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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.

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

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All regions Arab States East Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa

1Dominican RepublicHigh1.024 2Saint LuciaHigh1.016 3JamaicaHigh1.013 4BrazilHigh1.002 5EcuadorHigh0.998 6SurinameHigh0.993 7Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High0.993 8ColombiaHigh0.992 9GuyanaHigh0.992 10ParaguayHigh0.988 11GrenadaHigh0.984 12BelizeHigh0.981 13MexicoHigh0.976 14CubaHigh0.975 15Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High0.961 16PeruHigh0.959 17NicaraguaHigh0.952