Data for 2001

Gender Inequality Index, 2001

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 2001
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2001, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2001 covers 128 countries. Niger is highest, at 0.812; Sweden is lowest, at 0.056. The middle country reads 0.438. Against 2000, 121 values changed (23 up, 98 down), 3 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2001

HighestNiger

0.812

LowestSweden

0.056

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

128countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
116distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.056
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.070
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.087
=4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.092
=4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.092
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.099
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.122
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.133
9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.134
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.135
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.139
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.141
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.143
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.152
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.154
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.165
17	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.166
18	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.174
19	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.178
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.180
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.183
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.186
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.187
=24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.189
=24	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.189
26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.191
=27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.206
=27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.206
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.211
30	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.215
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.218
32	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.237
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.249
34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.253
35	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.255
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.258
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.265
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.268
39	United States`USA`Northern America	0.269
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.272
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.278
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.296
43	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.308
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.334
45	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.339
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.354
47	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.357
48	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.358
49	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.360
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.367
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.368
52	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.372
53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.380
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.382
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.384
56	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.396
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.402
=58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.405
=58	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.405
60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.408
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.423
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.425
=63	Chile`CHL`South America	0.435
=63	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.435
=65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.441
=65	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.441
67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.447
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.452
69	Peru`PER`South America	0.459
70	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.460
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.461
72	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.470
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.472
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.474
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.480
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.487
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.494
=78	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.495
=78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.495
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.498
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.499
82	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.505
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.517
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.527
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.535
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.541
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.549
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.552
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.553
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.566
91	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.569
=92	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.573
=92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.573
94	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.574
95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.575
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.586
97	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.593
98	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.596
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.597
=100	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.601
=100	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.601
=102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.602
=102	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.602
104	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.605
105	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.610
106	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.612
107	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.615
108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.625
=109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.639
=109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.639
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.650
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.651
=113	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.657
=113	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.657
115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.659
116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.666
117	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.674
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.678
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.684
120	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.685
121	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.686
122	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.704
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.719
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.730
125	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.736
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.763
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.765
128	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.812

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#128Niger0.812
#127Tonga0.765
#126Pakistan0.763
#125United Arab Emirates0.736
#124Mauritania0.730

Lowest

#1Sweden0.056
#2Denmark0.070
#3Switzerland0.087
#4Norwayshared0.092
#4Finlandshared0.092

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.438. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 125 in both
23 · 98rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe0.606 → 0.625+0.019
Morocco0.702 → 0.719+0.017
Venezuela0.502 → 0.517+0.015
Greece0.208 → 0.218+0.010
Bangladesh0.648 → 0.657+0.009

Fell most

Singapore0.260 → 0.189−0.071
Bulgaria0.336 → 0.268−0.068
Albania0.291 → 0.237−0.054
Slovenia0.187 → 0.139−0.048
Moldova0.400 → 0.354−0.046

+ Belarus

+ Ethiopia

+ Haiti

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 2001.
116 distinct values among 128
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.092. 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 128 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2001). Gender Inequality Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2001

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