Data for 2010

Gender Development Index, 2010

Name: Gender Development Index, 2010
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2010, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2010 covers 172 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 1.040; Yemen is lowest, at 0.644. The middle country reads 0.957. Against 2009, 147 values changed (117 up, 30 down), 8 countries joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2010

Highest2 countries share it

1.040

LowestYemen

0.644

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

172countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
109distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.000
2	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.999
3	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.998
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.003
=5	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.997
=5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.997
=5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.997
8	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.996
=9	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.005
=9	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.005
=11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.995
=11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.995
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.994
14	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.007
=15	Colombia`COL`South America	0.993
=15	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.993
17	United States`USA`Northern America	0.992
18	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.009
=19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.991
=19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.991
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.990
=22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.011
=22	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.011
=24	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.989
=24	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.989
26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.988
27	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.987
=28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.014
=28	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.986
=28	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.986
=28	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.986
=28	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.014
=28	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.014
=28	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.014
=35	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.985
=35	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.985
=35	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.985
=35	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.985
=39	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.983
=39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.983
=41	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.982
=41	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.018
=41	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.018
=41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.018
=45	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.981
=45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.981
=45	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.981
=45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.981
49	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.979
=50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.978
=50	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.978
=50	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.978
=53	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.975
=53	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.975
=53	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.975
=56	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.973
=56	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.973
=58	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.972
=58	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.028
=58	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.972
61	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.970
=62	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.969
=62	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.969
64	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.968
=65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.966
=65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.034
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.035
68	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.965
=69	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.964
=69	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.964
=69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.964
72	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.037
=73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.963
=73	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.963
=73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.963
=73	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.963
=77	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.962
=77	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.962
=77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.962
=77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.962
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.961
=82	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.040
=82	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.960
=82	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.040
=82	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.960
=86	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.957
=86	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.957
=86	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.957
=86	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.957
=90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.956
=90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.956
=92	Chile`CHL`South America	0.955
=92	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.955
=92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.955
95	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.952
96	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.951
=97	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.949
=97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.949
=99	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.947
=99	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.947
=99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.947
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.946
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.943
=104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.942
=104	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.942
=106	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.940
=106	Peru`PER`South America	0.940
108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.938
109	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.937
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.936
111	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.935
112	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.933
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.932
=114	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.931
=114	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.931
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.930
117	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.928
118	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.927
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.924
=120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.923
=120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.923
122	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.922
=123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.909
=123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.909
125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.907
126	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.906
=127	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.905
=127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.905
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.900
=130	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.898
=130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.898
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.897
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.896
=134	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.894
=134	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.894
=136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.891
=136	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.891
138	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.886
139	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.883
140	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.880
=141	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.879
=141	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.879
143	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.870
144	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.867
=145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.866
=145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.866
147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.865
=148	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.864
=148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.864
150	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.862
151	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.861
152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.858
153	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.855
154	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.850
155	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.847
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.845
157	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.840
158	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.838
=159	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.833
=159	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.833
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.828
=162	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.819
=162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.819
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.818
165	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.816
=166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.807
=166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.807
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.783
169	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.778
170	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.726
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.695
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.644

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

82Lithuaniashared1.040
82Latviashared1.040
72Russia1.037
67Belarus1.035
65Mongolia1.034

Lowest

172Yemen0.644
171Afghanistan0.695
170Pakistan0.726
169Iraq0.778
168Niger0.783

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.957. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+8 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 164 in both
117 · 30rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Egypt0.791 → 0.864+0.073
Tajikistan0.830 → 0.883+0.053
Liberia0.793 → 0.840+0.047
Tanzania0.912 → 0.942+0.030
Niger0.755 → 0.783+0.028

Fell most

Haiti0.887 → 0.845−0.042
Republic of the Congo0.930 → 0.896−0.034
Uganda0.943 → 0.909−0.034
Sri Lanka0.969 → 0.949−0.020
Maldives0.965 → 0.947−0.018

+ Bhutan

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Ecuador

+ Gambia

+ Libya

+ Palau

+ Solomon Islands

+ Seychelles

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 2010.
109 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 1.014. 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 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2010). Gender Development Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2010

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