Data for 2015

Gender Inequality Index, 2015

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 2015
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2015, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2015 covers 160 countries. Yemen is highest, at 0.824; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.034. The middle country reads 0.381. Against 2014, 150 values changed (27 up, 123 down), 3 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2015

HighestYemen

0.824

Lowest2 countries share it

0.034

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

160countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
142distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

=1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.034
=1	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.034
=3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.038
=3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.038
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.040
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.050
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.056
=8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.062
=8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.062
=8	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.062
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.067
12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.068
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.074
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.076
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.079
=16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.083
=16	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.083
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.096
19	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.103
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.107
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.109
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.111
23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.114
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.118
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.125
=26	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.128
=26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.128
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.129
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.133
30	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.136
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.138
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.140
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.143
34	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.145
35	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.155
36	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.162
37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.179
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.189
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.191
40	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.202
41	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.206
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.209
=43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.217
=43	United States`USA`Northern America	0.217
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.218
46	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.225
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.233
48	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.234
49	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.244
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.261
51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.265
52	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.268
53	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.276
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.282
55	Chile`CHL`South America	0.287
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.288
=57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.290
=57	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.290
59	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.300
=60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.301
=60	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.301
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.307
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.315
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.332
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.334
66	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.335
67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.336
68	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.338
69	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.339
=70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.341
=70	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.341
72	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.360
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.362
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.363
75	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.364
76	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.366
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.373
=78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.378
=78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.378
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.379
81	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.383
82	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.385
=83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.391
=83	Peru`PER`South America	0.391
85	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.397
=86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.403
=86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.403
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.409
89	Colombia`COL`South America	0.417
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.419
91	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.420
92	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.424
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.425
94	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.429
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.431
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.432
97	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.436
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.441
99	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.442
100	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.449
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.452
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.466
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.469
=104	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.477
=104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.477
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.482
107	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.484
108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.492
109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.495
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.496
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.498
112	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.502
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.505
114	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.511
115	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.514
116	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.517
117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.519
118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.528
119	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.529
120	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.530
121	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.532
=122	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.533
=122	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.533
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.536
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.539
126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.542
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.547
128	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.549
129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.551
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.553
131	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.561
=132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.563
=132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.563
134	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.568
135	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.573
136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.577
=137	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.578
=137	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.578
139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.582
140	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.600
141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.609
142	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.610
143	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.615
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.618
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.624
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.625
147	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.631
148	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.632
149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.633
150	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.645
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.646
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.657
=153	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.659
=153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.659
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.664
156	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.681
157	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.683
158	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.770
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.799
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.824

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#160Yemen0.824
#159Vanuatu0.799
#158Tonga0.770
#157Afghanistan0.683
#156Nigeria0.681

Lowest

#1Netherlandsshared0.034
#1Denmarkshared0.034
#3Swedenshared0.038
#3Switzerlandshared0.038
#5Norway0.040

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.381. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 157 in both
27 · 123rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Mauritius0.343 → 0.373+0.030
Croatia0.119 → 0.143+0.024
Burkina Faso0.592 → 0.610+0.018
Belize0.413 → 0.429+0.016
Bahrain0.233 → 0.244+0.011

Fell most

Suriname0.489 → 0.442−0.047
Uruguay0.326 → 0.290−0.036
India0.528 → 0.496−0.032
Ethiopia0.565 → 0.533−0.032
Estonia0.156 → 0.128−0.028

+ Cabo Verde

+ Myanmar

+ Eswatini

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 2015.
142 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.062. 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 160 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2015). Gender Inequality Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2015

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07Questions