Data for 2008

Gender Development Index, 2008

Name: Gender Development Index, 2008
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2008, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2008 covers 162 countries. Latvia is highest, at 1.047; Yemen is lowest, at 0.618. The middle country reads 0.954. Against 2007, 144 values changed (99 up, 45 down), 2 countries joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2008

HighestLatvia

1.047

LowestYemen

0.618

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

162countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
108distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
=1	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.001
=1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.001
3	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.999
=4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.002
=4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.998
6	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.997
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.996
=8	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.005
=8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.005
=8	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.005
=8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.005
=8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.005
=8	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.005
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.006
=15	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.993
=15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.993
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.992
=18	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.991
=18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.991
=18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.991
=18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.991
=22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.010
=22	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.990
24	Colombia`COL`South America	0.988
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.987
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.986
=27	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.015
=27	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.015
29	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.985
=30	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.983
=30	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.983
=30	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.983
=30	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.983
=34	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.019
=34	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.019
36	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.981
=37	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.980
=37	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.980
=37	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.980
=40	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.979
=40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.979
=42	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.977
=42	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.977
=42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.977
45	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.025
=46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.975
=46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.975
48	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.974
49	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.972
=50	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.971
=50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.971
=52	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.030
=52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.970
=52	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.030
=55	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.969
=55	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.969
=57	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.968
=57	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.968
59	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.034
60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.035
=61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.965
=61	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.965
=61	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.965
=64	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.964
=64	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.964
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.037
=67	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.963
=67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.963
=67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.963
=67	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.963
=71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.962
=71	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.962
=73	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.961
=73	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.961
75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.958
76	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.957
=77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.956
=77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.956
=77	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.956
=80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.954
=80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.954
82	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.047
=83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.953
=83	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.953
=85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.952
=85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.952
=85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.952
88	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.951
89	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.949
90	Chile`CHL`South America	0.948
=91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.947
=91	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.947
93	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.945
=94	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.944
=94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.944
96	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.940
97	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.939
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.938
99	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.937
=100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.936
=100	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.936
=100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.936
103	Peru`PER`South America	0.934
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.931
105	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.930
106	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.928
107	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.925
=108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.923
=108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.923
110	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.921
111	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.920
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.918
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.914
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.909
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.908
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.899
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.895
=118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.894
=118	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.894
120	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.890
121	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.885
122	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.883
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.882
=124	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.880
=124	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.880
=124	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.880
127	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.878
=128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.876
=128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.876
=130	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.875
=130	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.875
132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.873
133	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.866
134	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.864
135	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.863
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.862
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.855
138	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.854
=139	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.851
=139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.851
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.848
142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.841
=143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.839
=143	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.839
145	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.833
146	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.832
=147	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.830
=147	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.830
149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.825
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.819
151	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.812
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.808
=153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.807
=153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.807
=153	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.807
156	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.798
157	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.788
158	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.777
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.741
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.698
161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.690
162	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.618

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

82Latvia1.047
66Russia1.037
60Mongolia1.035
59Estonia1.034
52Belarusshared1.030

Lowest

162Yemen0.618
161Afghanistan0.690
160Pakistan0.698
159Niger0.741
158Iraq0.777

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.954. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 160 in both
99 · 45rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Tajikistan0.824 → 0.880+0.056
Niger0.718 → 0.741+0.023
Lesotho0.965 → 0.983+0.018
Albania0.933 → 0.951+0.018
Costa Rica0.967 → 0.980+0.013

Fell most

Mali0.874 → 0.839−0.035
Egypt0.854 → 0.833−0.021
South Africa0.969 → 0.952−0.017
Cameroon0.879 → 0.866−0.013
Thailand0.996 → 0.983−0.013

+ Afghanistan

+ Sudan

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 2008.
108 distinct values among 162
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 6 countries share 1.005. 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 162 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2008). Gender Development Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2008

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