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Gender Social Norms Index, 2023 compilation

Name: Gender Social Norms Index, 2023 compilation
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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Gender Social Norms Index, 2023 compilation covers 91 countries on 7 measures. Tajikistan is highest, at 99.917; New Zealand is lowest, at 27.385. The middle country reads 92.222. 11 readings are more than ten years older than the file and are listed but not compared.

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Gender Social Norms Index · Latest available · compiled 2023

HighestTajikistan

99.917

LowestNew Zealand

27.385

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

91countries
7measures per country
2023compiled · readings from many years
91distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Gender Social Norms Index, 2023 compilation, as published. UNDP Human Development Report Office ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gender Social Norms Index, 2023 compilation: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia · 2022 reading	99.917	87.42	0.083	78.333	51.667	78.08	97.500	2017-2022
2	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia · 2022 reading	99.886	98.52	0.114	85.722	60.376	92.18	91.998	2017-2022
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia · 2014 reading	99.808	95.10	0.192	91.619	27.453	81.74	87.476	2010-2014
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa · 2022 reading	99.722	90.83	0.278	83.032	30.886	82.43	92.927	2017-2022
5	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2022 reading	99.650	93.39	0.350	77.904	43.975	84.26	94.077	2017-2022
6	Mali`MLI`Western Africa · 2009 reading, too old to compare	99.634	95.06	0.366	84.706	49.591	90.95	92.931	2005-2009
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa · 2022 reading	99.576	93.14	0.424	86.175	41.775	79.92	89.976	2017-2022
8	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia · 2022 reading	99.540	87.50	0.460	91.718	36.101	59.79	84.615	2017-2022
9	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa · 2022 reading	99.516	94.77	0.484	88.794	30.508	93.80	90.279	2017-2022
10	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2022 reading	99.497	90.44	0.503	75.502	43.609	77.81	92.827	2017-2022
11	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia · 2022 reading	99.416	92.49	0.584	74.500	52.500	89.17	94.491	2017-2022
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia · 2022 reading	99.366	91.67	0.634	68.837	44.464	88.07	87.833	2017-2022
13	India`IND`Southern Asia · 2014 reading	99.220	86.26	0.780	68.906	38.505	75.09	92.392	2010-2014
14	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa · 2014 reading	99.149	89.39	0.851	67.780	36.149	65.68	97.642	2010-2014
15	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia · 2022 reading	98.980	93.03	1.020	84.091	31.579	87.32	87.417	2017-2022
16	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa · 2014 reading	98.969	91.43	1.031	84.472	27.577	76.55	90.335	2010-2014
17	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean · 2014 reading	98.907	92.76	1.093	76.132	60.000	72.09	88.114	2010-2014
18	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa · 2022 reading	98.771	73.75	1.229	45.035	16.095	61.73	95.180	2017-2022
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa · 2009 reading, too old to compare	98.708	85.87	1.292	68.668	34.750	80.18	90.909	2005-2009
20	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2014 reading	98.696	92.38	1.304	83.984	30.240	90.90	70.060	2010-2014
21	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa · 2022 reading	98.624	78.25	1.376	62.171	14.321	55.39	95.623	2017-2022
22	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia · 2014 reading	98.466	93.23	1.534	91.279	37.609	78.57	85.506	2010-2014
23	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia · 2022 reading	98.460	92.30	1.540	84.027	24.459	87.41	81.355	2017-2022
24	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa · 2014 reading	98.389	88.83	1.611	83.154	38.515	76.32	91.449	2010-2014
25	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia · 2014 reading	98.363	93.70	1.637	89.480	47.385	88.82	84.188	2010-2014
26	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2014 reading	98.083	93.61	1.917	90.511	26.970	80.72	84.077	2010-2014
27	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia · 2014 reading	98.028	88.17	1.972	80.082	49.025	81.19	84.182	2010-2014
