Data for 2005

Gender Inequality Index, 2005

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 2005
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2005, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2005 covers 143 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.766; Sweden is lowest, at 0.047. The middle country reads 0.425. Against 2004, 130 values changed (25 up, 105 down), 5 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2005

Highest2 countries share it

0.766

LowestSweden

0.047

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

143countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
126distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.047
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.054
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.068
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.069
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.074
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.086
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.101
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.102
=9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.107
=9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.107
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.115
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.124
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.133
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.134
=15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.137
=15	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.137
=15	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.137
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.146
19	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.151
20	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.153
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.157
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.158
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.160
=24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.165
=24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.165
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.168
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.173
=28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.178
=28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.178
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.186
=31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.192
=31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.192
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.200
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.203
=35	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.210
=35	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.210
37	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.232
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.240
39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.245
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.253
41	United States`USA`Northern America	0.258
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.260
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.272
44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.282
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.287
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.315
47	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.317
48	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.333
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.335
50	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.337
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.339
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.342
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.343
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.344
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.347
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.351
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.352
58	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.354
59	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.360
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.364
61	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.366
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.375
63	Chile`CHL`South America	0.379
64	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.382
=65	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.385
=65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.385
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.389
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.394
69	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.395
70	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.397
71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.419
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.425
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.435
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.439
75	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.440
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.444
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.446
78	Peru`PER`South America	0.448
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.455
80	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.467
81	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.470
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.474
83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.476
=84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.477
=84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.477
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.481
87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.483
88	Colombia`COL`South America	0.488
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.490
90	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.495
91	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.506
92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.513
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.516
94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.517
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.521
96	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.532
97	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.541
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.543
99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.550
100	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.551
=101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.552
=101	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.552
103	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.556
104	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.557
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.567
106	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.570
=107	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.572
=107	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.572
109	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.573
110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.574
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.577
=112	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.579
=112	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.579
=114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.581
=114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.581
116	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.583
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.607
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.615
=119	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.619
=119	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.619
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.623
122	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.631
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.634
124	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.636
125	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.642
=126	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.644
=126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.644
=128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.647
=128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.647
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.650
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.652
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.654
133	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.658
134	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.659
135	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.663
136	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.669
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.686
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.693
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.715
140	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.720
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.724
=142	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.766
=142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.766

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#142Kyrgyzstanshared0.766
#142Saudi Arabiashared0.766
#141Niger0.724
#140United Arab Emirates0.720
#139Mauritania0.715

Lowest

#1Sweden0.047
#2Denmark0.054
#3Netherlands0.068
#4Norway0.069
#5Switzerland0.074

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.425. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −0countries joined / left
130values changed, of 138 in both
25 · 105rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Kyrgyzstan0.431 → 0.766+0.335
Tunisia0.305 → 0.315+0.010
Slovenia0.124 → 0.133+0.009
Lesotho0.575 → 0.583+0.008
Syria0.474 → 0.481+0.007

Fell most

Kuwait0.680 → 0.366−0.314
Tonga0.763 → 0.470−0.293
Bangladesh0.739 → 0.654−0.085
Mauritius0.456 → 0.382−0.074
Honduras0.538 → 0.474−0.064

+ DR Congo

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Liberia

+ Senegal

+ Togo

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 2005.
126 distinct values among 143
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.137. 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 143 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2005). Gender Inequality Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2005

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