Data for 1996

Gender Inequality Index, 1996

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 1996
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

1996, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 1996 covers 101 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 0.782; Sweden is lowest, at 0.066. The middle country reads 0.457. Against 1995, 97 values changed (15 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 1996

HighestPakistan

0.782

LowestSweden

0.066

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

101countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
98distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01UNDP Human Development Report Office’s rank

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Every country and every column of Gender Inequality Index, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.066
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.086
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.096
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.098
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.100
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.105
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.134
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.141
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.156
=10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.158
=10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.158
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.159
13	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.164
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.174
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.177
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.198
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.200
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.211
19	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.213
20	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.215
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.221
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.222
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.226
24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.235
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.236
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.253
27	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.261
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.269
29	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.270
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.284
31	United States`USA`Northern America	0.287
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.289
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.293
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.334
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.335
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.345
37	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.346
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.349
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.364
40	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.370
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.383
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.389
43	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.410
44	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.416
45	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.419
46	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.423
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.429
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.435
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.443
50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.452
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.457
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.464
53	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.465
54	Chile`CHL`South America	0.469
55	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.473
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.475
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.481
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.482
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.483
60	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.486
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.498
62	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.515
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.526
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.536
65	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.538
=66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.541
=66	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.541
68	Peru`PER`South America	0.546
69	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.549
70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.552
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.560
72	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.569
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.575
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.578
=75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.579
=75	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.579
77	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.584
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.592
79	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.598
80	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.605
81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.606
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.608
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.618
84	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.620
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.638
86	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.642
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.653
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.655
89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.661
90	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.671
91	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.682
92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.693
93	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.697
94	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.704
95	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.719
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.722
97	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.724
98	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.725
99	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.761
100	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.769
101	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.782

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#101Pakistan0.782
#100Tonga0.769
#99United Arab Emirates0.761
#98Sudan0.725
#97Iraq0.724

Lowest

#1Sweden0.066
#2Denmark0.086
#3Netherlands0.096
#4Switzerland0.098
#5Finland0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.457. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
97values changed, of 101 in both
15 · 82rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Egypt0.638 → 0.671+0.033
Malta0.312 → 0.335+0.023
Syria0.518 → 0.538+0.020
Singapore0.252 → 0.261+0.009
South Africa0.473 → 0.481+0.008

Fell most

Lithuania0.314 → 0.289−0.025
Czechia0.238 → 0.215−0.023
Bulgaria0.355 → 0.334−0.021
Cyprus0.368 → 0.349−0.019
Maldives0.588 → 0.569−0.019

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 1996.
98 distinct values among 101
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.158. 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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Cite this edition

UNDP Human Development Report Office (1996). Gender Inequality Index, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/1996

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