Data for 2018

Gender Inequality Index, 2018

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 2018
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2018, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2018 covers 167 countries. Yemen is highest, at 0.825; Norway is lowest, at 0.018. The middle country reads 0.365. Against 2017, 152 values changed (33 up, 119 down), 4 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2018

HighestYemen

0.825

LowestNorway

0.018

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

167countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
150distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01UNDP Human Development Report Office’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Gender Inequality Index, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.018
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.021
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.027
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.029
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.031
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.038
=7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.049
=7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.049
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.052
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.055
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.056
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.060
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.062
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.065
15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.072
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.074
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.078
=18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.080
=18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.080
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.082
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.090
=22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.091
=22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.091
24	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.093
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.101
26	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.102
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.103
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.111
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.119
30	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.122
31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.126
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.129
=33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.130
=33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.130
35	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.132
36	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.138
37	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.146
38	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.163
=39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.168
=39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.168
41	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.169
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.170
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.182
44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.193
45	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.194
=46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.195
=46	United States`USA`Northern America	0.195
48	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.204
=49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.209
=49	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.209
51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.213
52	Chile`CHL`South America	0.215
53	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.230
54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.236
55	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.240
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.241
=57	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.242
=57	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.242
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.249
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.254
61	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.262
62	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.267
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.269
=64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.277
=64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.277
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.281
67	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.286
68	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.293
69	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.298
70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.299
71	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.301
72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.303
73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.313
74	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.318
=75	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.320
=75	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.320
=77	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.322
=77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.322
79	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.331
80	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.332
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.357
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.363
=83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.365
=83	Peru`PER`South America	0.365
=83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.365
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.368
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.372
=88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.381
=88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.381
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.383
91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.384
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.385
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.391
94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.395
95	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.401
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.404
97	Colombia`COL`South America	0.410
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.411
99	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.412
100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.416
101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.423
=102	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.425
=102	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.425
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.430
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.434
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.435
107	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.440
=108	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.444
=108	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.444
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.449
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.450
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.453
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.455
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.466
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.484
116	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.487
=117	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.488
=117	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.488
119	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.492
120	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.498
121	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.499
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.501
123	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.502
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.503
125	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.507
126	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.508
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.509
128	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.513
129	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.518
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.519
131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.520
132	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.525
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.528
134	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.529
135	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.531
136	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.532
137	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.534
138	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.538
139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.539
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.559
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.563
142	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.566
143	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.568
144	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.573
145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.580
146	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.583
147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.587
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.589
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.594
150	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.596
151	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.608
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.615
153	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.618
154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.622
155	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.623
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.629
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.636
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.638
159	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.645
160	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.649
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.666
162	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.672
163	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.677
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.686
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.799
166	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.818
167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.825

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#167Yemen0.825
#166Papua New Guinea0.818
#165Vanuatu0.799
#164Chad0.686
#163Afghanistan0.677

Lowest

#1Norway0.018
#2Denmark0.021
#3Netherlands0.027
#4Sweden0.029
#5Switzerland0.031

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.365. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
152values changed, of 163 in both
33 · 119rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Botswana0.459 → 0.492+0.033
Slovenia0.053 → 0.072+0.019
Cyprus0.212 → 0.230+0.018
Luxembourg0.058 → 0.074+0.016
São Tomé and Príncipe0.491 → 0.503+0.012

Fell most

Bhutan0.347 → 0.277−0.070
Djibouti0.547 → 0.499−0.048
Latvia0.215 → 0.168−0.047
Lebanon0.418 → 0.381−0.037
Chile0.249 → 0.215−0.034

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Grenada

+ Guyana

+ Chad

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 2018.
150 distinct values among 167
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.365. 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 167 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2018). Gender Inequality Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2018

0634 held

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