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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.

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

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1NamibiaMedium1.011 2LesothoMedium1.006 3El SalvadorMedium0.983 4Sao Tome and PrincipeMedium0.98 5KiribatiMedium0.976 6TuvaluMedium0.969 7Cabo VerdeMedium0.964 8Eswatini (Kingdom of)Medium0.964 9HondurasMedium0.964 10BhutanMedium0.958 11Micronesia (Federated States of)Medium0.953 12VanuatuMedium0.952 13Tanzania (United Republic of)Medium0.951 14ZambiaMedium0.949 15MyanmarMedium0.947 16Palestine, State ofMedium0.945 17KenyaMedium0.944 18ZimbabweMedium0.944 19CambodiaMedium0.939 20Timor-LesteMedium0.939 21GuatemalaMedium0.934 22GhanaMedium0.933 23HaitiMedium0.932 24ComorosMedium0.929 25Solomon IslandsMedium0.927 26Papua New GuineaMedium0.926 27TajikistanMedium0.926 28CongoMedium0.924 29RwandaMedium0.922 30BangladeshMedium0.918 31Lao People's Democratic RepublicMedium0.911 32Côte d'IvoireMedium0.91 33UgandaMedium0.908 34AngolaMedium0.906 35CameroonMedium0.898 36NigeriaMedium0.892 37MauritaniaMedium0.886 38IndiaMedium0.874 39TogoMedium0.865 40NepalMedium0.858 41IraqMedium0.793 42Syrian Arab RepublicMedium0.787