Data for 2023

Gender Development Index, 2023

Name: Gender Development Index, 2023
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2023, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Development Index, 2023 covers 184 countries. Ukraine is highest, at 1.038; Yemen is lowest, at 0.407. The middle country reads 0.971. Against 2022, 155 values changed (76 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Development Index · Data for 2023

HighestUkraine

1.038

LowestYemen

0.407

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

184countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
111distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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=1	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.000
=1	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.000
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.001
=4	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.999
=4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.999
=6	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.002
=6	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.998
=6	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.998
=9	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.997
=9	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.997
=9	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.997
=12	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.996
=12	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.004
=12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.996
=12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.004
=12	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.996
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.995
=18	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.006
=18	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.994
=18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.994
=18	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.006
=18	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.994
=23	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.993
=23	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.993
=23	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.993
=23	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.993
=27	Colombia`COL`South America	0.992
=27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.992
=27	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.992
=27	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.992
=27	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.992
=27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.008
=33	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.009
=33	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.009
=33	United States`USA`Northern America	1.009
=36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.991
=36	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.991
=38	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.990
=38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.990
=40	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.011
=40	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.011
=42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.989
=42	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.989
=44	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.988
=44	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.988
=44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.012
=44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.988
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.013
=49	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.987
=49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.987
=51	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.986
=51	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.014
=51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.986
54	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.015
55	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.985
=56	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.984
=56	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.984
=56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.984
=56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.016
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.017
=61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.983
=61	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.983
=61	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.983
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.981
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.980
=66	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.979
=66	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.979
68	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.022
=69	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.023
=69	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.023
=71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.977
=71	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.977
=71	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.977
=74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.976
=74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.024
=74	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.976
=74	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.976
=74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.976
=79	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.975
=79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.975
=79	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.975
=79	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.975
83	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.026
=84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.973
=84	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.973
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.029
=87	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.971
=87	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.971
=89	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.970
=89	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.030
91	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.031
92	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.969
=93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.967
=93	Chile`CHL`South America	0.967
95	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.035
=96	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.964
=96	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.964
=96	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.964
=96	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.964
=96	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.036
=101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.963
=101	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.963
103	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.038
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.961
105	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.960
=106	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.959
=106	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.959
=106	Peru`PER`South America	0.959
=106	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.959
110	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.958
=111	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.957
=111	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.957
=113	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.955
=113	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.955
=113	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.955
=113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.955
117	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.953
=118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.952
=118	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.952
=120	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.951
=120	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.951
=120	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.951
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.949
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.948
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.947
=126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.945
=126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.945
=126	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.945
=129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.944
=129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.944
=131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.939
=131	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.939
133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.938
=134	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.934
=134	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.934
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.933
=137	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.932
=137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.932
=139	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.931
=139	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.931
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.929
142	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.927
=143	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.926
=143	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.926
145	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.925
=146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.924
=146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.924
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.922
149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.920
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.918
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.911
152	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.910
153	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.908
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.906
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.898
156	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.895
157	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.892
158	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.887
=159	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.886
=159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.886
=159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.886
162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.881
163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.878
164	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.875
165	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.874
166	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.866
=167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.865
=167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.865
169	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.861
170	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.859
171	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.858
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.855
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.838
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.830
175	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.828
176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.814
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.813
178	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.812
=179	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.793
=179	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.793
=181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.787
=181	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.787
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.660
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.407

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

103Ukraine1.038
96Qatar1.036
95Barbados1.035
91Antigua and Barbuda1.031
89Mongolia1.030

Lowest

184Yemen0.407
183Afghanistan0.660
181Chadshared0.787
181Syriashared0.787
179Somaliashared0.793

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

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 184 in both
76 · 79rose · fell
29unchanged

Rose most

Sudan0.730 → 0.813+0.083
Palestine0.894 → 0.945+0.051
Azerbaijan0.965 → 0.983+0.018
India0.856 → 0.874+0.018
Benin0.850 → 0.866+0.016

Fell most

Niger0.891 → 0.855−0.036
Burkina Faso0.908 → 0.881−0.027
Costa Rica0.997 → 0.975−0.022
Jordan0.883 → 0.861−0.022
Samoa0.975 → 0.955−0.020

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 2023.
111 distinct values among 184
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 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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