Data for 2004

Gender Development Index, 2004

Name: Gender Development Index, 2004
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2004, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2004 covers 146 countries. Russia is highest, at 1.052; Yemen is lowest, at 0.597. The middle country reads 0.952. Against 2003, 126 values changed (85 up, 41 down), 5 countries joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2004

HighestRussia

1.052

LowestYemen

0.597

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

146countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
106distinct 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
=1	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.000
=1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.000
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.001
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.999
5	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.998
=6	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.997
=6	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.997
=6	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.997
=9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.996
=9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.996
11	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.995
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.994
13	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.993
=14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.992
=14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.992
16	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.009
=17	Colombia`COL`South America	0.990
=17	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.010
19	United States`USA`Northern America	0.989
=20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.987
=20	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.987
=20	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.987
=23	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.986
=23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.014
=23	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.986
26	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.015
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.984
28	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.017
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.980
=30	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.979
=30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.979
=32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.978
=32	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.978
34	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.977
=35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.976
=35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.024
=35	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.976
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.975
39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.026
40	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.972
=41	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.971
=41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.971
43	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.970
44	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.969
=45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.968
=45	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.968
=45	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.968
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.967
=49	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.966
=49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.966
51	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.035
=52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.963
=52	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.963
=54	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.962
=54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.038
=54	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.962
=54	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.962
=58	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.961
=58	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.961
=58	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.961
=61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.960
=61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.960
=63	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.959
=63	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.959
=63	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.959
=66	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.958
=66	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.958
=68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.956
=68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.044
=70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.953
=70	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.953
=72	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.952
=72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.952
74	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.951
=75	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.950
=75	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.950
=75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.950
78	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.052
=79	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.944
=79	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.944
81	Chile`CHL`South America	0.943
82	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.942
83	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.941
84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.940
=85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.939
=85	Peru`PER`South America	0.939
=87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.937
=87	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.937
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.936
90	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.935
91	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.934
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.933
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.930
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.928
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.927
96	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.926
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.925
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.918
=99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.916
=99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.916
101	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.915
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.912
=103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.908
=103	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.908
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.905
106	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.899
107	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.896
108	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.880
109	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.879
=110	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.878
=110	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.878
112	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.873
113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.872
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.869
=115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.868
=115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.868
117	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.866
118	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.861
=119	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.856
=119	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.856
=119	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.856
122	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.855
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.854
=124	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.853
=124	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.853
=126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.851
=126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.851
128	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.849
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.840
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.835
131	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.830
132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.827
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.823
134	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.817
135	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.813
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.809
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.804
138	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.803
=139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.802
=139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.802
141	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.800
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.774
143	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.756
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.676
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.667
146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.597

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

78Russia1.052
68Mongolia1.044
54Latvia1.038
51Estonia1.035
39Belarus1.026

Lowest

146Yemen0.597
145Pakistan0.667
144Niger0.676
143Iraq0.756
142Ethiopia0.774

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

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 141 in both
85 · 41rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Tajikistan0.824 → 0.879+0.055
Iraq0.731 → 0.756+0.025
Ethiopia0.753 → 0.774+0.021
Armenia0.931 → 0.950+0.019
Algeria0.804 → 0.823+0.019

Fell most

Cambodia0.889 → 0.872−0.017
Yemen0.614 → 0.597−0.017
Ireland0.984 → 0.968−0.016
Panama0.989 → 0.977−0.012
Malta0.926 → 0.915−0.011

+ Angola

+ Mali

+ Palestine

+ Serbia

+ Suriname

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 2004.
106 distinct values among 146
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.997. 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 146 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2004). Gender Development Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2004

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