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Gender development index — Vietnam

Gender development index in Vietnam in 2023 — 0.997 ratio. Ranked 36 in the world out of 184. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 6.3%.

2023 0.997 ratio −0.1% vs 2022
World rank 36of 184
Period maximum 1.008 ratio2020
Period minimum 0.938 ratio1995

Trend over time

1995–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Vietnam, 1995–20230.920.940.960.9811.0219951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.938 ratio1996: 0.944 ratio1997: 0.945 ratio1998: 0.949 ratio1999: 0.954 ratio2000: 0.955 ratio2001: 0.957 ratio2002: 0.96 ratio2003: 0.961 ratio2004: 0.959 ratio2005: 0.961 ratio2006: 0.954 ratio2007: 0.975 ratio2008: 0.962 ratio2009: 0.971 ratio2010: 0.973 ratio2011: 0.975 ratio2012: 0.994 ratio2013: 0.998 ratio2014: 1.001 ratio2015: 1.004 ratio2016: 1.006 ratio2017: 1.005 ratio2018: 1.005 ratio2019: 1.007 ratio2020: 1.008 ratio2021: 1.005 ratio2022: 0.998 ratio2023: 0.997 ratio
Change over the period: +0.059 (+6.29%) Average annual rate: 0.22 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Vietnam 0.997 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 — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.997 −0.001 −0.1%
2022 0.998 −0.007 −0.7%
2021 1.005 −0.003 −0.3%
2020 1.008 +0.001 +0.1%
2019 1.007 +0.002 +0.2%
2018 1.005 +0 +0%
2017 1.005 −0.001 −0.1%
2016 1.006 +0.002 +0.2%
2015 1.004 +0.003 +0.3%
2014 1.001 +0.003 +0.3%
2013 0.998 +0.004 +0.4%
2012 0.994 +0.019 +1.95%
2011 0.975 +0.002 +0.21%
2010 0.973 +0.002 +0.21%
2009 0.971 +0.009 +0.94%
2008 0.962 −0.013 −1.33%
2007 0.975 +0.021 +2.2%
2006 0.954 −0.007 −0.73%
2005 0.961 +0.002 +0.21%
2004 0.959 −0.002 −0.21%
2003 0.961 +0.001 +0.1%
2002 0.96 +0.003 +0.31%
2001 0.957 +0.002 +0.21%
2000 0.955 +0.001 +0.1%
1999 0.954 +0.005 +0.53%
1998 0.949 +0.004 +0.42%
1997 0.945 +0.001 +0.11%
1996 0.944 +0.006 +0.64%
1995 0.938 — —

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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