Data for 2018

Gender Development Index, 2018

Name: Gender Development Index, 2018
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2018, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2018 covers 182 countries. Antigua and Barbuda is highest, at 1.038; Yemen is lowest, at 0.455. The middle country reads 0.966. Against 2017, 158 values changed (98 up, 60 down), 4 countries joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2018

HighestAntigua and Barbuda

1.038

LowestYemen

0.455

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

182countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
119distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Gender Development Index, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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=1	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.000
=1	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.000
=1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.000
4	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.001
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.999
=6	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.998
=6	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.002
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.003
=9	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.997
=9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.997
=9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.997
=12	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.996
=12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.996
=12	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.004
=12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.996
=12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.004
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.005
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.995
19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.994
20	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.007
21	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.993
=22	Colombia`COL`South America	0.992
=22	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.992
=22	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.008
=25	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.009
=25	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.009
=27	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.991
=27	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.991
=27	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.991
=30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.010
=30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.990
=32	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.989
=32	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.989
=32	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.989
=32	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.989
=36	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.988
=36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.988
=36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.012
=36	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.988
=36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.988
=36	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.988
42	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.013
=43	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.987
=43	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.987
=43	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.987
=46	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.986
=46	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.014
=48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.015
=48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.015
=50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.985
=50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.985
=52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.984
=52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.016
=54	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.982
=54	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.982
=54	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.982
=54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.982
=54	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.982
59	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.019
=60	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.980
=60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.020
=60	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.020
63	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.979
=64	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.978
=64	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.978
=64	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.978
=64	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.022
=68	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.977
=68	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.977
=68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.977
=71	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.976
=71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.976
73	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.975
74	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.026
=75	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.973
=75	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.973
=77	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.972
=77	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.972
=77	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.028
80	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.029
=81	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.971
=81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.971
83	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.031
=84	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.969
=84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.969
=84	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.969
=87	Chile`CHL`South America	0.967
=87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.967
=87	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.967
=90	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.966
=90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.034
=90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.966
=93	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.965
=93	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.965
=95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.964
=95	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.964
=95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.964
=98	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.963
=98	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.963
=100	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.038
=100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.962
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.961
103	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.960
104	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.959
105	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.955
=106	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.953
=106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.953
=106	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.953
=106	Peru`PER`South America	0.953
110	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.952
111	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.951
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.949
113	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.947
=114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.946
=114	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.946
=114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.946
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.945
=118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.944
=118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.944
=120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.941
=120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.941
=120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.941
=123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.938
=123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.938
=125	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.937
=125	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.937
=125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.937
=128	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.934
=128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.934
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.933
=131	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.929
=131	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.929
=131	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.929
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.925
135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.923
=136	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.922
=136	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.922
=136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.922
139	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.921
=140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.919
=140	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.919
142	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.917
143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.916
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.915
145	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.913
=146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.907
=146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.907
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.905
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.904
150	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.903
151	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.902
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.901
153	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.897
154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.896
155	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.886
=156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.885
=156	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.885
158	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.884
159	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.882
160	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.881
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.878
162	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.874
163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.870
164	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.868
165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.862
166	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.860
167	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.859
168	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.846
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.843
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.842
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.836
172	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.834
173	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.824
174	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.810
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.809
176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.798
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.789
178	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.787
179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.767
180	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.761
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.715
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.455

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

100Antigua and Barbuda1.038
90Mongolia1.034
83Latvia1.031
80Barbados1.029
77Uruguay1.028

Lowest

182Yemen0.455
181Afghanistan0.715
180Pakistan0.761
179Mali0.767
178Chad0.787

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.966. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 178 in both
98 · 60rose · fell
20unchanged

Rose most

Niger0.770 → 0.809+0.039
Gambia0.915 → 0.944+0.029
Rwanda0.910 → 0.934+0.024
Bhutan0.942 → 0.963+0.021
Armenia0.980 → 0.997+0.017

Fell most

Liberia0.885 → 0.842−0.043
Mali0.810 → 0.767−0.043
Samoa0.985 → 0.959−0.026
Togo0.860 → 0.843−0.017
South Africa0.983 → 0.966−0.017

+ Antigua and Barbuda

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Guyana

+ Chad

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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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 2018.
119 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.988. 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 182 countries has every column.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2018). Gender Development Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2018

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