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2022 reading	98.024	89.46	1.976	78.810	52.181	83.39	90.184	2017-2022
29	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia · 2022 reading	97.436	84.92	2.564	74.176	31.624	66.73	80.159	2017-2022
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa · 2014 reading	97.392	83.12	2.608	77.512	38.402	57.00	89.782	2010-2014
31	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa · 2009 reading, too old to compare	97.276	81.71	2.724	67.776	24.311	56.85	90.354	2005-2009
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa · 2022 reading	96.681	84.26	3.319	83.488	24.917	71.15	77.083	2017-2022
33	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2022 reading	95.797	80.17	4.203	68.538	33.169	56.42	81.039	2017-2022
34	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia · 2022 reading	95.493	78.57	4.507	66.919	15.159	67.95	83.779	2017-2022
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa · 2022 reading	95.490	81.87	4.510	73.074	18.182	50.76	85.514	2017-2022
36	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia · 2022 reading	95.470	82.09	4.530	67.375	47.372	77.50	67.202	2017-2022
37	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia · 2022 reading	94.688	78.14	5.312	71.976	14.981	66.15	75.749	2017-2022
38	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2014 reading	94.428	78.11	5.572	68.061	18.304	67.97	76.320	2010-2014
39	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2022 reading	93.803	75.04	6.197	65.535	27.667	64.33	77.750	2017-2022
40	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa · 2022 reading	93.667	75.08	6.333	61.917	20.417	63.42	79.667	2017-2022
41	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2022 reading	93.225	76.44	6.775	68.412	28.652	66.18	72.563	2017-2022
42	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America · 2022 reading	93.167	57.58	6.833	44.083	20.917	34.33	86.000	2017-2022
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2022 reading	92.353	60.84	7.647	55.798	17.899	31.01	80.840	2017-2022
44	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2022 reading	92.091	61.86	7.909	51.925	22.288	38.65	80.828	2017-2022
45	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2022 reading	91.937	72.75	8.063	58.231	18.324	68.09	65.884	2017-2022
46	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2022 reading	91.808	68.42	8.192	57.805	21.068	56.49	74.444	2017-2022
47	Colombia`COL`South America · 2022 reading	91.184	59.01	8.816	54.145	18.158	28.16	81.579	2017-2022
48	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2022 reading	91.085	77.34	8.915	70.018	32.685	65.65	75.572	2017-2022
49	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2022 reading	90.900	57.11	9.100	38.551	21.950	37.97	82.060	2017-2022
50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2022 reading	90.682	74.61	9.318	70.851	27.647	67.77	56.955	2017-2022
51	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2022 reading	90.091	59.52	9.909	58.013	18.754	32.87	72.834	2017-2022
52	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading, too old to compare	90.052	67.43	9.948	61.233	16.908	60.04	66.799	2005-2009
53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	89.929	71.70	10.071	78.330	21.419	58.64	55.381	2010-2014
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia · 2022 reading	89.880	75.10	10.120	72.851	33.735	65.54	59.197	2017-2022
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America · 2022 reading	89.455	56.78	10.545	59.546	15.763	28.77	76.063	2017-2022
56	Peru`PER`South America · 2022 reading	88.503	50.00	11.497	40.713	14.317	32.26	76.333	2017-2022
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2022 reading	86.531	68.27	13.469	62.060	32.914	60.02	51.926	2017-2022
58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean · 2014 reading	86.441	51.45	13.559	41.336	5.657	37.51	74.017	2010-2014
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2022 reading	85.841	61.75	14.159	51.706	19.917	53.49	62.046	2017-2022
60	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2022 reading	84.446	47.42	15.554	39.910	9.752	31.06	75.689	2017-2022
61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2022 reading	84.211	65.55	15.789	56.510	24.771	55.89	61.823	2017-2022
62	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia · 2022 reading	80.593	55.36	19.407	50.367	18.485	42.28	59.069	2017-2022
63	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2022 reading	80.476	57.86	19.524	49.026	15.816	52.74	57.589	2017-2022
