Data for 2016

Gender Inequality Index, 2016

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 2016
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2016, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2016 covers 162 countries. Haiti is highest, at 0.840; Netherlands is lowest, at 0.031. The middle country reads 0.370. Against 2015, 153 values changed (19 up, 134 down), 2 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2016

HighestHaiti

0.840

LowestNetherlands

0.031

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

162countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
138distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.031
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.033
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.034
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.036
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.038
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.048
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.050
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.052
9	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.057
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.058
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.061
12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.063
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.070
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.074
=15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.081
=15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.081
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.083
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.092
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.093
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.100
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.101
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.102
=23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.104
=23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.104
=25	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.119
=25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.119
=27	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.124
=27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.124
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.126
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.129
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.131
=32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.139
=32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.139
34	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.145
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.158
=36	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.162
=36	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.162
38	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.169
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.188
=40	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.192
=40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.192
=42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.196
=42	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.196
=44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.212
=44	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.212
46	United States`USA`Northern America	0.214
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.217
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.224
49	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.226
50	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.237
51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.252
52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.261
=53	Chile`CHL`South America	0.267
=53	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.267
55	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.269
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.278
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.281
=58	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.284
=58	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.284
60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.296
=61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.297
=61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.297
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.304
64	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.305
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.307
66	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.312
67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.321
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.324
69	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.327
70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.328
71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.331
=72	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.333
=72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.333
74	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.340
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.342
76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.348
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.352
78	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.357
=79	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.363
=79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.363
=81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.370
=81	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.370
=81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.370
=81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.370
=81	Peru`PER`South America	0.370
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.386
87	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.392
=88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.394
=88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.394
90	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.399
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.411
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.412
93	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.413
94	Colombia`COL`South America	0.414
95	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.416
96	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.421
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.424
98	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.425
99	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.426
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.428
101	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.432
102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.433
=103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.440
=103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.440
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.442
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.452
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.453
108	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.470
=109	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.471
=109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.471
111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.477
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.480
113	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.484
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.485
=115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.506
=115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.506
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.508
118	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.509
=119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.510
=119	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.510
=121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.512
=121	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.512
123	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.513
124	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.524
125	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.528
126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.529
127	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.531
128	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.533
129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.534
130	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.536
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.543
132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.544
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.547
134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.557
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.558
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.563
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.565
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.572
139	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.574
140	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.579
141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.586
142	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.596
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.603
144	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.606
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.609
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.614
147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.619
148	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.622
149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.626
150	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.633
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.640
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.649
153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.657
154	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.659
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.662
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.671
157	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.679
158	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.682
159	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.769
160	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.800
161	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.824
162	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.840

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#162Haiti0.840
#161Yemen0.824
#160Vanuatu0.800
#159Tonga0.769
#158Afghanistan0.682

Lowest

#1Netherlands0.031
#2Denmark0.033
#3Norway0.034
#4Sweden0.036
#5Switzerland0.038

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.370. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 160 in both
19 · 134rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Haiti0.625 → 0.840+0.215
Mali0.646 → 0.671+0.025
Myanmar0.495 → 0.512+0.017
Venezuela0.492 → 0.509+0.017
Croatia0.143 → 0.158+0.015

Fell most

Egypt0.542 → 0.412−0.130
Iran0.532 → 0.470−0.062
Georgia0.360 → 0.321−0.039
Jordan0.477 → 0.442−0.035
Tajikistan0.335 → 0.305−0.030

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Brunei

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 2016.
138 distinct values among 162
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.370. 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 162 countries has every column.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2016). Gender Inequality Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2016

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