Gender inequality index — all countries

Gender inequality index — Samoa

Gender inequality index in Samoa in 2023 — 0.416 index. Ranked 105 in the world out of 172. Since 2019, the indicator has fallen by 5%.

2023 0.416 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 105of 172
Period maximum 0.444 index2021
Period minimum 0.416 index2022

Trend over time

2019–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Samoa, 2019–20230.410.420.430.440.45201920202021202220232019: 0.438 index2020: 0.429 index2021: 0.444 index2022: 0.416 index2023: 0.416 index
Change over the period: −0.022 (−5.02%) Average annual rate: -1.28 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Samoa 0.416 index
World 0.455 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.45 index
Gender inequality index — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.416 +0 +0%
2022 0.416 −0.028 −6.31%
2021 0.444 +0.015 +3.5%
2020 0.429 −0.009 −2.05%
2019 0.438

Polynesia, 2023

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

WS Samoa 0.416 TO Tonga 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.