Data for 2021

Gender Development Index, 2021

Name: Gender Development Index, 2021
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2021, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2021 covers 183 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 1.033; Yemen is lowest, at 0.437. The middle country reads 0.972. Against 2020, 167 values changed (94 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2021

HighestMongolia

1.033

LowestYemen

0.437

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

183countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
109distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.000
2	Colombia`COL`South America	1.001
=3	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.999
=3	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.999
=3	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.999
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.998
=7	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.003
=7	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.003
=9	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.997
=9	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.997
=9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.997
=12	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.996
=12	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.004
=12	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.004
=12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.996
=12	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.004
=12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.004
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.005
=19	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.995
=19	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.995
=19	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.995
=19	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.995
23	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.006
=24	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.007
=24	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.007
=26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.993
=26	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.993
=26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.993
=29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.992
=29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.992
=29	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.992
=29	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.992
=33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.009
=33	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.009
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.991
=36	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.010
=36	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.990
=36	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.990
39	United States`USA`Northern America	1.011
=40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.989
=40	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.989
=40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.989
=43	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.988
=43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.012
45	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.013
=46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.987
=46	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.987
=46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.987
=49	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.986
=49	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.986
=49	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.986
=49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.986
=53	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.985
=53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.985
=53	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.985
=56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.984
=56	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.984
=56	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.016
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.983
=60	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.982
=60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.982
=60	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.018
=60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.982
64	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.981
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.020
=66	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.979
=66	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.979
=68	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.978
=68	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.022
=68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.978
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.023
=72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.977
=72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.977
=72	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.977
=72	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.977
=76	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.976
=76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.976
=76	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.024
=76	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.976
=76	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.024
=81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.975
=81	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.975
=81	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.975
84	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.027
=85	Chile`CHL`South America	0.973
=85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.973
=87	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.028
=87	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.972
=87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.972
=87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.972
=91	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.971
=91	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.971
=91	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.971
=91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.971
=95	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.970
=95	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.970
=97	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.031
=97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.031
=97	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.031
=100	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.968
=100	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.968
102	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.033
103	Peru`PER`South America	0.967
=104	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.966
=104	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.966
106	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.964
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.960
108	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.958
=109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.957
=109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.957
=111	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.956
=111	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.956
113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.955
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.954
115	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.953
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.952
117	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.950
=118	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.948
=118	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.948
=118	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.948
=118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.948
122	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.945
123	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.944
=124	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.943
=124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.943
=124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.943
=124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.943
=128	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.942
=128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.942
=130	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.940
=130	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.940
=132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.935
=132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.935
134	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.933
135	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.932
136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.929
=137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.928
=137	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.928
=137	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.928
140	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.927
=141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.924
=141	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.924
=143	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.923
=143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.923
=145	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.922
=145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.922
=145	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.922
=148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.921
=148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.921
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.919
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.906
152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.904
153	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.898
154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.897
155	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.890
156	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.887
157	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.885
=158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.884
=158	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.884
160	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.883
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.881
162	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.880
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.877
164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.876
165	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.872
=166	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.864
=166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.864
168	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.860
169	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.858
170	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.851
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.848
172	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.846
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.840
=174	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.826
=174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.826
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.816
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.812
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.810
179	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.792
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.789
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.785
182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.737
183	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.437

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

102Mongolia1.033
97Barbadosshared1.031
97Dominican Republicshared1.031
97Latviashared1.031
87Antigua and Barbuda1.028

Lowest

183Yemen0.437
182Afghanistan0.737
181Chad0.785
180Iraq0.789
179Syria0.792

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.972. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 183 in both
94 · 73rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Guatemala0.918 → 0.945+0.027
Eswatini0.961 → 0.986+0.025
Afghanistan0.715 → 0.737+0.022
Zimbabwe0.933 → 0.955+0.022
Colombia0.982 → 1.001+0.019

Fell most

Armenia1.032 → 0.987−0.045
El Salvador1.013 → 0.972−0.041
Uganda0.915 → 0.877−0.038
Burundi0.966 → 0.932−0.034
Seychelles1.029 → 0.995−0.034

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 2021.
109 distinct values among 183
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 1.004. 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 183 countries has every column.

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