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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 3SeychellesVery High1.004 4BotswanaHigh0.997 5South AfricaHigh0.996 6GabonHigh0.994 7Sao Tome and PrincipeMedium0.98 8MauritiusVery High0.971 9Cabo VerdeMedium0.964 10Eswatini (Kingdom of)Medium0.964 11GambiaLow0.959 12Tanzania (United Republic of)Medium0.951 13ZambiaMedium0.949 14KenyaMedium0.944 15ZimbabweMedium0.944 16MadagascarLow0.934 17GhanaMedium0.933 18BurundiLow0.932 19ComorosMedium0.929 20MalawiLow0.925 21CongoMedium0.924 22SenegalLow0.924 23RwandaMedium0.922 24MozambiqueLow0.92 25Côte d'IvoireMedium0.91 26UgandaMedium0.908 27AngolaMedium0.906 28CameroonMedium0.898 29NigeriaMedium0.892 30Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low0.886 31EthiopiaLow0.886 32MauritaniaMedium0.886 33Burkina FasoLow0.881 34Guinea-BissauLow0.878 35BeninLow0.866 36LiberiaLow0.865 37TogoMedium0.865 38NigerLow0.855 39Sierra LeoneLow0.83 40GuineaLow0.828 41MaliLow0.812 42ChadLow0.787