Data for 2016

Gender Development Index, 2016

Name: Gender Development Index, 2016
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2016, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2016 covers 178 countries. Barbados is highest, at 1.038; Yemen is lowest, at 0.498. The middle country reads 0.964. Against 2015, 158 values changed (103 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2016

HighestBarbados

1.038

LowestYemen

0.498

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

178countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
117distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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=1	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.000
=1	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.000
3	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.001
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.998
5	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.003
6	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.997
=7	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.996
=7	United States`USA`Northern America	0.996
=9	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.005
=9	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.005
=9	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.005
=12	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.994
=12	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.006
=14	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.993
=14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.993
=14	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.993
=17	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.008
=17	Colombia`COL`South America	0.992
=17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.992
=17	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.008
=17	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.008
=22	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.991
=22	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.991
=24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.990
=24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.990
=24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.010
=24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.990
=24	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.010
=29	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.011
=29	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.011
31	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.989
=32	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.988
=32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.988
=32	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.012
=35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.987
=35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.987
=35	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.987
=38	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.014
=38	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.986
=38	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.014
=41	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.985
=41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.985
=41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.985
=44	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.984
=44	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.984
=46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.983
=46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.983
=46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.983
=49	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.982
=49	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.982
=49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.982
=49	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.018
=49	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.982
54	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.019
=55	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.981
=55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.981
=55	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.981
=58	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.980
=58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.980
60	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.021
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.979
=62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.978
=62	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.978
64	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.023
65	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.976
66	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.975
=67	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.974
=67	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.026
=69	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.973
=69	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.973
71	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.972
=72	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.029
=72	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.029
=74	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.971
=74	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.971
=76	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.970
=76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.970
78	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.969
79	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.032
80	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.033
=81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.967
=81	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.967
83	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.966
84	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.035
=85	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.965
=85	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.965
=85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.965
88	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.964
=89	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.963
=89	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.963
=91	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.038
=91	Chile`CHL`South America	0.962
=91	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.962
=91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.962
=95	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.961
=95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.961
97	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.960
=98	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.959
=98	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.959
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.958
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.955
=102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.954
=102	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.954
=102	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.954
105	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.953
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.951
=107	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.950
=107	Peru`PER`South America	0.950
109	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.949
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.947
111	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.944
112	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.943
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.942
=114	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.940
=114	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.940
=114	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.940
117	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.939
=118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.938
=118	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.938
=120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.936
=120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.936
=122	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.935
=122	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.935
=124	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.933
=124	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.933
126	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.932
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.930
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.929
129	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.928
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.924
=131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.923
=131	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.923
=131	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.923
134	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.922
135	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.919
=136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.917
=136	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.917
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.916
=139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.915
=139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.915
141	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.914
142	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.911
143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.910
144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.908
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.905
=146	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.904
=146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.904
=146	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.904
149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.899
150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.894
=151	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.892
=151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.892
=151	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.892
154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.885
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.884
156	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.880
=157	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.879
=157	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.879
159	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.874
160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.870
161	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.859
162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.858
163	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.856
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.855
165	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.847
166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.845
167	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.840
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.839
169	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.836
170	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.822
171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.821
172	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.816
173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.813
=174	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.792
=174	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.792
176	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.741
177	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.696
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.498

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

91Barbados1.038
84Mongolia1.035
80Timor-Leste1.033
79Latvia1.032
72Lithuaniashared1.029

Lowest

178Yemen0.498
177Afghanistan0.696
176Pakistan0.741
174Nigershared0.792
174Djiboutishared0.792

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.964. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 178 in both
103 · 55rose · fell
20unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste0.918 → 1.033+0.115
Maldives0.957 → 0.997+0.040
Togo0.814 → 0.845+0.031
Saint Lucia0.994 → 1.018+0.024
Iraq0.802 → 0.822+0.020

Fell most

Mali0.850 → 0.813−0.037
Yemen0.531 → 0.498−0.033
Cabo Verde1.007 → 0.982−0.025
Pakistan0.759 → 0.741−0.018
Bhutan0.957 → 0.940−0.017

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 2016.
117 distinct values among 178
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 178 countries has every column.

05The files

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