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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.

30 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
1BarbadosVery High1.0352Antigua and BarbudaVery High1.0313Dominican RepublicHigh1.0244UruguayVery High1.0175Saint LuciaHigh1.0166BahamasVery High1.0157PanamaVery High1.0148JamaicaHigh1.0139BrazilHigh1.00210EcuadorHigh0.99811SurinameHigh0.99312Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High0.99313ColombiaHigh0.99214GuyanaHigh0.99215Trinidad and TobagoVery High0.9916ArgentinaVery High0.98817ParaguayHigh0.98818GrenadaHigh0.98419El SalvadorMedium0.98320BelizeHigh0.98121MexicoHigh0.97622Costa RicaVery High0.97523CubaHigh0.97524ChileVery High0.96725HondurasMedium0.96426Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High0.96127PeruHigh0.95928NicaraguaHigh0.95229GuatemalaMedium0.93430HaitiMedium0.932