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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.

72 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
1QatarVery High1.0362BarbadosVery High1.0353Antigua and BarbudaVery High1.0314LatviaVery High1.0265EstoniaVery High1.0236Russian FederationVery High1.0237LithuaniaVery High1.0228UruguayVery High1.0179BahamasVery High1.01510PanamaVery High1.01411PolandVery High1.01212KuwaitVery High1.01113BelarusVery High1.00914GeorgiaVery High1.00915United StatesVery High1.00916ArmeniaVery High1.00617KazakhstanVery High1.00418SeychellesVery High1.00419IrelandVery High1.00120BulgariaVery High121PortugalVery High122CroatiaVery High0.99923SlovakiaVery High0.99924SloveniaVery High0.99725CyprusVery High0.99626LuxembourgVery High0.99627NorwayVery High0.99528IsraelVery High0.99429SingaporeVery High0.99430Brunei DarussalamVery High0.99331FranceVery High0.99332FinlandVery High0.99233CanadaVery High0.99134San MarinoVery High0.99135DenmarkVery High0.9936Trinidad and TobagoVery High0.9937HungaryVery High0.98938SpainVery High0.98939ArgentinaVery High0.98840SwedenVery High0.98841CzechiaVery High0.98742SerbiaVery High0.98743RomaniaVery High0.98644AustriaVery High0.98545MontenegroVery High0.98446IcelandVery High0.98347BelgiumVery High0.97948United KingdomVery High0.97949AustraliaVery High0.97750MaltaVery High0.97751SwitzerlandVery High0.97752Hong Kong, China (SAR)Very High0.97653Costa RicaVery High0.97554GermanyVery High0.97555ItalyVery High0.97556MalaysiaVery High0.97357New ZealandVery High0.97358MauritiusVery High0.97159NetherlandsVery High0.97160JapanVery High0.9761Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High0.96762ChileVery High0.96763LiechtensteinVery High0.96464AlbaniaVery High0.96365GreeceVery High0.96366Korea (Republic of)Very High0.95967BahrainVery High0.95768United Arab EmiratesVery High0.95769North MacedoniaVery High0.95570OmanVery High0.94571TürkiyeVery High0.93872Saudi ArabiaVery High0.931