Data for 2010

Gender Inequality Index, 2010

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 2010
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2010, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2010 covers 154 countries. Tonga is highest, at 0.767; Denmark is lowest, at 0.048. The middle country reads 0.408. Against 2009, 138 values changed (29 up, 109 down), 6 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2010

HighestTonga

0.767

LowestDenmark

0.048

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

154countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
140distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.048
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.050
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.052
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.056
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.070
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.073
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.075
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.078
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.090
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.093
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.096
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.104
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.105
14	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.112
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.118
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.123
=17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.127
=17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.127
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.129
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.135
=21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.137
=21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.137
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.141
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.144
25	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.149
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.150
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.156
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.159
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.163
=30	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.165
=30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.165
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.170
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.178
34	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.180
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.191
36	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.192
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.203
38	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.207
39	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.208
40	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.210
41	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.226
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.228
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.229
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.239
45	United States`USA`Northern America	0.245
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.250
47	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.253
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.262
49	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.263
50	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.270
51	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.272
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.274
53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.275
54	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.294
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.315
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.318
=57	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.330
=57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.330
59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.332
60	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.333
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.335
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.342
63	Chile`CHL`South America	0.350
64	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.352
65	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.356
66	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.357
=67	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.368
=67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.368
69	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.369
=70	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.370
=70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.370
72	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.371
73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.390
74	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.395
75	Peru`PER`South America	0.396
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.398
77	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.406
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.410
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.411
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.416
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.418
=82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.430
=82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.430
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.431
85	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.433
86	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.441
=87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.442
=87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.442
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.447
90	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.451
91	Colombia`COL`South America	0.454
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.473
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.478
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.479
95	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.480
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.482
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.483
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.488
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.489
=100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.494
=100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.494
102	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.508
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.509
104	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.515
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.516
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.523
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.526
108	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.529
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.531
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.533
111	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.535
=112	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.536
=112	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.536
114	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.541
=115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.545
=115	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.545
117	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.551
118	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.552
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.554
120	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.556
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.564
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.566
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.571
124	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.575
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.579
126	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.590
=127	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.595
=127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.595
129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.599
130	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.601
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.603
=132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.607
=132	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.607
134	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.612
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.613
136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.614
137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.620
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.621
139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.626
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.637
141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.643
=142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.644
=142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.644
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.652
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.653
146	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.659
147	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.663
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.666
149	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.670
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.682
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.692
152	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.704
153	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.754
154	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.767

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#154Tonga0.767
#153Saudi Arabia0.754
#152Afghanistan0.704
#151Niger0.692
#150Papua New Guinea0.682

Lowest

#1Denmark0.048
#2Sweden0.050
#3Netherlands0.052
#4Switzerland0.056
#5Norway0.070

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.408. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 148 in both
29 · 109rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Tonga0.485 → 0.767+0.282
Suriname0.470 → 0.516+0.046
Kyrgyzstan0.354 → 0.368+0.014
Mali0.652 → 0.666+0.014
Trinidad and Tobago0.318 → 0.332+0.014

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe0.583 → 0.535−0.048
Sudan0.635 → 0.607−0.028
Jordan0.514 → 0.489−0.025
Colombia0.478 → 0.454−0.024
Georgia0.453 → 0.430−0.023

+ Angola

+ Bhutan

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Gambia

+ Libya

+ Vanuatu

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 2010.
140 distinct values among 154
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.127. 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 154 countries has every column.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2010). Gender Inequality Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2010

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