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Gender Development Index

Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.

184 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.

AllLowMediumHighVery High
All regionsArab StatesEast Asia and the PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
1UkraineHigh1.0382QatarVery High1.0363BarbadosVery High1.0354Antigua and BarbudaVery High1.0315MongoliaHigh1.036Moldova (Republic of)High1.0297LatviaVery High1.0268Dominican RepublicHigh1.0249EstoniaVery High1.02310Russian FederationVery High1.02311LithuaniaVery High1.02212UruguayVery High1.01713Saint LuciaHigh1.01614BahamasVery High1.01515PanamaVery High1.01416JamaicaHigh1.01317PolandVery High1.01218KuwaitVery High1.01119NamibiaMedium1.01120BelarusVery High1.00921GeorgiaVery High1.00922United StatesVery High1.00923ThailandHigh1.00824ArmeniaVery High1.00625LesothoMedium1.00626KazakhstanVery High1.00427SeychellesVery High1.00428BrazilHigh1.00229IrelandVery High1.00130BulgariaVery High131PortugalVery High132CroatiaVery High0.99933SlovakiaVery High0.99934EcuadorHigh0.99835TongaHigh0.99836BotswanaHigh0.99737SloveniaVery High0.99738Viet NamHigh0.99739CyprusVery High0.99640LuxembourgVery High0.99641South AfricaHigh0.99642NorwayVery High0.99543GabonHigh0.99444IsraelVery High0.99445SingaporeVery High0.99446Brunei DarussalamVery High0.99347FranceVery High0.99348SurinameHigh0.99349Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High0.99350ColombiaHigh0.99251FinlandVery High0.99252GuyanaHigh0.99253LebanonHigh0.99254PalauHigh0.99255CanadaVery High0.99156San MarinoVery High0.99157DenmarkVery High0.9958Trinidad and TobagoVery High0.9959HungaryVery High0.98960SpainVery High0.98961ArgentinaVery High0.98862ParaguayHigh0.98863SwedenVery High0.98864CzechiaVery High0.98765SerbiaVery High0.98766MaldivesHigh0.98667RomaniaVery High0.98668AustriaVery High0.98569GrenadaHigh0.98470MontenegroVery High0.98471PhilippinesHigh0.98472AzerbaijanHigh0.98373El SalvadorMedium0.98374IcelandVery High0.98375BelizeHigh0.98176Sao Tome and PrincipeMedium0.9877BelgiumVery High0.97978United KingdomVery High0.97979AustraliaVery High0.97780MaltaVery High0.97781SwitzerlandVery High0.97782ChinaHigh0.97683Hong Kong, China (SAR)Very High0.97684KiribatiMedium0.97685MexicoHigh0.97686Costa RicaVery High0.97587CubaHigh0.97588GermanyVery High0.97589ItalyVery High0.97590MalaysiaVery High0.97391New ZealandVery High0.97392MauritiusVery High0.97193NetherlandsVery High0.97194JapanVery High0.9795TuvaluMedium0.96996Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High0.96797ChileVery High0.96798Cabo VerdeMedium0.96499Eswatini (Kingdom of)Medium0.964100HondurasMedium0.964101LiechtensteinVery High0.964102AlbaniaVery High0.963103GreeceVery High0.963104Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High0.961105Marshall IslandsHigh0.96106GambiaLow0.959107Korea (Republic of)Very High0.959108KyrgyzstanHigh0.959109PeruHigh0.959110BhutanMedium0.958111BahrainVery High0.957112United Arab EmiratesVery High0.957113LibyaHigh0.955114NauruHigh0.955115North MacedoniaVery High0.955116SamoaHigh0.955117Micronesia (Federated States of)Medium0.953118NicaraguaHigh0.952119VanuatuMedium0.952120Sri LankaHigh0.951121Tanzania (United Republic of)Medium0.951122UzbekistanHigh0.951123ZambiaMedium0.949124FijiHigh0.948125MyanmarMedium0.947126IndonesiaHigh0.945127OmanVery High0.945128Palestine, State ofMedium0.945129KenyaMedium0.944130ZimbabweMedium0.944131CambodiaMedium0.939132Timor-LesteMedium0.939133TürkiyeVery High0.938134GuatemalaMedium0.934135MadagascarLow0.934136GhanaMedium0.933137BurundiLow0.932138HaitiMedium0.932139Saudi ArabiaVery High0.931140TunisiaHigh0.931141ComorosMedium0.929142Solomon IslandsMedium0.927143Papua New GuineaMedium0.926144TajikistanMedium0.926145MalawiLow0.925146CongoMedium0.924147SenegalLow0.924148RwandaMedium0.922149MozambiqueLow0.92150BangladeshMedium0.918151Lao People's Democratic RepublicMedium0.911152Côte d'IvoireMedium0.91153UgandaMedium0.908154AngolaMedium0.906155CameroonMedium0.898156EgyptHigh0.895157NigeriaMedium0.892158AlgeriaHigh0.887159Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low0.886160EthiopiaLow0.886161MauritaniaMedium0.886162Burkina FasoLow0.881163Guinea-BissauLow0.878164Iran (Islamic Republic of)High0.875165IndiaMedium0.874166BeninLow0.866167LiberiaLow0.865168TogoMedium0.865169JordanHigh0.861170MoroccoHigh0.859171NepalMedium0.858172NigerLow0.855173PakistanLow0.838174Sierra LeoneLow0.83175GuineaLow0.828176DjiboutiLow0.814177SudanLow0.813178MaliLow0.812179IraqMedium0.793180SomaliaLow0.793181ChadLow0.787182Syrian Arab RepublicMedium0.787183AfghanistanLow0.66184YemenLow0.407