Data for 2006

Gender Development Index, 2006

Name: Gender Development Index, 2006
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2006, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2006 covers 160 countries. Latvia is highest, at 1.048; Yemen is lowest, at 0.611. The middle country reads 0.952. Against 2005, 144 values changed (113 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2006

HighestLatvia

1.048

LowestYemen

0.611

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

160countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
110distinct 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.001
=2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.999
=2	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.999
=4	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.998
=4	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.002
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.003
=7	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.997
=7	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.997
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.004
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.005
=11	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.994
=11	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.006
13	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.007
=14	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.993
=14	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.993
=14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.993
=17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.992
=17	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.008
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.009
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.991
=21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.990
=21	United States`USA`Northern America	0.990
=23	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.011
=23	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.011
=25	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.986
=25	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.986
27	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.015
28	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.984
29	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.982
=30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.980
=30	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.980
32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.021
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.979
=34	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.978
=34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.978
36	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.023
=37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.977
=37	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.977
39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.976
=40	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.975
=40	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.975
=42	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.974
=42	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.974
44	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.027
45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.973
=46	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.972
=46	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.972
48	Colombia`COL`South America	0.971
49	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.969
50	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.968
51	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.967
=52	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.966
=52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.966
=52	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.966
55	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.035
=56	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.965
=56	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.965
=58	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.962
=58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.962
=58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.962
=61	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.961
=61	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.961
=61	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.961
=61	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.961
=65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.960
=65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.960
=65	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.960
=68	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.041
=68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.041
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.958
71	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.957
=72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.956
=72	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.956
=72	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.956
75	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.045
=76	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.954
=76	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.954
=78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.953
=78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.953
=80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.952
=80	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.048
=80	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.952
83	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.950
=84	Chile`CHL`South America	0.949
=84	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.949
86	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.948
87	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.947
=88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.945
=88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.945
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.940
=91	Peru`PER`South America	0.937
=91	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.937
93	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.936
=94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.934
=94	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.934
=94	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.934
97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.933
98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.932
=99	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.931
=99	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.931
=101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.930
=101	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.930
103	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.929
=104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.927
=104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.927
=106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.925
=106	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.925
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.924
109	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.917
=110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.915
=110	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.915
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.910
=113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.908
=113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.908
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.899
116	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.885
117	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.884
118	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.883
=119	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.882
=119	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.882
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.881
=122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.880
=122	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.880
=122	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.880
=125	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.878
=125	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.878
127	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.875
=128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.868
=128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.868
=130	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.866
=130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.866
132	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.865
=133	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.863
=133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.863
135	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.862
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.856
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.850
138	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.844
139	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.843
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.842
141	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.841
142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.840
143	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.821
144	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.820
145	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.819
=146	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.815
=146	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.815
=148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.812
=148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.812
=148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.812
151	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.806
152	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.805
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.801
154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.800
155	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.799
156	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.782
157	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.778
158	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.702
159	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.697
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.611

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

80Latvia1.048
75Russia1.045
68Lithuaniashared1.041
68Mongoliashared1.041
55Estonia1.035

Lowest

160Yemen0.611
159Pakistan0.697
158Niger0.702
157Liberia0.778
156Iraq0.782

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

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 160 in both
113 · 31rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Uganda0.855 → 0.931+0.076
Mali0.819 → 0.862+0.043
Ethiopia0.779 → 0.812+0.033
Pakistan0.670 → 0.697+0.027
Guatemala0.900 → 0.925+0.025

Fell most

Lesotho0.954 → 0.925−0.029
Nicaragua0.956 → 0.932−0.024
Colombia0.988 → 0.971−0.017
Fiji0.939 → 0.924−0.015
Syria0.810 → 0.799−0.011

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 2006.
110 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.961. 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 (2006). Gender Development Index, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2006

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