Data for 2019

Gender Development Index, 2019

Name: Gender Development Index, 2019
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2019, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2019 covers 183 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 1.041; Yemen is lowest, at 0.448. The middle country reads 0.968. Against 2018, 167 values changed (114 up, 53 down), 1 country joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2019

HighestMongolia

1.041

LowestYemen

0.448

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

183countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
117distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.000
=2	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.001
=2	United States`USA`Northern America	1.001
=4	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.999
=4	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.999
6	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.002
7	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.003
=8	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.996
=8	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.996
=8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.996
=11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.995
=11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.995
=11	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.995
=14	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.994
=14	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.994
=14	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.994
=14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.994
=14	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.994
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.007
=20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.993
=20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.993
=22	Colombia`COL`South America	0.992
=22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.992
=22	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.008
=22	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.992
=26	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.991
=26	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.991
=26	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.991
=26	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.991
=30	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.990
=30	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.990
=30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.010
=30	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.010
=30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.010
=30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.990
=30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.990
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.011
=38	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.989
=38	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.989
=38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.989
=41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.988
=41	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.988
=41	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.988
=41	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.012
=41	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.988
=41	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.012
47	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.013
=48	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.987
=48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.987
=48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.987
=48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.987
=52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.986
=52	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.014
54	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.985
=55	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.016
=55	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.016
57	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.017
=58	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.982
=58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.982
60	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.981
=61	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.980
=61	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.020
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.021
=64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.979
=64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.979
66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.022
=67	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.976
=67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.976
=67	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.024
=67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.976
=67	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.976
=72	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.025
=72	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.025
=74	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.975
=74	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.975
=76	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.974
=76	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.974
=76	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.974
=76	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.026
=80	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.973
=80	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.973
82	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.972
83	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.029
=84	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.971
=84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.971
86	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.970
87	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.031
88	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.969
=89	Chile`CHL`South America	0.968
=89	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.968
=89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.968
=89	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.968
=89	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.968
=94	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.967
=94	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.967
96	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.966
97	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.964
=98	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.962
=98	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.962
=98	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.962
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.961
102	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.041
=103	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.959
=103	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.959
=105	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.957
=105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.957
107	Peru`PER`South America	0.956
108	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.955
=109	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.954
=109	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.954
=111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.953
=111	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.953
=113	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.950
=113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.950
=115	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.949
=115	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.949
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.948
118	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.947
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.946
=120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.945
=120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.945
=120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.945
=120	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.945
124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.944
125	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.941
=126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.940
=126	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.940
128	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.939
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.936
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.935
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.934
132	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.933
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.932
134	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.930
135	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.929
136	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.928
=137	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.926
=137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.926
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.925
140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.923
=141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.922
=141	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.922
143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.920
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.919
145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.918
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.913
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.912
148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.910
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.909
150	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.906
151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.905
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.895
153	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.890
154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.889
=155	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.885
=155	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.885
=157	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.884
=157	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.884
=159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.882
=159	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.882
=159	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.882
162	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.881
163	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.879
164	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.877
165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.869
166	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.856
167	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.851
168	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.849
=169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.848
=169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.848
171	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.836
172	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.835
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.829
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.823
175	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.822
176	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.815
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.802
178	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.798
179	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.793
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.776
181	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.767
182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.716
183	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.448

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

102Mongolia1.041
87Barbados1.031
83Antigua and Barbuda1.029
76Qatar1.026
72Estoniashared1.025

Lowest

183Yemen0.448
182Afghanistan0.716
181Mali0.767
180Chad0.776
179Iraq0.793

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.968. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 182 in both
114 · 53rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Pakistan0.761 → 0.815+0.054
Maldives0.969 → 1.016+0.047
Niger0.809 → 0.856+0.047
Togo0.843 → 0.879+0.036
Bahrain0.929 → 0.962+0.033

Fell most

Honduras1.004 → 0.974−0.030
Nigeria0.860 → 0.835−0.025
Uzbekistan0.973 → 0.950−0.023
Senegal0.904 → 0.882−0.022
Guinea-Bissau0.870 → 0.851−0.019

+ Guinea

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 2019.
117 distinct values among 183
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.994. 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.
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Every one of the 183 countries has every column.

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