Data for 2019

Gender Inequality Index, 2019

Name: Gender Inequality Index, 2019
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2019, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2019 covers 169 countries. Papua New Guinea is highest, at 0.816; Norway is lowest, at 0.014. The middle country reads 0.362. Against 2018, 162 values changed (34 up, 128 down), 2 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2019

HighestPapua New Guinea

0.816

LowestNorway

0.014

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

169countries
1measure
2019the 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

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Every country and every column of Gender Inequality Index, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.014
=2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.016
=2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.016
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.022
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.027
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.031
7	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.039
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.045
=9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.047
=9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.047
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.051
=12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.052
=12	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.052
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.055
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.061
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.062
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.069
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.072
=19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.076
=19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.076
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.077
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.079
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.082
24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.089
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.094
26	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.096
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.097
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.105
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.108
30	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.113
=31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.118
=31	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.118
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.121
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.122
35	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.124
36	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.131
37	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.140
38	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.153
39	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.159
40	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.160
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.161
42	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.162
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.164
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.183
=45	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.191
=45	United States`USA`Northern America	0.191
47	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.192
=48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.193
=48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.193
50	Chile`CHL`South America	0.195
51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.202
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.205
53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.212
54	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.216
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.228
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.234
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.235
58	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.237
59	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.242
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.253
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.256
62	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.264
63	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.265
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.267
65	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.269
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.270
=67	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.283
=67	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.283
69	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.286
70	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.292
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.296
72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.304
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.310
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.311
75	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.314
76	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.316
77	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.317
78	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.318
=79	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.325
=79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.325
81	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.335
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.337
83	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.338
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.358
85	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.362
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.366
=87	Peru`PER`South America	0.367
=87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.367
89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.371
90	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.384
=91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.385
=91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.385
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.388
94	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.392
95	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.395
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.398
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.400
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.408
99	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.409
100	Colombia`COL`South America	0.411
101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.421
102	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.424
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.429
=104	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.436
=104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.436
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.437
107	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.438
=108	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.439
=108	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.439
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.445
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.448
112	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.450
113	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.456
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.461
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.463
116	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.464
117	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.466
118	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.478
119	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.487
120	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.490
121	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.491
122	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.492
123	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.496
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.497
=125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.500
=125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.500
127	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.501
128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.503
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.506
130	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.509
131	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.516
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.520
133	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.521
=134	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.525
=134	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.525
=134	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.525
137	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.526
138	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.527
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.528
140	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.535
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.536
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.555
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.560
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.567
=145	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.571
=145	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.571
147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.575
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.577
149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.585
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.586
151	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.589
152	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.593
153	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.605
=154	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.612
=154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.612
156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.618
157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.622
=158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.625
=158	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.625
160	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.631
161	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.636
162	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.650
163	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.671
164	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.676
165	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.690
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.700
167	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.797
168	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.809
169	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.816

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#169Papua New Guinea0.816
#168Yemen0.809
#167Vanuatu0.797
#166Chad0.700
#165Nigeria0.690

Lowest

#1Norway0.014
#2Denmarkshared0.016
#2Switzerlandshared0.016
#4Sweden0.022
#5Netherlands0.027

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.362. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 167 in both
34 · 128rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Tonga0.425 → 0.450+0.025
Nigeria0.672 → 0.690+0.018
Tunisia0.236 → 0.253+0.017
Chad0.686 → 0.700+0.014
Honduras0.435 → 0.445+0.010

Fell most

Thailand0.385 → 0.310−0.075
United Arab Emirates0.093 → 0.039−0.054
Solomon Islands0.568 → 0.525−0.043
Kuwait0.240 → 0.202−0.038
Mauritius0.363 → 0.325−0.038

+ Guinea

+ Samoa

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 2019.
150 distinct values among 169
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.525. 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 169 countries has every column.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2019). Gender Inequality Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2019

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