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Gender development index — Vanuatu

Gender development index in Vanuatu in 2023 — 0.952 ratio. Ranked 118 in the world out of 184. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 2.9%.

2023 0.952 ratio +0.74% vs 2022
World rank 118of 184
Period maximum 0.952 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.922 ratio2009

Trend over time

2005–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Vanuatu, 2005–20230.920.930.940.950.9620052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.925 ratio2006: 0.933 ratio2007: 0.926 ratio2008: 0.923 ratio2009: 0.922 ratio2010: 0.931 ratio2011: 0.931 ratio2012: 0.932 ratio2013: 0.933 ratio2014: 0.933 ratio2015: 0.934 ratio2016: 0.936 ratio2017: 0.938 ratio2018: 0.941 ratio2019: 0.944 ratio2020: 0.944 ratio2021: 0.943 ratio2022: 0.945 ratio2023: 0.952 ratio
Change over the period: +0.027 (+2.92%) Average annual rate: 0.16 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Vanuatu 0.952 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.972 ratio
Melanesia computed 0.928 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.952 +0.007 +0.74%
2022 0.945 +0.002 +0.21%
2021 0.943 −0.001 −0.11%
2020 0.944 +0 +0%
2019 0.944 +0.003 +0.32%
2018 0.941 +0.003 +0.32%
2017 0.938 +0.002 +0.21%
2016 0.936 +0.002 +0.21%
2015 0.934 +0.001 +0.11%
2014 0.933 +0 +0%
2013 0.933 +0.001 +0.11%
2012 0.932 +0.001 +0.11%
2011 0.931 +0 +0%
2010 0.931 +0.009 +0.98%
2009 0.922 −0.001 −0.11%
2008 0.923 −0.003 −0.32%
2007 0.926 −0.007 −0.75%
2006 0.933 +0.008 +0.86%
2005 0.925 — —

Melanesia, 2023

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

VU Vanuatu 0.952 FJ Fiji 0.948 SB Solomon Islands 0.927 PG Papua New Guinea 0.926
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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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