Data for 1998

Gender Development Index, 1998

Name: Gender Development Index, 1998
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

1998, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 1998 covers 109 countries. Estonia is highest, at 1.026; Yemen is lowest, at 0.611. The middle country reads 0.952. Against 1997, 99 values changed (71 up, 28 down), 2 countries joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 1998

HighestEstonia

1.026

LowestYemen

0.611

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

109countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
85distinct 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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.998
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.003
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.995
4	United States`USA`Northern America	0.994
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.007
6	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.009
=7	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.991
=7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.991
=9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.990
=9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.990
=9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.990
12	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.013
=13	Colombia`COL`South America	0.987
=13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.987
=13	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.987
16	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.015
=17	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.985
=17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.985
=19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.984
=19	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.984
=21	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.983
=21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.983
=23	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.981
=23	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.981
=23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.981
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.979
=27	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.022
=27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.978
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.023
30	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.977
=31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.976
=31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.976
=31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.976
34	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.975
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.026
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.973
=37	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.972
=37	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.972
39	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.970
40	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.968
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.967
=42	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.966
=42	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.966
44	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.965
=45	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.963
=45	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.963
=47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.958
=47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.958
49	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.957
=50	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.956
=50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.956
=50	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.956
=53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.955
=53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.955
=55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.952
=55	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.952
=55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.952
58	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.950
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.949
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.948
61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.947
=62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.945
=62	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.945
64	Chile`CHL`South America	0.944
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.942
66	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.938
=67	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.937
=67	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.937
=67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.937
70	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.936
71	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.933
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.931
73	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.930
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.929
75	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.928
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.926
77	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.925
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.924
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.918
80	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.913
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.912
82	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.903
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.900
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.893
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.888
86	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.876
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.863
88	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.861
89	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.859
90	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.855
91	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.847
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.844
93	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.839
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.836
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.833
96	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.832
97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.822
98	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.816
99	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.814
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.807
101	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.799
102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.790
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.785
104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.777
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.762
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.747
107	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.712
108	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.629
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.611

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

35Estonia1.026
29Latvia1.023
27Belarus1.022
16Uruguay1.015
12Ukraine1.013

Lowest

109Yemen0.611
108Pakistan0.629
107Iraq0.712
106India0.747
105Morocco0.762

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.952. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 107 in both
71 · 28rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Syria0.770 → 0.799+0.029
Burundi0.840 → 0.861+0.021
Bahrain0.913 → 0.933+0.020
Botswana0.950 → 0.970+0.020
Panama0.967 → 0.987+0.020

Fell most

Honduras0.931 → 0.913−0.018
Philippines0.973 → 0.955−0.018
Lesotho1.026 → 1.009−0.017
Namibia0.956 → 0.942−0.014
Sweden1.002 → 0.990−0.012

+ Malawi

+ Malaysia

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 1998.
85 distinct values among 109
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.990. 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 109 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1998). Gender Development Index, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/1998

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