Data for 2005

Gender Development Index, 2005

Name: Gender Development Index, 2005
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2005, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2005 covers 160 countries. Russia is highest, at 1.053; Yemen is lowest, at 0.604. The middle country reads 0.950. Against 2004, 132 values changed (92 up, 40 down), 14 countries joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2005

HighestRussia

1.053

LowestYemen

0.604

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

160countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
115distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.000
=2	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.999
=2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.999
=2	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.999
=5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.002
=5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.002
=5	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.002
8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.003
9	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.997
=10	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.996
=10	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.004
=10	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.996
13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.005
14	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.994
=15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.991
=15	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.991
=15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.991
=18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.990
=18	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.990
=20	Colombia`COL`South America	0.988
=20	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.988
22	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.013
23	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.987
=24	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.014
=24	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.014
26	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.015
=27	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.985
=27	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.985
29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.017
30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.983
31	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.982
=32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.980
=32	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.980
=34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.979
=34	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.979
36	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.978
=37	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.975
=37	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.975
=39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.026
=39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.974
=39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.974
42	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.973
=43	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.972
=43	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.972
=45	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.971
=45	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.971
=47	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.969
=47	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.969
=49	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.968
=49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.032
=51	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.967
=51	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.967
=51	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.967
=54	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.964
=54	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.964
56	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.037
=57	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.963
=57	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.963
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.962
=60	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.961
=60	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.961
=62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.960
=62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.960
=64	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.959
=64	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.959
=66	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.042
=66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.958
=66	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.958
=69	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.956
=69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.956
=71	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.955
=71	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.955
=73	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.046
=73	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.954
75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.953
76	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.952
77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.951
=78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.950
=78	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.950
=78	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.950
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.949
82	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.948
83	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.053
84	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.946
=85	Chile`CHL`South America	0.945
=85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.945
=85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.945
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.943
89	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.941
=90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.940
=90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.940
=90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.940
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.939
94	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.937
=95	Peru`PER`South America	0.936
=95	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.936
=95	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.936
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.934
99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.931
100	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.930
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.929
102	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.925
103	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.924
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.923
105	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.922
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.919
107	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.916
108	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.914
109	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.911
=110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.900
=110	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.900
=112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.899
=112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.899
114	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.888
115	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.887
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.886
117	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.885
118	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.883
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.881
=120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.876
=120	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.876
122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.875
123	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.872
124	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.871
125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.868
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.865
127	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.864
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.863
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.862
130	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.860
131	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.859
132	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.858
133	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.857
=134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.855
=134	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.855
=136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.846
=136	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.846
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.840
139	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.836
140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.835
141	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.827
=142	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.819
=142	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.819
144	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.815
=145	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.814
=145	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.814
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.812
148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.810
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.807
150	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.806
=151	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.799
=151	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.799
=151	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.799
154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.798
155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.779
156	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.774
157	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.763
158	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.691
159	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.670
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.604

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

83Russia1.053
73Latvia1.046
66Mongolia1.042
56Lithuania1.037
49Estonia1.032

Lowest

160Yemen0.604
159Pakistan0.670
158Niger0.691
157Iraq0.763
156Liberia0.774

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.950. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+14 / −0countries joined / left
132values changed, of 146 in both
92 · 40rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Honduras0.937 → 0.979+0.042
Nicaragua0.927 → 0.956+0.029
Fiji0.918 → 0.939+0.021
Kenya0.868 → 0.885+0.017
Sri Lanka0.936 → 0.953+0.017

Fell most

Uganda0.908 → 0.855−0.053
United Kingdom0.976 → 0.963−0.013
Germany0.958 → 0.946−0.012
Guatemala0.912 → 0.900−0.012
Netherlands0.962 → 0.950−0.012

+ Burkina Faso

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ DR Congo

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Kiribati

+ Lebanon

+ Liberia

+ Moldova

+ Montenegro

+ Nauru

+ Senegal

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Togo

+ Vanuatu

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 2005.
115 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.999. 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 160 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2005). Gender Development Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2005

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