Data for 2017

Gender Development Index, 2017

Name: Gender Development Index, 2017
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2017, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2017 covers 178 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 1.038; Yemen is lowest, at 0.464. The middle country reads 0.967. Against 2016, 164 values changed (104 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2017

HighestMongolia

1.038

LowestYemen

0.464

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

178countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
114distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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=1	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.000
=1	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.000
=3	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.001
=3	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.001
=3	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.001
=6	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.002
=6	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.002
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.003
9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.997
=10	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.996
=10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.996
12	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.005
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.995
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.006
15	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.007
=16	Colombia`COL`South America	0.993
=16	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.993
=18	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.008
=18	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.992
=18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.992
=18	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.992
=18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.008
=18	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.008
=24	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.009
=24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.009
=24	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.009
=27	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.991
=27	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.991
=27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.991
=30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.990
=30	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.010
=32	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.989
=32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.989
=32	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.989
=32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.989
=32	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.989
=37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.988
=37	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.988
39	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.013
=40	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.987
=40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.987
=40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.987
=40	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.987
44	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.986
45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.015
=46	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.985
=46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.985
=46	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.985
=46	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.985
=46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.985
=51	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.984
=51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.984
=51	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.984
=54	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.983
=54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.983
56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.982
=57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.981
=57	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.981
=59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.980
=59	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.980
=59	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.980
62	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.979
=63	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.978
=63	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.978
=65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.023
=65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.023
=65	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.023
68	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.977
=69	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.976
=69	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.024
71	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.025
=72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.974
=72	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.026
74	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.027
75	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.973
76	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.972
=77	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.971
=77	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.971
=77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.971
80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.970
=81	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.969
=81	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.969
=83	Chile`CHL`South America	0.968
=83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.968
=83	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.968
=83	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.968
87	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.033
=88	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.967
=88	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.967
=88	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.967
=91	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.965
=91	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.965
=91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.965
=94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.964
=94	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964
=94	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.964
=97	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.038
=97	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.962
=99	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.960
=99	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.960
101	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.958
=102	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.953
=102	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.953
=102	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.953
=102	Peru`PER`South America	0.953
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.952
=107	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.950
=107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.950
109	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.948
=110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.946
=110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.946
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.945
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.944
114	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.943
115	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.942
=116	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.941
=116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.941
=118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.940
=118	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.940
120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.938
121	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.937
=122	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.936
=122	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.936
124	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.933
=125	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.932
=125	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.932
127	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.931
128	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.928
129	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.927
=130	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.924
=130	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.924
132	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.923
133	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.922
=134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.921
=134	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.921
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.920
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.918
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.917
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.915
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.910
141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.908
142	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.906
=143	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.905
=143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.905
=145	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.904
=145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.904
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.902
=148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.899
=148	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.899
150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.898
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.894
=152	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.892
=152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.892
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.886
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.885
=156	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.882
=156	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.882
158	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.880
159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.877
160	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.876
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.874
162	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.867
163	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.866
164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.860
165	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.859
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.858
167	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.843
168	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.840
169	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.835
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.824
171	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.817
172	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.814
173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.810
174	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.794
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.770
176	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.755
177	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.709
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.464

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

97Mongolia1.038
87Latvia1.033
74Barbados1.027
72Qatar1.026
71Estonia1.025

Lowest

178Yemen0.464
177Afghanistan0.709
176Pakistan0.755
175Niger0.770
174Iraq0.794

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.967. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 178 in both
104 · 60rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.821 → 0.885+0.064
Zambia0.908 → 0.946+0.038
Samoa0.959 → 0.985+0.026
Tuvalu0.938 → 0.962+0.024
Djibouti0.792 → 0.814+0.022

Fell most

Timor-Leste1.033 → 0.932−0.101
Yemen0.498 → 0.464−0.034
Maldives0.997 → 0.964−0.033
Nepal0.899 → 0.866−0.033
Iraq0.822 → 0.794−0.028

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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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 2017.
114 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.989. 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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