Data for 1995

Gender Development Index, 1995

Name: Gender Development Index, 1995
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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1995, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 1995 covers 106 countries. Estonia is highest, at 1.029; Yemen is lowest, at 0.567. The middle country reads 0.948. Against 1994, 71 values changed (54 up, 17 down), 26 countries joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 1995

HighestEstonia

1.029

LowestYemen

0.567

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

106countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
82distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.001
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.998
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.997
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.004
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.005
6	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.995
7	United States`USA`Northern America	0.992
8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.990
9	Colombia`COL`South America	0.988
=10	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.987
=10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.987
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.983
13	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.982
14	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.019
=15	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.981
=15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.981
=15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.981
=15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.981
=19	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.021
=19	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.021
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.979
22	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.978
23	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.976
=24	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.975
=24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.975
26	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.974
=27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.973
=27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.973
29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.029
=30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.971
=30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.971
=32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.970
=32	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.970
=32	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.970
=32	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.970
36	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.969
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.968
38	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.966
39	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.965
=40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.964
=40	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.964
=40	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.964
=40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.964
44	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.963
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.962
46	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.958
=47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.956
=47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.956
49	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.953
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.952
51	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.951
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.949
=53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.948
=53	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.948
55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.947
=56	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.946
=56	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.946
=58	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.943
=58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.943
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.942
61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.941
=62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.940
=62	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.940
=64	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.938
=64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.938
66	Chile`CHL`South America	0.937
67	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.934
68	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.933
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.931
70	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.930
=71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.929
=71	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.929
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.926
74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.921
75	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.916
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.914
=77	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.911
=77	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.911
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.901
=80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.891
=80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.891
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.886
83	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.882
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.881
85	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.857
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.855
87	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.835
=88	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.832
=88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.832
90	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.830
91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.828
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.823
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.813
94	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.812
95	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.806
96	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.802
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.795
98	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.790
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.775
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.770
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.753
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.736
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.724
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.667
105	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.594
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.567

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

29Estonia1.029
19Belarusshared1.021
19Uruguayshared1.021
14Ukraine1.019
5Finland1.005

Lowest

106Yemen0.567
105Pakistan0.594
104Iraq0.667
103India0.724
102Benin0.736

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.948. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+26 / −0countries joined / left
71values changed, of 80 in both
54 · 17rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Morocco0.729 → 0.775+0.046
Yemen0.549 → 0.567+0.018
Bolivia0.876 → 0.891+0.015
Nepal0.738 → 0.753+0.015
Paraguay0.937 → 0.952+0.015

Fell most

Mauritius0.924 → 0.901−0.023
Bahrain0.930 → 0.911−0.019
Sri Lanka0.951 → 0.938−0.013
Albania0.931 → 0.921−0.010
Namibia0.978 → 0.970−0.008

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Armenia

+ Azerbaijan

+ Benin

+ Belarus

+ Cameroon

+ Cuba

+ Gabon

+ Croatia

+ Iraq

+ Jamaica

+ Kuwait

+ Laos

+ Lesotho

+ Lithuania

+ Mongolia

+ Mozambique

+ Panama

+ Qatar

+ Rwanda

+ El Salvador

+ Tonga

+ Ukraine

+ Venezuela

+ Vietnam

+ Samoa

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

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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 1995.
82 distinct values among 106
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 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 106 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1995). Gender Development Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/1995

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