Data for 2020

Gender Development Index, 2020

Name: Gender Development Index, 2020
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2020, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2020 covers 183 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 1.038; Yemen is lowest, at 0.447. The middle country reads 0.971. Against 2019, 174 values changed (126 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2020

HighestMongolia

1.038

LowestYemen

0.447

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

183countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
113distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.999
=2	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.998
=2	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.998
=2	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.002
=2	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.002
=2	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.998
=7	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.003
=7	United States`USA`Northern America	1.003
=9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.997
=9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.997
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.996
12	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.005
=13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.995
=13	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.995
=13	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.995
=13	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.995
=13	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.995
=13	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.995
=19	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.994
=19	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.006
=19	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.994
=19	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.994
=23	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.993
=23	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.993
=25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.992
=25	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.008
27	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.009
=28	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.991
=28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.991
=28	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.991
=28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.991
=28	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.991
=33	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.990
=33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.010
=33	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.990
=33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.990
=33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.990
=38	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.011
=38	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.011
=38	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.011
=41	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.989
=41	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.989
=41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.989
=44	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.012
=44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.988
=44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.988
=44	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.012
=44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.988
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.013
=50	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.987
=50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.987
=52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.986
=52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.014
=52	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.986
55	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.015
56	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.985
57	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.983
=58	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.982
=58	Colombia`COL`South America	0.982
=58	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.982
61	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.020
62	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.021
=63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.979
=63	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.979
=63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.979
=63	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.979
=67	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.978
=67	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.978
=69	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.023
=69	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.023
=71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.977
=71	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.977
73	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.025
=74	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.975
=74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.975
=76	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.974
=76	Peru`PER`South America	0.974
=76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.026
=79	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.027
=79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.027
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.973
=82	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.972
=82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.972
=82	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.972
=82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.972
=82	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.028
87	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.029
=88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.971
=88	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.971
=88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.971
=88	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.971
=92	Chile`CHL`South America	0.970
=92	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.970
=92	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.970
95	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.031
96	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.969
=97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.032
=97	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.968
=97	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.968
=97	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.968
=97	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.032
=102	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.967
=102	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.967
104	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.966
=105	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.965
=105	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.965
107	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.963
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.038
=109	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.961
=109	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.961
=109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.961
112	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.957
113	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.956
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.955
=115	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.954
=115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.954
=117	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.950
=117	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.950
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.948
=120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.947
=120	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.947
=120	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.947
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.945
=124	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.944
=124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.944
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.942
127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.941
128	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.940
=129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.939
=129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.939
131	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.938
=132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.937
=132	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.937
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.934
135	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.933
136	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.932
=137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.928
=137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.928
=137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.928
140	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.927
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.926
=142	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.923
=142	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.923
144	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.921
=145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.920
=145	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.920
147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.918
148	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.917
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.916
150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.915
151	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.913
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.906
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.904
=154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.896
=154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.896
156	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.888
157	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.887
158	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.886
=159	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.884
=159	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.884
=161	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.881
=161	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.881
163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.880
164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.874
165	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.873
166	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.867
167	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.862
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.859
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.858
170	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.853
171	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.843
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.841
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.831
174	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.829
=175	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.825
=175	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.825
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.821
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.807
179	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.799
180	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.798
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.782
182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.715
183	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.447

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

108Mongolia1.038
97Armeniashared1.032
97Qatarshared1.032
95Barbados1.031
87Seychelles1.029

Lowest

183Yemen0.447
182Afghanistan0.715
181Chad0.782
180Syria0.798
179Iraq0.799

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.971. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 183 in both
126 · 48rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Mali0.767 → 0.829+0.062
Armenia0.982 → 1.032+0.050
Burundi0.930 → 0.966+0.036
El Salvador0.979 → 1.013+0.034
Nigeria0.835 → 0.867+0.032

Fell most

Maldives1.016 → 0.972−0.044
Uzbekistan0.950 → 0.923−0.027
Togo0.879 → 0.858−0.021
Lebanon1.013 → 0.995−0.018
Niger0.856 → 0.841−0.015

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 2020.
113 distinct values among 183
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 6 countries share 0.995. 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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