Data for 2007

Gender Development Index, 2007

Name: Gender Development Index, 2007
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2007, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2007 covers 160 countries. Latvia is highest, at 1.043; Yemen is lowest, at 0.615. The middle country reads 0.952. Against 2006, 146 values changed (105 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2007

HighestLatvia

1.043

LowestYemen

0.615

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

160countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
105distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.000
=2	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.001
=2	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.001
=2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.001
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.997
=6	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.996
=6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.004
=6	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.996
=6	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.004
=6	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.996
=6	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.004
=6	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.996
13	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.995
=14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.006
=14	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.994
=16	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.007
=16	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.007
=18	Colombia`COL`South America	0.993
=18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.993
=18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.993
21	United States`USA`Northern America	0.991
=22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.990
=22	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.990
=22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.010
=22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.010
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.987
=27	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.986
=27	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.014
29	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.985
30	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.016
=31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.981
=31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.981
=31	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.981
=31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.981
=31	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.981
36	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.980
=37	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.979
=37	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.979
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.978
40	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.025
=41	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.975
=41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.975
=41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.975
=44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.974
=44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.026
=44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.974
=44	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.974
=48	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.972
=48	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.028
=48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.972
51	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.971
=52	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.970
=52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.970
=54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.969
=54	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.969
=54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.969
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.967
=58	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.966
=58	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.966
=60	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.965
=60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.965
=60	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.965
=60	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.965
=64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.964
=64	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.036
=64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.964
=64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.036
68	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.963
=69	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.962
=69	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.962
=69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.962
=72	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.961
=72	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.961
=74	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.041
=74	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.041
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.959
77	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.043
78	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.957
79	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.954
80	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.953
=81	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.952
=81	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.952
=81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.952
=84	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.951
=84	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.951
86	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.950
=87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.949
=87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.949
89	Chile`CHL`South America	0.946
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.942
91	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.941
92	Peru`PER`South America	0.940
93	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.939
94	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.937
95	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.936
=96	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.935
=96	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.935
=98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.933
=98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.933
=98	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.933
=101	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.931
=101	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.931
=101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.931
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.930
=105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.928
=105	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.928
107	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.926
=108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.919
=108	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.919
110	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.918
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.912
=112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.909
=112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.909
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.907
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.902
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.891
=117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.887
=117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.887
=117	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.887
=120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.884
=120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.884
122	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.882
123	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.880
124	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.879
125	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.877
126	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.876
127	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.874
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.873
=129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.871
=129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.871
131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.869
=132	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.866
=132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.866
=134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.859
=134	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.859
136	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.856
137	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.854
138	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.852
139	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.851
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.845
141	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.842
142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.841
143	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.829
=144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.828
=144	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.828
=146	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.827
=146	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.827
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.825
149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.824
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.816
151	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.808
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.806
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.801
154	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.799
155	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.795
156	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.788
157	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.783
158	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.718
159	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.699
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.615

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

77Latvia1.043
74Lithuaniashared1.041
74Russiashared1.041
64Estoniashared1.036
64Mongoliashared1.036

Lowest

160Yemen0.615
159Pakistan0.699
158Niger0.718
157Liberia0.783
156Iraq0.788

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

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 160 in both
105 · 41rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho0.925 → 0.965+0.040
Burkina Faso0.812 → 0.842+0.030
Colombia0.971 → 0.993+0.022
Vietnam0.954 → 0.975+0.021
Thailand0.977 → 0.996+0.019

Fell most

Tajikistan0.883 → 0.824−0.059
Azerbaijan0.960 → 0.937−0.023
Guatemala0.925 → 0.907−0.018
Togo0.805 → 0.795−0.010
Botswana0.956 → 0.949−0.007

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 2007.
105 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.981. 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 (2007). Gender Development Index, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2007

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