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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.

20 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
1NamibiaMedium1.0112LesothoMedium1.0063Sao Tome and PrincipeMedium0.984Cabo VerdeMedium0.9645Eswatini (Kingdom of)Medium0.9646Tanzania (United Republic of)Medium0.9517ZambiaMedium0.9498KenyaMedium0.9449ZimbabweMedium0.94410GhanaMedium0.93311ComorosMedium0.92912CongoMedium0.92413RwandaMedium0.92214Côte d'IvoireMedium0.9115UgandaMedium0.90816AngolaMedium0.90617CameroonMedium0.89818NigeriaMedium0.89219MauritaniaMedium0.88620TogoMedium0.865