Data for 1992

Gender Development Index, 1992

Name: Gender Development Index, 1992
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

1992, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 1992 covers 76 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 1.032; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.581. The middle country reads 0.946. Against 1991, 69 values changed (58 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 1992

HighestUruguay

1.032

LowestPakistan

0.581

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

76countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
65distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.999
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.007
3	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.009
4	United States`USA`Northern America	0.990
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.988
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.987
7	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.986
8	Colombia`COL`South America	1.015
9	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.985
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.984
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.983
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.981
=13	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.980
=13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.980
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.979
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.976
17	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.975
=18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.974
=18	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.974
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.972
21	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.970
=22	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.969
=22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.969
24	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.032
=25	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.964
=25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.964
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.963
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.962
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.959
30	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.958
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.957
=32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.955
=32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.955
34	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.948
=35	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.947
=35	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.947
=35	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.947
38	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.946
=39	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.945
=39	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.945
=41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.944
=41	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.944
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.943
44	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.941
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.940
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.939
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.935
=48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.933
=48	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.933
50	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.931
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.929
52	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.922
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.920
54	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.914
55	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.909
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.907
57	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.906
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.903
59	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.885
60	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.877
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.873
62	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.845
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.832
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.831
65	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.830
=66	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.824
=66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.824
68	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.815
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.781
70	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.780
71	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.776
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.750
73	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.735
74	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.726
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.707
76	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.581

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

24Uruguay1.032
8Colombia1.015
3Estonia1.009
2Finland1.007
1Bahamas0.999

Lowest

76Pakistan0.581
75Nepal0.707
74India0.726
73Morocco0.735
72Iran0.750

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.946. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
69values changed, of 76 in both
58 · 11rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Paraguay0.837 → 0.933+0.096
China0.869 → 0.903+0.034
Indonesia0.849 → 0.873+0.024
Bangladesh0.756 → 0.776+0.020
Colombia0.995 → 1.015+0.020

Fell most

Burundi0.829 → 0.824−0.005
Botswana0.949 → 0.945−0.004
Sri Lanka0.947 → 0.943−0.004
Poland0.987 → 0.983−0.004
Saudi Arabia0.819 → 0.815−0.004

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 1992.
65 distinct values among 76
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.947. 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 (1992). Gender Development Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/1992

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