Data for 1992

Gender Inequality Index, 1992

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 1992
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

1992, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 1992 covers 80 countries. Tonga is highest, at 0.789; Sweden is lowest, at 0.091. The middle country reads 0.428. Against 1991, 75 values changed (16 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 1992

HighestTonga

0.789

LowestSweden

0.091

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

80countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
77distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01UNDP Human Development Report Office’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Gender Inequality Index, 1992, as published. The rank is UNDP Human Development Report Office’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gender Inequality Index, 1992: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.091
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.097
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.099
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.115
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.120
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.121
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.156
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.167
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.170
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.175
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.176
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.186
=13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.187
=13	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.187
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.195
16	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.214
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.218
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.230
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.235
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.249
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.255
22	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.262
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.270
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.271
25	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.272
=26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.285
=26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.285
28	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.289
29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.291
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.306
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.323
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.331
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.352
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.356
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.369
36	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.378
37	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.383
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.388
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.421
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.426
41	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.430
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.432
43	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.441
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.450
45	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.455
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.456
47	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.459
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.485
49	Chile`CHL`South America	0.491
=50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.501
=50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.501
52	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.505
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.506
54	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.517
55	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.539
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.545
57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.548
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.560
59	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.561
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.565
61	Peru`PER`South America	0.579
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.581
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.589
64	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.596
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.603
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.620
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.629
68	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.638
69	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.639
70	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.650
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.665
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.667
73	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.687
74	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.690
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.700
76	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.732
77	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.742
78	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.749
79	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.787
80	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.789

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#80Tonga0.789
#79Pakistan0.787
#78Morocco0.749
#77Sudan0.742
#76Nepal0.732

Lowest

#1Sweden0.091
#2Denmark0.097
#3Finland0.099
#4Netherlands0.115
#5Switzerland0.120

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.428. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
75values changed, of 80 in both
16 · 59rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

El Salvador0.531 → 0.545+0.014
Trinidad and Tobago0.442 → 0.456+0.014
North Macedonia0.419 → 0.432+0.013
Malta0.339 → 0.352+0.013
Bahamas0.371 → 0.378+0.007

Fell most

Croatia0.314 → 0.289−0.025
Poland0.292 → 0.271−0.021
Malaysia0.388 → 0.369−0.019
Saint Lucia0.447 → 0.430−0.017
Maldives0.655 → 0.639−0.016

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

Read before you use

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 1992.
77 distinct values among 80
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.187. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The rank is UNDP Human Development Report Office’s
Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 80 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNDP Human Development Report Office (1992). Gender Inequality Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/1992

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