Data for 1995

Gender Inequality Index, 1995

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 1995
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

1995, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 1995 covers 101 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 0.789; Sweden is lowest, at 0.071. The middle country reads 0.458. Against 1994, 85 values changed (11 up, 74 down), 14 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 1995

HighestPakistan

0.789

LowestSweden

0.071

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

101countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
100distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.071
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.094
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.095
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.099
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.106
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.107
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.134
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.144
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.157
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.159
=11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.163
=11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.163
13	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.170
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.178
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.181
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.196
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.207
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.216
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.218
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.228
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.232
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.235
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.238
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.240
25	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.242
26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.252
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.261
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.276
29	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.279
30	United States`USA`Northern America	0.292
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.296
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.301
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.312
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.314
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.351
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.355
37	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.356
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.364
39	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.367
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.368
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.392
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.393
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.422
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.427
45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.428
46	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.432
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.442
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.444
49	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.451
50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.456
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.458
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.464
53	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.468
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.473
55	Chile`CHL`South America	0.477
56	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.484
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.485
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.486
59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.489
60	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.492
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.506
62	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.518
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.523
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.532
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.543
66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.546
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.548
68	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.550
69	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.551
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.563
71	Peru`PER`South America	0.564
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.577
73	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.580
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.581
75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.583
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.586
77	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.588
78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.598
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.599
80	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.605
81	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.610
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.613
83	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.629
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.631
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.638
86	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.646
87	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.650
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.655
89	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.665
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.673
91	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.683
92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.694
93	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.702
94	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.714
95	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.716
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.718
97	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.725
98	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.730
99	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.764
100	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.774
101	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.789

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#101Pakistan0.789
#100Tonga0.774
#99United Arab Emirates0.764
#98Sudan0.730
#97Iraq0.725

Lowest

#1Sweden0.071
#2Denmark0.094
#3Finland0.095
#4Netherlands0.099
#5Switzerland0.106

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.458. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+14 / −0countries joined / left
85values changed, of 87 in both
11 · 74rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia0.422 → 0.432+0.010
New Zealand0.206 → 0.216+0.010
Croatia0.270 → 0.279+0.009
Jamaica0.452 → 0.458+0.006
Pakistan0.783 → 0.789+0.006

Fell most

Morocco0.750 → 0.718−0.032
Maldives0.611 → 0.588−0.023
Malta0.334 → 0.312−0.022
Cyprus0.389 → 0.368−0.021
Poland0.253 → 0.232−0.021

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Armenia

+ Cameroon

+ Algeria

+ Fiji

+ Iraq

+ Kuwait

+ Lesotho

+ Lithuania

+ Mozambique

+ Rwanda

+ Tajikistan

+ Vietnam

+ Zimbabwe

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 1995.
100 distinct values among 101
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.163. 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 101 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.

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Cite this edition

UNDP Human Development Report Office (1995). Gender Inequality Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/1995

0634 held

Other years

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Gender Inequality Index, 1994
87 countries
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Gender Inequality Index, 1996
101 countries
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Gender Inequality Index: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions