Data for 1993

Gender Development Index, 1993

Name: Gender Development Index, 1993
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

1993, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 1993 covers 77 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 1.029; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.590. The middle country reads 0.944. Against 1992, 69 values changed (46 up, 23 down), 1 country joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 1993

HighestUruguay

1.029

LowestPakistan

0.590

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

77countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
63distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.999
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.998
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.003
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.004
=5	Colombia`COL`South America	1.008
=5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.992
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.012
8	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.987
9	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.986
=10	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.983
=10	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.983
=12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.981
=12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.981
=12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.981
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.979
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.977
17	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.976
18	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.029
19	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.971
=20	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.970
=20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.970
=20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.970
23	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.969
=24	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.968
=24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.968
=24	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.968
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.966
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.964
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.963
30	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.961
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.958
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.957
33	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.951
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.949
=35	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.947
=35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.947
=37	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.946
=37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.946
=39	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.944
=39	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.944
41	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.943
=42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.942
=42	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.942
44	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.940
45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.939
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.937
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.936
48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.934
=49	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.931
=49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.931
51	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.928
52	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.927
53	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.925
54	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.921
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.918
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.911
57	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.908
58	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.902
=59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.887
=59	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.887
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.879
62	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.877
63	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.847
64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.835
65	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.833
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.827
67	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.824
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.821
69	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.820
=70	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.786
=70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.786
72	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.785
73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.757
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.732
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.724
76	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.723
77	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.590

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

18Uruguay1.029
7Estonia1.012
5Colombia1.008
4Sweden1.004
3Finland1.003

Lowest

77Pakistan0.590
76India0.723
75Nepal0.724
74Morocco0.732
73Iran0.757

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

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
69values changed, of 76 in both
46 · 23rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

South Korea0.906 → 0.928+0.022
Philippines0.947 → 0.968+0.021
Nepal0.707 → 0.724+0.017
Sweden0.988 → 1.004+0.016
Saint Lucia0.987 → 0.998+0.011

Fell most

Dominican Republic0.929 → 0.887−0.042
Japan0.955 → 0.944−0.011
Albania0.948 → 0.937−0.011
Czechia0.959 → 0.949−0.010
Ghana0.830 → 0.820−0.010

+ Belize

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 1993.
63 distinct values among 77
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.981. 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 77 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1993). Gender Development Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/1993

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