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Gender development index — Uruguay

Gender development index in Uruguay in 2023 — 1.017 ratio. Ranked 12 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 1.9%.

2023 1.017 ratio −0.29% vs 2022
World rank 12of 184
Period maximum 1.037 ratio1990
Period minimum 1.003 ratio2000

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Uruguay, 1990–202311.011.021.031.041990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 1.037 ratio1991: 1.032 ratio1992: 1.032 ratio1993: 1.029 ratio1994: 1.025 ratio1995: 1.021 ratio1996: 1.017 ratio1997: 1.017 ratio1998: 1.015 ratio1999: 1.005 ratio2000: 1.003 ratio2001: 1.009 ratio2002: 1.008 ratio2003: 1.014 ratio2004: 1.01 ratio2005: 1.014 ratio2006: 1.011 ratio2007: 1.014 ratio2008: 1.015 ratio2009: 1.015 ratio2010: 1.018 ratio2011: 1.02 ratio2012: 1.023 ratio2013: 1.02 ratio2014: 1.021 ratio2015: 1.022 ratio2016: 1.026 ratio2017: 1.023 ratio2018: 1.028 ratio2019: 1.025 ratio2020: 1.023 ratio2021: 1.024 ratio2022: 1.02 ratio2023: 1.017 ratio
Change over the period: −0.02 (−1.93%) Average annual rate: -0.06 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Uruguay 1.017 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.986 ratio
South America computed 0.992 ratio
High-income countries computed 0.991 ratio
Gender development index — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 1.017 −0.003 −0.29%
2022 1.02 −0.004 −0.39%
2021 1.024 +0.001 +0.1%
2020 1.023 −0.002 −0.2%
2019 1.025 −0.003 −0.29%
2018 1.028 +0.005 +0.49%
2017 1.023 −0.003 −0.29%
2016 1.026 +0.004 +0.39%
2015 1.022 +0.001 +0.1%
2014 1.021 +0.001 +0.1%
2013 1.02 −0.003 −0.29%
2012 1.023 +0.003 +0.29%
2011 1.02 +0.002 +0.2%
2010 1.018 +0.003 +0.3%
2009 1.015 +0 +0%
2008 1.015 +0.001 +0.1%
2007 1.014 +0.003 +0.3%
2006 1.011 −0.003 −0.3%
2005 1.014 +0.004 +0.4%
2004 1.01 −0.004 −0.39%
2003 1.014 +0.006 +0.6%
2002 1.008 −0.001 −0.1%
2001 1.009 +0.006 +0.6%
2000 1.003 −0.002 −0.2%
1999 1.005 −0.01 −0.99%
1998 1.015 −0.002 −0.2%
1997 1.017 +0 +0%
1996 1.017 −0.004 −0.39%
1995 1.021 −0.004 −0.39%
1994 1.025 −0.004 −0.39%
1993 1.029 −0.003 −0.29%
1992 1.032 +0 +0%
1991 1.032 −0.005 −0.48%
1990 1.037 — —

South America, 2023

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

UY Uruguay 1.017 BR Brazil 1.002 EC Ecuador 0.998 SR Suriname 0.993 VE Venezuela 0.993 CO Colombia 0.992 GY Guyana 0.992 AR Argentina 0.988 PY Paraguay 0.988 CL Chile 0.967 BO Bolivia 0.961 PE Peru 0.959
Full table for all countries

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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