64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	80.435	50.41	19.565	48.798	12.351	44.41	55.044	2010-2014
65	Chile`CHL`South America · 2022 reading	79.744	52.39	20.256	59.031	24.324	35.88	55.532	2017-2022
66	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2022 reading	77.690	59.26	22.310	63.543	25.148	49.91	43.025	2017-2022
67	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia · 2022 reading	77.137	49.87	22.863	49.974	17.456	37.94	56.071	2017-2022
68	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	76.771	52.09	23.229	58.815	16.768	46.97	37.553	2010-2014
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading, too old to compare	76.373	43.30	23.627	55.493	11.285	37.33	41.330	2005-2009
70	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2022 reading	76.111	45.11	23.889	45.494	10.792	30.57	54.162	2017-2022
71	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2022 reading	71.926	35.03	28.074	34.677	13.849	25.03	57.745	2017-2022
72	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading, too old to compare	67.230	41.67	32.770	44.293	19.164	39.85	31.531	2005-2009
73	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2022 reading	64.000	35.91	36.000	29.340	7.861	46.48	30.560	2017-2022
74	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2009 reading, too old to compare	61.583	27.59	38.417	19.239	8.020	29.72	45.502	2005-2009
75	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2022 reading	60.776	22.36	39.224	31.566	5.235	18.24	44.341	2017-2022
76	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia · 2022 reading	58.824	34.54	41.176	39.067	14.494	37.03	24.577	2017-2022
77	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	58.772	28.18	41.228	34.717	8.382	26.13	30.906	2010-2014
78	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2009 reading, too old to compare	56.467	27.87	43.533	36.335	6.928	26.21	22.946	2005-2009
79	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2009 reading, too old to compare	54.856	25.90	45.144	21.405	8.816	29.38	29.511	2005-2009
80	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2009 reading, too old to compare	51.633	23.08	48.367	25.556	6.873	24.29	30.191	2005-2009
81	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	50.739	26.01	49.261	30.610	11.709	20.18	29.225	2010-2014
82	United States`USA`Northern America · 2022 reading	50.220	26.15	49.780	35.313	8.623	13.90	30.778	2017-2022
83	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe · 2022 reading	42.462	15.49	57.538	23.655	2.597	15.90	20.762	2017-2022
84	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2022 reading	41.140	20.71	58.860	27.875	7.018	16.25	24.241	2017-2022
85	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2009 reading, too old to compare	40.932	15.70	59.068	19.483	3.725	22.07	16.766	2005-2009
86	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2022 reading	37.447	13.27	62.553	13.185	4.211	15.37	23.056	2017-2022
87	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand · 2022 reading	34.829	15.41	65.171	23.272	2.617	13.32	17.167	2017-2022
88	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2022 reading	30.641	11.16	69.359	20.763	3.251	7.96	17.691	2017-2022
89	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2022 reading	29.603	9.35	70.397	20.860	2.708	10.37	8.232	2017-2022
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	27.909	9.91	72.091	15.771	2.596	8.91	14.310	2010-2014
91	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand · 2022 reading	27.385	8.67	72.615	14.783	2.825	9.32	14.373	2017-2022

02In Gender Social Norms Index, 2023 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure. Readings too old to compare take no part.

Highest

1Tajikistan99.917
2Pakistan99.886
3Qatar99.808
4Libya99.722
5Indonesia99.650

Lowest

91New Zealand27.385
90Sweden27.909
89United Kingdom29.603
88Netherlands30.641
87Australia34.829

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 92.222. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

People with at least two biases (%)
HighestPakistan98.52
LowestNew Zealand8.67
Middle country: 74.18
People with no bias (%)
HighestNew Zealand72.615
LowestTajikistan0.083
Middle country: 7.778
Political bias (%)
HighestMalaysia91.718
LowestGermany13.185
Middle country: 62.857
Educational bias (%)
HighestPakistan60.376
LowestSweden2.596
Middle country: 21.685
Economic bias (%)
HighestEgypt93.80
LowestNetherlands7.96
Middle country: 57.82
Physical integrity bias (%)
HighestRwanda97.642
LowestUnited Kingdom8.232
Middle country: 76.192

03Caveats

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