Gender inequality index — all countries

Gender inequality index — Guyana

Gender inequality index in Guyana in 2023 — 0.427 index. Ranked 109 in the world out of 172. Since 2018, the indicator has fallen by 3.8%.

2023 0.427 index −0.93% vs 2022
World rank 109of 172
Period maximum 0.444 index2018
Period minimum 0.427 index2023

Trend over time

2018–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Guyana, 2018–20230.4250.430.4350.440.4452018201920202021202220232018: 0.444 index2019: 0.439 index2020: 0.434 index2021: 0.432 index2022: 0.431 index2023: 0.427 index
Change over the period: −0.017 (−3.83%) Average annual rate: -0.78 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Guyana 0.427 index
World 0.455 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.372 index
South America computed 0.367 index
High-income countries computed 0.107 index
Gender inequality index — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.427 −0.004 −0.93%
2022 0.431 −0.001 −0.23%
2021 0.432 −0.002 −0.46%
2020 0.434 −0.005 −1.14%
2019 0.439 −0.005 −1.13%
2018 0.444

About the indicator

The UNDP Gender Inequality Index, built on three dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality and adolescent birth rates), empowerment (the share of women in parliament and the level of education) and participation in the labor market. Unlike the Gender Development Index, here zero means full equality and one means extreme inequality: the scale is inverted. Of the three dimensions it is reproductive health that separates countries the most.

Important: The scale is the reverse of the Gender Development Index: here the lower the better. The two are not to be confused — these are different indexes with different components.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.