Data for 2022

Gender Development Index, 2022

Name: Gender Development Index, 2022
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2022, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2022 covers 184 countries. Qatar is highest, at 1.045; Yemen is lowest, at 0.425. The middle country reads 0.974. Against 2021, 169 values changed (108 up, 61 down), 1 country joined.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2022

HighestQatar

1.045

LowestYemen

0.425

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

184countries
1measure
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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=1	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.001
=1	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.001
=3	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.999
=3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.999
=5	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.998
=5	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.002
=5	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.002
=5	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.998
=9	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.003
=9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.003
=11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.997
=11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.997
=11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.997
=14	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.996
=14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.996
=14	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.004
=14	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.996
=14	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.996
=14	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.996
20	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.005
=21	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.006
=21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.994
=21	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.994
=21	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.994
=25	Colombia`COL`South America	0.993
=25	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.993
=25	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.993
=28	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.008
=28	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.992
=28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.008
=28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.992
=28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.992
=28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.992
=28	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.992
=28	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.992
36	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.009
=37	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.991
=37	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.991
=37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.991
=37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.991
=41	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.990
=41	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.010
=41	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.990
=44	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.011
=44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.011
=46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.989
=46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.989
=48	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.988
=48	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.988
=48	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.988
=48	United States`USA`Northern America	1.012
52	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.987
=53	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.986
=53	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.014
55	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.985
=56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.984
=56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.016
=56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.016
59	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.983
=60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.982
=60	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.982
=60	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.018
=63	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.981
=63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.981
=65	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.980
=65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.980
=65	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.980
=65	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.020
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.979
=70	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.022
=70	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.978
=70	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.978
=73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.976
=73	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.976
75	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.025
=76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.975
=76	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.975
=76	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.975
=79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.974
=79	Chile`CHL`South America	0.974
=79	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.974
=79	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.974
=79	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.974
=79	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.974
=85	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.973
=85	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.973
=85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.973
=88	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.972
=88	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.028
=88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.028
=88	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.028
=92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.029
=92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.029
=94	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.030
=94	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.970
96	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.969
=97	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.968
=97	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.968
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.967
=100	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.965
=100	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.965
=102	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.964
=102	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.964
104	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.037
105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.963
=106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.038
=106	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.962
108	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.961
109	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.960
=110	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.957
=110	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.957
=110	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.957
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.956
114	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.045
=115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.952
=115	Peru`PER`South America	0.952
117	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.951
118	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.950
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.949
120	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.948
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.947
=122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.945
=122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.945
=122	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.945
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.944
126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.943
127	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.942
128	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.940
=129	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.938
=129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.938
=129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.938
=132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.937
=132	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.937
134	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.935
135	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.934
=136	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.932
=136	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.932
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.931
=139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.929
=139	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.929
=141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.927
=141	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.927
=141	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.927
144	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.926
=145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.925
=145	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.925
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.923
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.922
149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.920
=150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.919
=150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.919
=152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.908
=152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.908
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.905
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.896
156	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.895
157	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.894
158	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.891
159	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.888
160	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.887
161	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.886
=162	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.885
=162	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.885
164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.884
165	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.883
166	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.876
167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.869
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.864
169	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.857
170	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.856
171	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.855
172	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.850
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.839
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.830
175	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.828
176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.813
177	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.802
178	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.795
179	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.793
180	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.787
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.786
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.730
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.656
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.425

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

114Qatar1.045
106Ukraine1.038
104Barbados1.037
94Antigua and Barbuda1.030
92Dominican Republicshared1.029

Lowest

184Yemen0.425
183Afghanistan0.656
182Sudan0.730
181Chad0.786
180Somalia0.787

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 0.974. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
169values changed, of 183 in both
108 · 61rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Niger0.848 → 0.891+0.043
Uganda0.877 → 0.908+0.031
Ukraine1.013 → 1.038+0.025
Côte d’Ivoire0.897 → 0.920+0.023
Qatar1.024 → 1.045+0.021

Fell most

Sudan0.812 → 0.730−0.082
Afghanistan0.737 → 0.656−0.081
Eswatini0.986 → 0.964−0.022
Zimbabwe0.955 → 0.938−0.017
Peru0.967 → 0.952−0.015

+ Somalia

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 2022.
117 distinct values among 184
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 6 countries share 0.992. 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 184 countries has every column.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2022). Gender Development Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-development/2022

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