 0.915 ratio2021: 0.877 ratio2022: 0.908 ratio2023: 0.908 ratio
Change over the period: +0.031 (+3.53%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Uganda 0.908 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Eastern Africa computed 0.915 ratio
Low-income countries computed 0.836 ratio
Gender development index — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.908 +0 +0%
2022 0.908 +0.031 +3.53%
2021 0.877 −0.038 −4.15%
2020 0.915 −0.007 −0.76%
2019 0.922 +0.007 +0.77%
2018 0.915 +0.01 +1.1%
2017 0.905 −0.019 −2.06%
2016 0.924 +0.004 +0.43%
2015 0.92 −0.009 −0.97%
2014 0.929 +0.012 +1.31%
2013 0.917 +0.038 +4.32%
2012 0.879 −0.039 −4.25%
2011 0.918 +0.009 +0.99%
2010 0.909 −0.034 −3.61%
2009 0.943 −0.006 −0.63%
2008 0.949 +0.01 +1.06%
2007 0.939 +0.008 +0.86%
2006 0.931 +0.076 +8.89%
2005 0.855 −0.053 −5.84%
2004 0.908 +0.011 +1.23%
2003 0.897 +0.041 +4.79%
2002 0.856 −0.024 −2.73%
2001 0.88 +0.003 +0.34%
2000 0.877 — —

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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