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Gender inequality index — Upper-middle-income countries

Gender inequality index in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 0.24 index. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 29.6%.

2023 0.24 index −1.42% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.341 index2000
Period minimum 0.24 index2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–1

Gender inequality index — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–20230.20.250.30.352000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.341 index2001: 0.332 index2002: 0.333 index2003: 0.324 index2004: 0.323 index2005: 0.324 index2006: 0.33 index2007: 0.325 index2008: 0.329 index2009: 0.323 index2010: 0.319 index2011: 0.322 index2012: 0.314 index2013: 0.307 index2014: 0.303 index2015: 0.297 index2016: 0.288 index2017: 0.279 index2018: 0.264 index2019: 0.258 index2020: 0.256 index2021: 0.25 index2022: 0.244 index2023: 0.24 index
Change over the period: −0.101 (−29.61%) Average annual rate: -1.51 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 0.24 index
World 0.455 index
Gender inequality index — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.24 −0.003 −1.42%
2022 0.244 −0.006 −2.46%
2021 0.25 −0.006 −2.4%
2020 0.256 −0.002 −0.92%
2019 0.258 −0.006 −2.19%
2018 0.264 −0.015 −5.37%
2017 0.279 −0.009 −3.08%
2016 0.288 −0.009 −2.98%
2015 0.297 −0.007 −2.21%
2014 0.303 −0.004 −1.16%
2013 0.307 −0.007 −2.14%
2012 0.314 −0.008 −2.46%
2011 0.322 +0.002 +0.73%
2010 0.319 −0.004 −1.1%
2009 0.323 −0.006 −1.95%
2008 0.329 +0.004 +1.35%
2007 0.325 −0.005 −1.49%
2006 0.33 +0.006 +1.7%
2005 0.324 +0.002 +0.51%
2004 0.323 −0.002 −0.54%
2003 0.324 −0.008 −2.45%
2002 0.333 +0 +0.05%
2001 0.332 −0.009 −2.58%
2000 0.341 — —

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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