Data for 2003

Gender Development Index, 2003

Name: Gender Development Index, 2003
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2003, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2003 covers 141 countries. Russia is highest, at 1.051; Yemen is lowest, at 0.614. The middle country reads 0.948. Against 2002, 127 values changed (88 up, 39 down), 2 countries joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2003

HighestRussia

1.051

LowestYemen

0.614

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

141countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
98distinct 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.000
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.001
3	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.002
=4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.003
=4	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.003
=6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.997
=6	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.997
=8	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.995
=8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.995
10	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.994
=11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.993
=11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.993
=13	Colombia`COL`South America	0.991
=13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.991
=13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.991
=13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.991
=17	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.010
=17	United States`USA`Northern America	0.990
=19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.989
=19	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.989
=21	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.988
=21	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.988
=23	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.986
=23	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.014
=23	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.014
26	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.985
=27	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.984
=27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.984
29	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.018
=30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.980
=30	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.980
=32	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.978
=32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.022
=34	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.976
=34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.976
=34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.976
37	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.975
=38	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.026
=38	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.026
=38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.974
41	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.973
42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.972
=43	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.971
=43	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.971
45	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.970
=46	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.966
=46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.966
=46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.966
=46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.966
=50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.035
=50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.035
=52	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.965
=52	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.965
54	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.964
55	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.963
=56	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.961
=56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.961
=56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.961
=56	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.961
=60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.960
=60	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.960
=60	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.960
63	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.959
=64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.958
=64	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.958
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.957
67	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.955
68	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.953
69	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.952
70	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.051
=71	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.948
=71	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.948
73	Chile`CHL`South America	0.946
=74	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.945
=74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.945
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.944
=77	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.943
=77	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.943
79	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.942
80	Peru`PER`South America	0.940
81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.938
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.937
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.936
=84	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.932
=84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.932
=84	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.932
=87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.931
=87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.931
=87	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.931
90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.928
91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.927
=92	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.926
=92	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.926
=92	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.926
95	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.924
=96	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.920
=96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.920
=98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.915
=98	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.915
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.913
101	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.911
102	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.903
103	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.897
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.893
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.892
106	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.889
107	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.879
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.877
109	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.871
=110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.866
=110	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.866
=110	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.866
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.865
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.861
115	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.855
=116	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.854
=116	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.854
=118	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.853
=118	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.853
=120	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.852
=120	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.852
122	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.851
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.849
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.845
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.835
126	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.832
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.829
128	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.824
129	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.819
130	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.807
131	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.806
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.804
133	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.803
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.798
135	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.794
136	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.790
137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.753
138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.731
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.675
140	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.671
141	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.614

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

70Russia1.051
50Estoniashared1.035
50Latviashared1.035
38Belarusshared1.026
38Mongoliashared1.026

Lowest

141Yemen0.614
140Pakistan0.671
139Niger0.675
138Iraq0.731
137Ethiopia0.753

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

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
127values changed, of 139 in both
88 · 39rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Uganda0.856 → 0.897+0.041
Pakistan0.631 → 0.671+0.040
Philippines0.967 → 0.991+0.024
Nepal0.832 → 0.854+0.022
Kuwait0.982 → 1.003+0.021

Fell most

Tajikistan0.877 → 0.824−0.053
Bangladesh0.820 → 0.790−0.030
Luxembourg0.988 → 0.972−0.016
Albania0.935 → 0.920−0.015
Syria0.830 → 0.819−0.011

+ Russia

+ Sierra Leone

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 2003.
98 distinct values among 141
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.991. 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 141 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2003). Gender Development Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2003

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