Data for 2009

Gender Development Index, 2009

Name: Gender Development Index, 2009
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2009, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2009 covers 164 countries. Latvia is highest, at 1.043; Yemen is lowest, at 0.620. The middle country reads 0.956. Against 2008, 151 values changed (97 up, 54 down), 2 countries joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2009

HighestLatvia

1.043

LowestYemen

0.620

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

164countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
113distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
=1	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.000
=1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.000
3	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.999
=4	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.998
=4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.002
=4	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.998
=4	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.002
8	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.003
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.997
=10	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.996
=10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.996
12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.005
13	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.995
14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.007
=15	Colombia`COL`South America	0.993
=15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.993
=17	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.008
=17	United States`USA`Northern America	0.992
19	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.009
=20	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.991
=20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.991
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.990
=23	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.989
=23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.989
25	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.988
=26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.014
=26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.986
=28	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.015
=28	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.015
=30	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.984
=30	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.984
=32	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.983
=32	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.983
=32	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.983
=35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.982
=35	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.018
=35	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.982
=35	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.982
=35	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.018
40	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.981
41	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.022
42	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.023
43	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.977
=44	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.974
=44	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.974
=46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.973
=46	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.973
=46	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.973
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.972
50	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.971
51	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.970
52	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.031
=53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.969
=53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.969
=53	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.969
=56	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.032
=56	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.968
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.033
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.967
60	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.966
=61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.965
=61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.965
=61	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.965
=61	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.965
=65	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.964
=65	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.964
=65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.036
=65	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.964
=69	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.963
=69	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.963
=71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.961
=71	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.961
=71	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.961
74	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.960
75	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.959
=76	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.958
=76	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.958
78	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.043
=79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.957
=79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.957
=79	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.957
=82	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.956
=82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.956
=82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.956
=85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.955
=85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.955
=87	Chile`CHL`South America	0.954
=87	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.954
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.953
=90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.952
=90	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.952
=92	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.949
=92	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.949
94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.948
95	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.943
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.942
97	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.941
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.940
=99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.937
=99	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.937
=99	Peru`PER`South America	0.937
=102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.936
=102	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.936
104	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.931
=105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.930
=105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.930
107	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.927
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.925
109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.924
=110	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.922
=110	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.922
=110	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.922
113	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.921
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.918
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.914
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.912
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.908
118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.907
119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.897
=120	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.891
=120	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.891
122	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.888
=123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.887
=123	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.887
125	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.886
=126	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.885
=126	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.885
128	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.884
129	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.882
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.881
131	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.880
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.879
=133	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.877
=133	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.877
135	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.870
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.864
=137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.861
=137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.861
139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.858
140	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.857
=141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.855
=141	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.855
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.847
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.846
=145	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.838
=145	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.838
147	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.832
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.830
149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.825
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.822
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.820
152	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.816
=153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.809
=153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.809
=155	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.802
=155	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.802
157	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.801
158	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.793
159	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.791
160	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.769
161	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.755
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.723
163	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.695
164	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.620

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

78Latvia1.043
65Mongolia1.036
58Russia1.033
56Estonia1.032
52Lithuania1.031

Lowest

164Yemen0.620
163Afghanistan0.695
162Pakistan0.723
161Niger0.755
160Iraq0.769

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.956. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 162 in both
97 · 54rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Republic of the Congo0.894 → 0.930+0.036
Maldives0.939 → 0.965+0.026
Pakistan0.698 → 0.723+0.025
Zimbabwe0.873 → 0.888+0.015
Niger0.741 → 0.755+0.014

Fell most

Tajikistan0.880 → 0.830−0.050
Egypt0.833 → 0.791−0.042
Bahrain0.977 → 0.941−0.036
United Arab Emirates0.991 → 0.965−0.026
Costa Rica0.980 → 0.961−0.019

+ Cabo Verde

+ Timor-Leste

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 2009.
113 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.965. 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 164 countries has every column.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2009). Gender Development Index, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2009

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