Data for 2000

Gender Development Index, 2000

Name: Gender Development Index, 2000
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2000, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2000 covers 138 countries. Latvia is highest, at 1.034; Yemen is lowest, at 0.624. The middle country reads 0.946. Against 1999, 100 values changed (74 up, 26 down), 27 countries joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2000

HighestLatvia

1.034

LowestYemen

0.624

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

138countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
105distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.001
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.998
3	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.003
4	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.997
=5	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.996
=5	Colombia`COL`South America	0.996
=5	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.004
=5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.996
=5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.996
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.995
11	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.994
12	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.007
=13	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.993
=13	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.993
15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.992
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.991
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.990
18	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.011
19	United States`USA`Northern America	0.988
=20	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.013
=20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.013
22	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.987
=23	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.986
=23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.986
=23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.986
26	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.985
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.983
28	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.982
=29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.981
=29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.981
=29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.981
32	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.020
=33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.979
=33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.979
=35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.978
=35	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.978
37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.977
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.976
=39	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.974
=39	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.974
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.973
42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.028
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.971
=44	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.970
=44	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.970
46	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.969
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.968
=48	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.967
=48	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.967
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.034
=51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.961
=51	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.961
=53	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.959
=53	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.959
55	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.958
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.957
=57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.956
=57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.956
=59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.955
=59	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.955
=59	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.955
=59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.955
=59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.955
64	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.954
65	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.952
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.951
67	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.947
=68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.946
=68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.946
70	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.945
=71	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.944
=71	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.944
=73	Chile`CHL`South America	0.943
=73	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.943
=73	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.943
=76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.942
=76	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.942
=78	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.941
=78	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.941
80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.936
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.935
=82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.933
=82	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.933
84	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.931
=85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.929
=85	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.929
=87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.926
=87	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.926
89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.925
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.924
91	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.921
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.919
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.917
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.916
95	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.915
96	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.911
97	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.909
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.899
99	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.896
=100	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.894
=100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.894
102	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.883
103	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.882
104	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.881
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.877
106	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.875
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.873
=108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.870
=108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.870
110	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.868
111	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.865
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.858
113	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.852
114	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.849
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.848
116	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.845
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.844
118	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.842
119	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.838
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.833
121	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.830
122	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.827
123	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.826
124	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.825
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.820
126	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.817
=127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.804
=127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.804
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.792
130	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.790
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.789
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.784
133	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.764
134	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.726
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.724
136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.662
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.651
138	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.624

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

50Latvia1.034
42Estonia1.028
32Belarus1.020
20Lithuaniashared1.013
20San Marinoshared1.013

Lowest

138Yemen0.624
137Pakistan0.651
136Niger0.662
135Iraq0.724
134Ethiopia0.726

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

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+27 / −0countries joined / left
100values changed, of 111 in both
74 · 26rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

South Africa0.962 → 0.997+0.035
Nepal0.777 → 0.804+0.027
Malta0.898 → 0.915+0.017
Mongolia0.991 → 1.007+0.016
Latvia1.023 → 1.034+0.011

Fell most

Armenia0.982 → 0.942−0.040
Lesotho1.008 → 0.985−0.023
Panama0.987 → 0.970−0.017
Zambia0.819 → 0.804−0.015
Bolivia0.921 → 0.909−0.012

+ Brazil

+ Comoros

+ Costa Rica

+ Algeria

+ Ethiopia

+ Fiji

+ Georgia

+ Guatemala

+ Jordan

+ Kazakhstan

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Cambodia

+ Liechtenstein

+ Luxembourg

+ Madagascar

+ Maldives

+ North Macedonia

+ Mauritania

+ Niger

+ Nicaragua

+ Oman

+ Papua New Guinea

+ San Marino

+ Tuvalu

+ Tanzania

+ Uganda

+ Uzbekistan

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 2000.
105 distinct values among 138
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.955. 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 138 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2000). Gender Development Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2000

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