Data for 1993

Gender Inequality Index, 1993

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 1993
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

1993, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 1993 covers 84 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 0.786; Sweden is lowest, at 0.087. The middle country reads 0.432. Against 1992, 76 values changed (12 up, 64 down), 4 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 1993

HighestPakistan

0.786

LowestSweden

0.087

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

84countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
79distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.087
=2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.094
=2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.094
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.111
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.115
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.117
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.147
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.161
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.165
=10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.167
=10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.167
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.183
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.184
14	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.185
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.190
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.204
17	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.211
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.228
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.230
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.241
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.243
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.259
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.261
24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.264
25	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.265
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.276
27	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.282
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.285
29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.293
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.302
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.317
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.324
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.327
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.355
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.367
36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.369
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.372
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.379
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.396
40	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.416
41	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.419
42	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.426
43	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.438
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.442
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.447
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.448
=47	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.452
=47	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.452
49	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.459
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.482
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.483
52	Chile`CHL`South America	0.486
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.493
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.496
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.498
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.513
57	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.536
58	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.537
59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.546
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.557
61	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.562
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.568
63	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.583
64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.593
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.599
=66	Peru`PER`South America	0.602
=66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.602
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.613
=69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.617
=69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.617
71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.623
72	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.636
73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.647
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.653
75	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.655
76	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.662
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.680
78	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.688
79	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.702
80	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.724
81	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.741
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.751
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.783
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.786

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#84Pakistan0.786
#83Tonga0.783
#82Morocco0.751
#81Sudan0.741
#80Nepal0.724

Lowest

#1Sweden0.087
#2Finlandshared0.094
#2Denmarkshared0.094
#4Netherlands0.111
#5Switzerland0.115

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.432. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
76values changed, of 80 in both
12 · 64rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Dominican Republic0.565 → 0.613+0.048
Peru0.579 → 0.602+0.023
Türkiye0.589 → 0.602+0.013
Russia0.441 → 0.452+0.011
North Macedonia0.432 → 0.438+0.006

Fell most

Cyprus0.421 → 0.396−0.025
Malta0.352 → 0.327−0.025
Romania0.501 → 0.482−0.019
Barbados0.388 → 0.372−0.016
Maldives0.639 → 0.623−0.016

+ Azerbaijan

+ Gabon

+ Jamaica

+ Cambodia

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 1993.
79 distinct values among 84
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.094. 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 84 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UNDP Human Development Report Office (1993). Gender Inequality Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/1993

0634 held

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Gender Inequality Index, 1992
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87 countries
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