Data for 1991

Gender Development Index, 1991

Name: Gender Development Index, 1991
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

1991, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 1991 covers 76 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 1.032; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.572. The middle country reads 0.944. Against 1990, 67 values changed (52 up, 15 down), 1 country joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 1991

HighestUruguay

1.032

LowestPakistan

0.572

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

76countries
1measure
1991the 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.001
=2	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.005
=2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.005
4	Colombia`COL`South America	0.995
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.989
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.988
7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.987
8	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.985
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.984
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.980
=11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.978
=11	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.978
13	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.977
14	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.975
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.973
=16	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.972
=16	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.972
=18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.971
=18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.971
=20	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.969
=20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.969
=20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.969
23	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.032
24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.965
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.962
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.961
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.959
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.958
=29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.953
=29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.953
=29	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.953
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.951
33	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.949
34	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.948
35	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.947
36	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.946
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.945
=38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.944
=38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.944
40	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.943
41	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.941
42	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.940
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.938
44	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.937
45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.936
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.933
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.928
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.927
49	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.926
50	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.921
=51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.916
=51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.916
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.912
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.904
=55	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.903
=55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.903
57	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.882
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.869
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.859
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.849
61	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.845
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.837
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.832
64	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.829
=65	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.822
=65	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.822
67	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.819
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.816
69	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.779
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.767
71	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.756
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.742
73	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.738
74	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.727
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.694
76	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.572

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

23Uruguay1.032
2Estoniashared1.005
2Finlandshared1.005
1Bahamas1.001
4Colombia0.995

Lowest

76Pakistan0.572
75Nepal0.694
74India0.727
73Morocco0.738
72Iran0.742

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.944. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
67values changed, of 75 in both
52 · 15rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Mexico0.863 → 0.903+0.040
Zambia0.780 → 0.816+0.036
Pakistan0.541 → 0.572+0.031
Honduras0.882 → 0.903+0.021
Nepal0.674 → 0.694+0.020

Fell most

Paraguay0.927 → 0.837−0.090
Sri Lanka0.959 → 0.947−0.012
Greece0.938 → 0.927−0.011
Portugal0.983 → 0.973−0.010
Uruguay1.037 → 1.032−0.005

+ Colombia

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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 1991.
64 distinct values among 76
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.969. 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 76 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1991). Gender Development Index, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/1991

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