Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Upper-middle-income countries

Gender development index in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 0.971 ratio. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.2%.

2023 0.971 ratio +0.03% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.971 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.923 ratio2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–20230.920.940.960.982000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.923 ratio2001: 0.925 ratio2002: 0.93 ratio2003: 0.933 ratio2004: 0.936 ratio2005: 0.943 ratio2006: 0.945 ratio2007: 0.948 ratio2008: 0.949 ratio2009: 0.952 ratio2010: 0.956 ratio2011: 0.952 ratio2012: 0.953 ratio2013: 0.952 ratio2014: 0.953 ratio2015: 0.953 ratio2016: 0.955 ratio2017: 0.956 ratio2018: 0.955 ratio2019: 0.961 ratio2020: 0.968 ratio2021: 0.97 ratio2022: 0.971 ratio2023: 0.971 ratio
Change over the period: +0.048 (+5.18%) Average annual rate: 0.22 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 0.971 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Gender development index — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.971 +0 +0.03%
2022 0.971 +0.001 +0.07%
2021 0.97 +0.002 +0.23%
2020 0.968 +0.007 +0.7%
2019 0.961 +0.006 +0.63%
2018 0.955 −0 −0.02%
2017 0.956 +0 +0.02%
2016 0.955 +0.002 +0.22%
2015 0.953 +0.001 +0.06%
2014 0.953 +0 +0.02%
2013 0.952 −0 −0.05%
2012 0.953 +0.001 +0.08%
2011 0.952 −0.004 −0.45%
2010 0.956 +0.005 +0.5%
2009 0.952 +0.002 +0.25%
2008 0.949 +0.002 +0.18%
2007 0.948 +0.003 +0.29%
2006 0.945 +0.002 +0.2%
2005 0.943 +0.007 +0.7%
2004 0.936 +0.003 +0.33%
2003 0.933 +0.004 +0.42%
2002 0.93 +0.005 +0.49%
2001 0.925 +0.002 +0.17%
2000 0.923

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.