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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.

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

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1UkraineHigh1.038 2MongoliaHigh1.03 3Moldova (Republic of)High1.029 4Dominican RepublicHigh1.024 5Saint LuciaHigh1.016 6JamaicaHigh1.013 7ThailandHigh1.008 8BrazilHigh1.002 9EcuadorHigh0.998 10TongaHigh0.998 11BotswanaHigh0.997 12Viet NamHigh0.997 13South AfricaHigh0.996 14GabonHigh0.994 15SurinameHigh0.993 16Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High0.993 17ColombiaHigh0.992 18GuyanaHigh0.992 19LebanonHigh0.992 20PalauHigh0.992 21ParaguayHigh0.988 22MaldivesHigh0.986 23GrenadaHigh0.984 24PhilippinesHigh0.984 25AzerbaijanHigh0.983 26BelizeHigh0.981 27ChinaHigh0.976 28MexicoHigh0.976 29CubaHigh0.975 30Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High0.961 31Marshall IslandsHigh0.96 32KyrgyzstanHigh0.959 33PeruHigh0.959 34LibyaHigh0.955 35NauruHigh0.955 36SamoaHigh0.955 37NicaraguaHigh0.952 38Sri LankaHigh0.951 39UzbekistanHigh0.951 40FijiHigh0.948 41IndonesiaHigh0.945 42TunisiaHigh0.931 43EgyptHigh0.895 44AlgeriaHigh0.887 45Iran (Islamic Republic of)High0.875 46JordanHigh0.861 47MoroccoHigh0.859