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Gender inequality index — Jamaica

Gender inequality index in Jamaica in 2023 — 0.358 index. Ranked 88 in the world out of 172. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 19.9%.

2023 0.358 index −0.56% vs 2022
World rank 88of 172
Period maximum 0.459 index1997
Period minimum 0.358 index2023

Trend over time

1993–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Jamaica, 1993–20230.350.40.450.5199319961999200220052008201120142017202020231993: 0.447 index1994: 0.452 index1995: 0.458 index1996: 0.457 index1997: 0.459 index1998: 0.445 index1999: 0.441 index2000: 0.439 index2001: 0.441 index2002: 0.436 index2003: 0.445 index2004: 0.439 index2005: 0.44 index2006: 0.443 index2007: 0.438 index2008: 0.441 index2009: 0.438 index2010: 0.43 index2011: 0.412 index2012: 0.413 index2013: 0.417 index2014: 0.419 index2015: 0.409 index2016: 0.399 index2017: 0.397 index2018: 0.384 index2019: 0.385 index2020: 0.362 index2021: 0.362 index2022: 0.36 index2023: 0.358 index
Change over the period: −0.089 (−19.91%) Average annual rate: -0.74 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Jamaica 0.358 index
World 0.455 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.372 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.24 index
Gender inequality index — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.358 −0.002 −0.56%
2022 0.36 −0.002 −0.55%
2021 0.362 +0 +0%
2020 0.362 −0.023 −5.97%
2019 0.385 +0.001 +0.26%
2018 0.384 −0.013 −3.27%
2017 0.397 −0.002 −0.5%
2016 0.399 −0.01 −2.44%
2015 0.409 −0.01 −2.39%
2014 0.419 +0.002 +0.48%
2013 0.417 +0.004 +0.97%
2012 0.413 +0.001 +0.24%
2011 0.412 −0.018 −4.19%
2010 0.43 −0.008 −1.83%
2009 0.438 −0.003 −0.68%
2008 0.441 +0.003 +0.68%
2007 0.438 −0.005 −1.13%
2006 0.443 +0.003 +0.68%
2005 0.44 +0.001 +0.23%
2004 0.439 −0.006 −1.35%
2003 0.445 +0.009 +2.06%
2002 0.436 −0.005 −1.13%
2001 0.441 +0.002 +0.46%
2000 0.439 −0.002 −0.45%
1999 0.441 −0.004 −0.9%
1998 0.445 −0.014 −3.05%
1997 0.459 +0.002 +0.44%
1996 0.457 −0.001 −0.22%
1995 0.458 +0.006 +1.33%
1994 0.452 +0.005 +1.12%
1993 0.447 — —

Caribbean, 2023

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

GD Grenada 0.226 AG Antigua and Barbuda 0.24 TT Trinidad and Tobago 0.262 CU Cuba 0.296 BB Barbados 0.297 BS Bahamas 0.325 LC Saint Lucia 0.327 JM Jamaica 0.358 DO Dominican Republic 0.417 HT Haiti 0.618
Full table for all countries

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.

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