Data for 2014

Gender Development Index, 2014

Name: Gender Development Index, 2014
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2014, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2014 covers 174 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 1.037; Yemen is lowest, at 0.567. The middle country reads 0.961. Against 2013, 150 values changed (98 up, 52 down), 1 country joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2014

HighestMongolia

1.037

LowestYemen

0.567

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

174countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
115distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.000
=2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.001
=2	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.001
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.999
5	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.003
=6	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.997
=6	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.997
8	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.996
=9	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.995
=9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.995
=11	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.994
=11	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.994
=11	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.006
=11	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.994
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.007
16	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.993
=17	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.008
=17	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.008
=17	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.992
=17	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.008
21	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.009
=22	Colombia`COL`South America	0.991
=22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.991
=22	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.991
=25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.990
=25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.010
=27	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.989
=27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.989
=27	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.989
=30	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.012
=30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.988
=32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.987
=32	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.987
=34	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.986
=34	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.986
=34	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.986
=37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.015
=37	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.015
=39	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.984
=39	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.984
=39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.016
=39	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.984
=39	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.016
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.017
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.983
=46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.982
=46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.018
=46	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.982
=46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.982
=46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.982
=51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.019
=51	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.019
53	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.981
54	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.980
=55	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.021
=55	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.021
=57	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.979
=57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.979
59	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.978
60	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.023
=61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.977
=61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.977
=63	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.976
=63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.976
=63	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.976
=66	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.974
=66	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.026
=66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.026
69	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.973
=70	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.970
=70	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.030
=72	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.969
=72	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.969
=72	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.969
=72	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.969
76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.968
77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.967
=78	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.966
=78	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.966
=80	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.965
=80	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.965
=82	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.964
=82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.964
84	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.037
85	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.962
=86	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.961
=86	Chile`CHL`South America	0.961
=86	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.961
=86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.961
=90	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.960
=90	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.960
=92	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.958
=92	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.958
=92	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.958
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.957
=96	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.956
=96	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.956
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.954
=99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.953
=99	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.953
=101	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.951
=101	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.951
=101	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.951
=104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.950
=104	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.950
=104	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.950
107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.948
=108	Peru`PER`South America	0.946
=108	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.946
110	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.943
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.942
=112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.941
=112	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.941
=114	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.936
=114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.936
=114	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.936
117	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.935
118	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.934
119	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.933
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.932
121	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.931
122	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.930
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.929
=124	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.926
=124	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.926
126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.925
127	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.922
128	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.919
=129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.917
=129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.917
=131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.916
=131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.916
133	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.914
=134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.913
=134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.913
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.912
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.907
138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.905
139	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.901
140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.900
=141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.899
=141	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.899
=143	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.898
=143	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.898
145	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.897
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.896
147	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.888
148	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.885
=149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.881
=149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.881
151	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.872
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.871
153	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.868
=154	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.865
=154	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.865
156	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.863
157	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.860
158	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.857
159	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.856
160	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.845
161	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.844
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.842
=163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.841
=163	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.841
165	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.839
166	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.838
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.834
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.832
169	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.829
170	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.823
171	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.796
172	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.750
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.673
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.567

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

84Mongolia1.037
70Latvia1.030
66Lithuaniashared1.026
66Russiashared1.026
60Barbados1.023

Lowest

174Yemen0.567
173Afghanistan0.673
172Pakistan0.750
171Iraq0.796
170Mali0.823

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.961. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 173 in both
98 · 52rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

Burundi0.920 → 1.007+0.087
Niger0.772 → 0.839+0.067
Palau0.984 → 1.012+0.028
Seychelles0.989 → 1.015+0.026
Comoros0.876 → 0.899+0.023

Fell most

Mali0.868 → 0.823−0.045
Yemen0.599 → 0.567−0.032
Cameroon0.878 → 0.863−0.015
United Arab Emirates0.958 → 0.946−0.012
Denmark0.983 → 0.974−0.009

+ Micronesia

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 2014.
115 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.982. 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 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2014). Gender Development Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2014

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