Data for 1990

Gender Development Index, 1990

Name: Gender Development Index, 1990
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

1990, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 1990 covers 75 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 1.037; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.541. The middle country reads 0.941.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 1990

HighestUruguay

1.037

LowestPakistan

0.541

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

75countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
64distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gender Development Index, 1990, as published. UNDP Human Development Report Office ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gender Development Index, 1990: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.998
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.003
3	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.004
=4	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.987
=4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.987
6	United States`USA`Northern America	0.986
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.984
=8	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.983
=8	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.983
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.981
=11	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.978
=11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.978
=13	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.975
=13	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.975
=15	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.972
=15	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.972
17	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.971
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.970
19	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.968
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.967
21	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.965
22	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.037
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.963
=24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.959
=24	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.959
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.956
27	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.954
=28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.952
=28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.952
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.950
31	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.948
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.947
33	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.946
34	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.944
=35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.943
=35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.943
=35	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.943
38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.941
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.940
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.939
=41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.938
=41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.938
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.934
44	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.932
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.931
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.929
47	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.927
48	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.924
49	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.922
50	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.916
51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.913
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.912
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.901
54	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.898
55	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.882
56	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.875
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.863
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.853
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.852
60	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.844
=61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.833
=61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.833
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.824
64	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.822
65	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.812
66	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.811
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.780
68	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.775
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.764
70	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.756
71	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.736
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.731
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.728
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.674
75	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.541

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

22Uruguay1.037
3Estonia1.004
2Finland1.003
1Bahamas0.998
4Polandshared0.987

Lowest

75Pakistan0.541
74Nepal0.674
73India0.728
72Iran0.731
71Morocco0.736

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.941. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.
64 distinct values among 75
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.943. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 75 countries has every column.

04The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1990). Gender Development Index, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/1990

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