Data for 2001

Gender Development Index, 2001

Name: Gender Development Index, 2001
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2001, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2001 covers 139 countries. Latvia is highest, at 1.037; Yemen is lowest, at 0.624. The middle country reads 0.947. Against 2000, 128 values changed (85 up, 43 down), 1 country joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2001

HighestLatvia

1.037

LowestYemen

0.624

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

139countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
101distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.002
2	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.003
=3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.997
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.997
5	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.995
6	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.994
=7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.993
=7	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.993
=7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.993
=7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.993
11	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.992
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.009
=13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.990
=13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.990
=15	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.989
=15	United States`USA`Northern America	0.989
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.988
18	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.013
=19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.986
=19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.986
=19	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.986
22	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.985
=23	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.016
=23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.984
=25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.983
=25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.983
=27	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.982
=27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.982
29	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.019
30	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.981
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.020
=32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.979
=32	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.979
=34	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.022
=34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.978
=34	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.022
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.977
=38	Colombia`COL`South America	0.976
=38	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.976
40	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.974
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.972
42	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.971
43	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.970
=44	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.969
=44	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.969
=44	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.969
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.968
=48	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.966
=48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.966
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.035
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.965
52	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.037
53	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.961
=54	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.960
=54	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.960
=54	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.960
=54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.960
=58	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.959
=58	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.959
=60	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.958
=60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.958
=62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.957
=62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.957
=62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.957
=65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.953
=65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.953
67	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.950
=68	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.948
=68	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.948
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.947
=71	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.944
=71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.944
=71	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.944
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.943
75	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.942
=76	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.941
=76	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.941
78	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.939
79	Chile`CHL`South America	0.938
=80	Peru`PER`South America	0.934
=80	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.934
82	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.933
=83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.931
=83	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.931
=85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.930
=85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.930
=87	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.928
=87	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.928
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.927
90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.924
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.923
92	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.921
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.920
=94	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.919
=94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.919
96	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.914
97	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.913
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.905
=99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.901
=99	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.901
=101	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.895
=101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.895
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.894
104	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.886
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.880
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.872
107	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.871
108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.870
109	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.868
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.867
111	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.866
112	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.859
113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.857
114	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.855
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.854
=116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.853
=116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.853
=118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.847
=118	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.847
120	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.841
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.839
122	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.836
123	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.834
124	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.832
125	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.826
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.825
127	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.819
128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.817
129	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.815
130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.793
=131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.792
=131	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.792
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.790
134	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.786
135	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.740
136	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.729
137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.675
138	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.654
139	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.624

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

52Latvia1.037
50Estonia1.035
34Belarusshared1.022
34Mongoliashared1.022
31Lithuania1.020

Lowest

139Yemen0.624
138Pakistan0.654
137Niger0.675
136Iraq0.729
135Ethiopia0.740

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.947. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 138 in both
85 · 43rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Philippines0.956 → 0.986+0.030
Qatar0.996 → 1.019+0.023
Costa Rica0.946 → 0.968+0.022
India0.764 → 0.786+0.022
Jamaica0.973 → 0.995+0.022

Fell most

South Africa0.997 → 0.972−0.025
Colombia0.996 → 0.976−0.020
Oman0.875 → 0.859−0.016
Botswana0.957 → 0.944−0.013
Zimbabwe0.870 → 0.857−0.013

+ Peru

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 2001.
101 distinct values among 139
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.993. 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 139 countries has every column.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2001). Gender Development Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2001

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