Data for 2002

Gender Inequality Index, 2002

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 2002
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2002, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2002 covers 130 countries. Niger is highest, at 0.810; Sweden is lowest, at 0.053. The middle country reads 0.437. Against 2001, 122 values changed (14 up, 108 down), 2 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2002

HighestNiger

0.810

LowestSweden

0.053

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

130countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
117distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.053
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.061
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.083
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.085
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.095
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.098
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.117
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.127
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.129
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.130
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.131
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.140
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.141
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.146
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.160
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.163
17	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.164
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.170
=19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.174
=19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.174
=21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.181
=21	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.181
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.186
=24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.187
=24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.187
26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.189
27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.190
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.200
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.211
30	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.213
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.216
32	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.224
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.232
34	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.236
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.241
=36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.243
=36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.243
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.250
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.254
40	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.262
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.263
42	United States`USA`Northern America	0.268
43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.293
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.321
45	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.331
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.339
47	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.347
48	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.356
=49	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.357
=49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.357
=51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.361
=51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.361
53	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.363
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.367
=55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.380
=55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.380
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.390
58	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.394
=59	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.396
=59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.396
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.403
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.407
63	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.413
64	Chile`CHL`South America	0.417
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.436
66	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.438
=67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.446
=67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.446
69	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.447
=70	Peru`PER`South America	0.454
=70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.454
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.458
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.459
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.460
=75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.466
=75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.466
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.480
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.485
79	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.492
80	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.493
=81	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.494
=81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.494
83	Colombia`COL`South America	0.502
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.510
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.512
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.526
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.531
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.540
89	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.543
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.547
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.548
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.550
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.564
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.566
95	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.570
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.572
97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.574
98	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.583
99	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.585
100	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.588
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.591
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.593
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.595
104	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.596
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.599
=106	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.601
=106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.601
108	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.603
109	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.607
110	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.611
111	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.615
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.623
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.633
114	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.643
115	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.645
116	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.653
117	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.655
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.667
119	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.668
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.670
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.681
122	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.683
123	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.684
124	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.700
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.728
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.730
127	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.733
128	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.758
129	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.762
130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.810

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#130Niger0.810
#129Tonga0.762
#128Pakistan0.758
#127United Arab Emirates0.733
#126Mauritania0.730

Lowest

#1Sweden0.053
#2Denmark0.061
#3Norway0.083
#4Switzerland0.085
#5Finland0.095

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.437. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 128 in both
14 · 108rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh0.657 → 0.728+0.071
Honduras0.535 → 0.566+0.031
Albania0.237 → 0.262+0.025
Benin0.657 → 0.668+0.011
South Korea0.180 → 0.187+0.007

Fell most

Morocco0.719 → 0.601−0.118
North Macedonia0.308 → 0.236−0.072
Nicaragua0.573 → 0.526−0.047
Malta0.278 → 0.232−0.046
Costa Rica0.408 → 0.367−0.041

+ Colombia

+ Timor-Leste

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 2002.
117 distinct values among 130
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.174. 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 130 countries has every column.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2002). Gender Inequality Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2002

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