Gender development index — all countries

Gender development index — Zambia

Gender development index in Zambia in 2023 — 0.949 ratio. Ranked 123 in the world out of 184. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 21.7%.

2023 0.949 ratio +0.53% vs 2022
World rank 123of 184
Period maximum 0.949 ratio2023
Period minimum 0.78 ratio1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Zambia, 1990–20230.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.78 ratio1991: 0.816 ratio1992: 0.824 ratio1993: 0.827 ratio1994: 0.826 ratio1995: 0.828 ratio1996: 0.824 ratio1997: 0.83 ratio1998: 0.822 ratio1999: 0.819 ratio2000: 0.804 ratio2001: 0.815 ratio2002: 0.82 ratio2003: 0.829 ratio2004: 0.83 ratio2005: 0.835 ratio2006: 0.844 ratio2007: 0.851 ratio2008: 0.864 ratio2009: 0.87 ratio2010: 0.886 ratio2011: 0.891 ratio2012: 0.895 ratio2013: 0.897 ratio2014: 0.9 ratio2015: 0.905 ratio2016: 0.908 ratio2017: 0.946 ratio2018: 0.938 ratio2019: 0.928 ratio2020: 0.945 ratio2021: 0.94 ratio2022: 0.944 ratio2023: 0.949 ratio
Change over the period: +0.169 (+21.67%) Average annual rate: 0.6 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Zambia 0.949 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Eastern Africa computed 0.915 ratio
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.896 ratio
Gender development index — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.949 +0.005 +0.53%
2022 0.944 +0.004 +0.43%
2021 0.94 −0.005 −0.53%
2020 0.945 +0.017 +1.83%
2019 0.928 −0.01 −1.07%
2018 0.938 −0.008 −0.85%
2017 0.946 +0.038 +4.19%
2016 0.908 +0.003 +0.33%
2015 0.905 +0.005 +0.56%
2014 0.9 +0.003 +0.33%
2013 0.897 +0.002 +0.22%
2012 0.895 +0.004 +0.45%
2011 0.891 +0.005 +0.56%
2010 0.886 +0.016 +1.84%
2009 0.87 +0.006 +0.69%
2008 0.864 +0.013 +1.53%
2007 0.851 +0.007 +0.83%
2006 0.844 +0.009 +1.08%
2005 0.835 +0.005 +0.6%
2004 0.83 +0.001 +0.12%
2003 0.829 +0.009 +1.1%
2002 0.82 +0.005 +0.61%
2001 0.815 +0.011 +1.37%
2000 0.804 −0.015 −1.83%
1999 0.819 −0.003 −0.36%
1998 0.822 −0.008 −0.96%
1997 0.83 +0.006 +0.73%
1996 0.824 −0.004 −0.48%
1995 0.828 +0.002 +0.24%
1994 0.826 −0.001 −0.12%
1993 0.827 +0.003 +0.36%
1992 0.824 +0.008 +0.98%
1991 0.816 +0.036 +4.62%
1990 0.78

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.