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Gender inequality index — Timor-Leste

Gender inequality index in Timor-Leste in 2023 — 0.394 index. Ranked 99 in the world out of 172. Since 2002, the indicator has fallen by 32.4%.

2023 0.394 index +0.77% vs 2022
World rank 99of 172
Period maximum 0.583 index2002
Period minimum 0.391 index2022

Trend over time

2002–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Timor-Leste, 2002–20230.350.40.450.50.550.6200220052008201120142017202020232002: 0.583 index2003: 0.566 index2004: 0.553 index2005: 0.551 index2006: 0.549 index2007: 0.535 index2008: 0.533 index2009: 0.533 index2010: 0.531 index2011: 0.509 index2012: 0.48 index2013: 0.466 index2014: 0.455 index2015: 0.449 index2016: 0.426 index2017: 0.432 index2018: 0.425 index2019: 0.409 index2020: 0.403 index2021: 0.405 index2022: 0.391 index2023: 0.394 index
Change over the period: −0.189 (−32.42%) Average annual rate: -1.85 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 0.394 index
World 0.455 index
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.37 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.45 index
Gender inequality index — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.394 +0.003 +0.77%
2022 0.391 −0.014 −3.46%
2021 0.405 +0.002 +0.5%
2020 0.403 −0.006 −1.47%
2019 0.409 −0.016 −3.76%
2018 0.425 −0.007 −1.62%
2017 0.432 +0.006 +1.41%
2016 0.426 −0.023 −5.12%
2015 0.449 −0.006 −1.32%
2014 0.455 −0.011 −2.36%
2013 0.466 −0.014 −2.92%
2012 0.48 −0.029 −5.7%
2011 0.509 −0.022 −4.14%
2010 0.531 −0.002 −0.38%
2009 0.533 +0 +0%
2008 0.533 −0.002 −0.37%
2007 0.535 −0.014 −2.55%
2006 0.549 −0.002 −0.36%
2005 0.551 −0.002 −0.36%
2004 0.553 −0.013 −2.3%
2003 0.566 −0.017 −2.92%
2002 0.583 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2023

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

SG Singapore 0.031 MY Malaysia 0.172 BN Brunei Darussalam 0.257 TH Thailand 0.288 VN Vietnam 0.299 PH Philippines 0.351 TL Timor-Leste 0.394 ID Indonesia 0.423 LA Laos 0.475 MM Myanmar 0.478 KH Cambodia 0.506
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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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