Data for 2009

Gender Inequality Index, 2009

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 2009
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2009, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2009 covers 148 countries. Saudi Arabia is highest, at 0.763; Sweden is lowest, at 0.049. The middle country reads 0.402. Against 2008, 137 values changed (43 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2009

HighestSaudi Arabia

0.763

LowestSweden

0.049

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

148countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
130distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.049
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.050
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.053
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.058
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.073
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.076
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.080
8	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.082
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.093
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.096
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.099
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.107
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.112
14	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.114
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.123
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.125
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.129
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.130
19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.132
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.137
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.141
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.145
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.149
=24	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.157
=24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.157
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.160
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.161
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.168
29	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.169
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.170
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.171
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.173
33	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.178
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.186
=35	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.192
=35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.192
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.201
38	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.210
39	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.218
40	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.226
41	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.227
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.228
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.229
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.233
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.240
46	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.258
=47	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.260
=47	United States`USA`Northern America	0.260
49	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.270
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.273
51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.278
52	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.282
53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.286
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.318
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.324
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.325
57	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.327
58	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.331
59	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.342
=60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.346
=60	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.346
=60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.346
=60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.346
=64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.354
=64	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.354
66	Chile`CHL`South America	0.357
67	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.370
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.372
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.373
70	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.381
71	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.384
72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.393
=73	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.401
=73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.401
75	Peru`PER`South America	0.403
76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.409
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.415
78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.422
79	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.423
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.425
81	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.437
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.438
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.439
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.442
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.447
86	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.452
87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.453
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.456
89	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.470
=90	Colombia`COL`South America	0.478
=90	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.478
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.480
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.484
=94	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.485
=94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.485
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.488
97	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.489
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.490
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.492
100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.505
=101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.513
=101	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.513
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.514
104	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.522
105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.526
=106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.530
=106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.530
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.533
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.534
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.542
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.544
112	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.546
113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.547
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.552
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.553
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.556
117	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.571
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.573
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.580
120	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.583
121	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.584
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.591
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.594
=124	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.600
=124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.600
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.603
=127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.610
=127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.610
=129	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.614
=129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.614
=131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.615
=131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.615
=131	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.615
134	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.616
135	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.620
=136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.635
=136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.635
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.645
139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.646
140	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.652
141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.653
142	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.658
143	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.672
144	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.681
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.683
146	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.696
147	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.701
148	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.763

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#148Saudi Arabia0.763
#147Niger0.701
#146Afghanistan0.696
#145Papua New Guinea0.683
#144Qatar0.681

Lowest

#1Sweden0.049
#2Denmark0.050
#3Netherlands0.053
#4Switzerland0.058
#5Finland0.073

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.402. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
137values changed, of 148 in both
43 · 94rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Maldives0.367 → 0.409+0.042
Panama0.442 → 0.480+0.038
Lebanon0.411 → 0.437+0.026
Uzbekistan0.234 → 0.258+0.024
Georgia0.430 → 0.453+0.023

Fell most

Kuwait0.284 → 0.218−0.066
Bangladesh0.673 → 0.615−0.058
Albania0.245 → 0.192−0.053
Bolivia0.531 → 0.489−0.042
Indonesia0.534 → 0.505−0.029

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.

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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 2009.
130 distinct values among 148
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.346. 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 148 countries has every column.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2009). Gender Inequality Index, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2009

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