Data for 2012

Gender Inequality Index, 2012

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 2012
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2012, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2012 covers 154 countries. Vanuatu is highest, at 0.799; Denmark is lowest, at 0.041. The middle country reads 0.385. Against 2011, 150 values changed (36 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2012

HighestVanuatu

0.799

LowestDenmark

0.041

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

154countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
139distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.041
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.046
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.047
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.050
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.054
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.065
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.068
8	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.070
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.074
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.082
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.084
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.085
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.089
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.094
15	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.097
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.110
=17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.114
=17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.114
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.124
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.126
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.127
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.129
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.131
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.133
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.135
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.140
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.143
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.151
=29	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.152
=29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.152
31	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.155
32	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.159
=33	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.161
=33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.161
35	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.173
36	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.175
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.189
38	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.197
39	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.211
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.213
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.218
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.219
43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.227
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.229
45	United States`USA`Northern America	0.235
46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.236
47	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.238
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.242
49	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.243
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.253
=51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.258
=51	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.258
53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.278
54	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.283
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.301
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.305
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.316
=58	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.321
=58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.321
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.324
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.326
62	Chile`CHL`South America	0.327
63	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.339
64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.340
65	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.346
66	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.347
67	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.352
68	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.353
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.354
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.355
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.362
72	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.368
73	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.372
=74	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.373
=74	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.373
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.381
77	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.384
78	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.386
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.391
80	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.392
81	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.394
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.400
83	Peru`PER`South America	0.405
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.407
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.413
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.424
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.426
88	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.429
=89	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.434
=89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.434
91	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.436
92	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.441
93	Colombia`COL`South America	0.452
=94	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.463
=94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.463
96	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.472
97	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.476
=98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.479
=98	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.479
100	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.480
101	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.487
=102	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.489
=102	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.489
=104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.491
=104	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.491
106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.512
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.516
108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.519
109	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.521
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.522
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.523
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.525
113	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.527
114	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.530
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.536
116	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.537
117	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.538
118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.540
119	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.543
120	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.550
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.555
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.557
123	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.566
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.570
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.580
=126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.583
=126	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.583
=126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.583
129	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.585
130	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.588
131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.592
132	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.593
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.601
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.607
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.610
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.614
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.621
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.630
=139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.631
=139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.631
141	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.633
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.637
143	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.643
=144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.649
=144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.649
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.653
147	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.654
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.663
149	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.668
150	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.676
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.720
152	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.731
153	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.749
154	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.799

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#154Vanuatu0.799
#153Saudi Arabia0.749
#152Afghanistan0.731
#151Niger0.720
#150Nigeria0.676

Lowest

#1Denmark0.041
#2Netherlands0.046
#3Sweden0.047
#4Switzerland0.050
#5Norway0.054

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.385. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 154 in both
36 · 114rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Vanuatu0.576 → 0.799+0.223
Niger0.669 → 0.720+0.051
Egypt0.545 → 0.566+0.021
Saint Lucia0.350 → 0.368+0.018
Afghanistan0.716 → 0.731+0.015

Fell most

Algeria0.496 → 0.407−0.089
Mongolia0.420 → 0.347−0.073
Papua New Guinea0.676 → 0.621−0.055
Georgia0.420 → 0.372−0.048
Libya0.302 → 0.258−0.044

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 2012.
139 distinct values among 154
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.583. 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.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2012). Gender Inequality Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2012

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