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Gender inequality index — Papua New Guinea

Gender inequality index in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 0.584 index. Ranked 156 in the world out of 172. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 12.2%.

2023 0.584 index −3.95% vs 2022
World rank 156of 172
Period maximum 0.82 index2017
Period minimum 0.584 index2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Papua New Guinea, 2000–20230.50.60.70.80.92000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.665 index2001: 0.666 index2002: 0.667 index2003: 0.697 index2004: 0.694 index2005: 0.693 index2006: 0.693 index2007: 0.693 index2008: 0.685 index2009: 0.683 index2010: 0.682 index2011: 0.676 index2012: 0.621 index2013: 0.614 index2014: 0.609 index2015: 0.6 index2016: 0.596 index2017: 0.82 index2018: 0.818 index2019: 0.816 index2020: 0.816 index2021: 0.816 index2022: 0.608 index2023: 0.584 index
Change over the period: −0.081 (−12.18%) Average annual rate: -0.56 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 0.584 index
World 0.455 index
Melanesia computed 0.559 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.45 index
Gender inequality index — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.584 −0.024 −3.95%
2022 0.608 −0.208 −25.49%
2021 0.816 +0 +0%
2020 0.816 +0 +0%
2019 0.816 −0.002 −0.24%
2018 0.818 −0.002 −0.24%
2017 0.82 +0.224 +37.58%
2016 0.596 −0.004 −0.67%
2015 0.6 −0.009 −1.48%
2014 0.609 −0.005 −0.81%
2013 0.614 −0.007 −1.13%
2012 0.621 −0.055 −8.14%
2011 0.676 −0.006 −0.88%
2010 0.682 −0.001 −0.15%
2009 0.683 −0.002 −0.29%
2008 0.685 −0.008 −1.15%
2007 0.693 +0 +0%
2006 0.693 +0 +0%
2005 0.693 −0.001 −0.14%
2004 0.694 −0.003 −0.43%
2003 0.697 +0.03 +4.5%
2002 0.667 +0.001 +0.15%
2001 0.666 +0.001 +0.15%
2000 0.665 — —

Melanesia, 2023

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

FJ Fiji 0.35 SB Solomon Islands 0.478 VU Vanuatu 0.556 PG Papua New Guinea 0.584
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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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