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Gender inequality index — Suriname

Gender inequality index in Suriname in 2023 — 0.391 index. Ranked 97 in the world out of 172. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 25.4%.

2023 0.391 index −0.26% vs 2022
World rank 97of 172
Period maximum 0.524 index2004
Period minimum 0.391 index2023

Trend over time

2004–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Suriname, 2004–20230.350.40.450.50.55200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 0.524 index2005: 0.495 index2006: 0.493 index2007: 0.487 index2008: 0.48 index2009: 0.47 index2010: 0.516 index2011: 0.494 index2012: 0.489 index2013: 0.493 index2014: 0.489 index2015: 0.442 index2016: 0.425 index2017: 0.417 index2018: 0.412 index2019: 0.4 index2020: 0.399 index2021: 0.394 index2022: 0.392 index2023: 0.391 index
Change over the period: −0.133 (−25.38%) Average annual rate: -1.53 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Suriname 0.391 index
World 0.455 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.372 index
South America computed 0.367 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.24 index
Gender inequality index — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.391 −0.001 −0.26%
2022 0.392 −0.002 −0.51%
2021 0.394 −0.005 −1.25%
2020 0.399 −0.001 −0.25%
2019 0.4 −0.012 −2.91%
2018 0.412 −0.005 −1.2%
2017 0.417 −0.008 −1.88%
2016 0.425 −0.017 −3.85%
2015 0.442 −0.047 −9.61%
2014 0.489 −0.004 −0.81%
2013 0.493 +0.004 +0.82%
2012 0.489 −0.005 −1.01%
2011 0.494 −0.022 −4.26%
2010 0.516 +0.046 +9.79%
2009 0.47 −0.01 −2.08%
2008 0.48 −0.007 −1.44%
2007 0.487 −0.006 −1.22%
2006 0.493 −0.002 −0.4%
2005 0.495 −0.029 −5.53%
2004 0.524 — —

South America, 2023

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

CL Chile 0.102 UY Uruguay 0.218 AR Argentina 0.264 PE Peru 0.34 EC Ecuador 0.358 BR Brazil 0.39 SR Suriname 0.391 CO Colombia 0.393 PY Paraguay 0.412 BO Bolivia 0.419 GY Guyana 0.427 VE Venezuela 0.512
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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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