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GII: Gender Inequality Index, value

A composite measure reflecting inequality in achievements between women and men in three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. See Technical note 3 at http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2012_EN_TechNotes.pdf for details on how the Gender Inequality Index is calculated.

Source: HDRO calculations based on UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Group (MMEIG) WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank (2012), UNDESA (2011), IPU (2012), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012) and ILO (2012).).

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 October 2012, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank Country 2000 2005 2008 2010 2012
.. Very high human development .. .. .. .. ..
.. High human development .. .. .. .. ..
.. Medium human development .. .. .. .. ..
.. Low human development .. .. .. .. ..
1 Norway 0.105 0.083 .. 0.076 0.065
2 Australia 0.158 0.139 .. 0.136 0.115
3 United States .. 0.288 .. 0.288 0.256
4 Netherlands 0.090 0.077 .. 0.052 0.045
5 Germany 0.131 0.106 .. 0.085 0.075
6 New Zealand 0.195 0.194 .. 0.200 0.164
7 Ireland 0.204 0.195 .. 0.174 0.121
8 Sweden 0.073 0.065 .. 0.050 0.055
9 Switzerland 0.100 0.084 .. 0.068 0.057
10 Japan 0.136 0.149 .. 0.121 0.131
11 Canada .. 0.141 .. 0.140 0.119
12 Korea (Republic of) .. 0.116 .. 0.106 0.153
13 Iceland 0.140 0.121 .. 0.097 0.089
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR) .. .. .. .. ..
15 Denmark 0.079 0.068 .. 0.069 0.057
16 Israel 0.192 0.171 .. 0.144 0.144
17 Belgium 0.178 0.129 .. 0.113 0.098
18 Singapore .. 0.133 .. 0.083 0.101
18 Austria 0.158 0.130 .. 0.130 0.102
20 France 0.164 0.139 .. 0.105 0.083
21 Slovenia .. 0.176 .. 0.133 0.080
21 Finland 0.089 0.102 .. 0.078 0.075
23 Spain 0.119 0.118 .. 0.113 0.103
24 Liechtenstein .. .. .. .. ..
25 Italy 0.184 0.175 .. 0.124 0.094
26 United Kingdom 0.228 0.216 .. 0.207 0.205
26 Luxembourg 0.169 0.176 .. 0.181 0.149
28 Czech Republic 0.205 0.153 .. 0.136 0.122
29 Greece .. 0.180 .. 0.159 0.136
30 Brunei Darussalam .. .. .. .. ..
31 Cyprus .. 0.150 .. 0.138 0.134
32 Malta .. 0.270 .. 0.261 0.236
33 Estonia 0.290 0.242 .. .. 0.158
33 Andorra .. .. .. .. ..
35 Slovakia 0.249 0.194 .. 0.194 0.171
36 Qatar .. .. .. 0.547 0.546
37 Hungary .. 0.226 .. 0.268 0.256
38 Barbados 0.364 0.336 .. 0.347 0.343
39 Poland 0.208 0.160 .. 0.163 0.140
40 Chile 0.437 0.396 .. 0.363 0.360
41 United Arab Emirates 0.625 0.602 .. 0.234 0.241
41 Lithuania .. 0.191 .. 0.170 0.157
43 Portugal 0.189 0.170 .. 0.138 0.114
44 Latvia 0.300 0.211 .. 0.252 0.216
45 Argentina 0.425 0.381 .. 0.384 0.380
46 Seychelles .. .. .. .. ..
47 Croatia 0.208 0.194 .. 0.183 0.179
48 Bahrain .. 0.336 .. 0.274 0.258
49 Bahamas .. .. .. .. 0.316
50 Belarus .. .. .. .. ..
51 Uruguay 0.403 0.385 .. 0.357 0.367
52 Montenegro .. .. .. .. ..
53 Palau .. .. .. .. ..
54 Kuwait 0.581 0.360 .. 0.256 0.274
55 Russian Federation 0.425 0.352 .. 0.329 0.312
56 Romania .. 0.342 .. 0.334 0.327
57 Saudi Arabia .. 0.685 .. 0.656 0.682
57 Bulgaria .. 0.227 .. 0.231 0.219
59 Panama .. 0.484 .. 0.509 0.503
59 Cuba 0.419 0.379 .. 0.361 0.356
61 Mexico 0.492 0.429 .. 0.408 0.382
62 Costa Rica 0.446 0.391 .. 0.351 0.346
63 Grenada .. .. .. .. ..
64 Serbia .. .. .. .. ..
64 Malaysia 0.311 0.304 .. 0.280 0.256
64 Libya .. 0.339 .. 0.280 0.216
67 Trinidad and Tobago .. 0.342 .. 0.318 0.311
67 Antigua and Barbuda .. .. .. .. ..
69 Kazakhstan 0.403 0.368 .. 0.343 0.312
70 Albania .. 0.327 .. 0.261 0.251
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) .. 0.474 .. 0.468 0.466
72 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. .. .. .. ..
72 Lebanon .. .. .. .. 0.433
72 Georgia .. .. .. .. 0.438
72 Dominica .. .. .. .. ..
76 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.622 0.527 .. 0.530 0.496
77 Peru .. 0.442 .. 0.384 0.387
78 Ukraine .. 0.357 .. 0.350 0.338
78 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .. .. .. .. 0.162
80 Mauritius .. 0.355 .. 0.386 0.377
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. .. .. ..
82 Azerbaijan .. .. .. .. 0.323
83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. .. .. .. ..
84 Oman .. .. .. .. 0.340
85 Jamaica 0.457 0.465 .. 0.463 0.458
85 Brazil 0.516 0.473 .. 0.446 0.447
87 Armenia 0.462 0.400 .. 0.355 0.340
88 Saint Lucia .. .. .. .. ..
89 Ecuador 0.508 0.485 .. 0.446 0.442
90 Turkey .. 0.515 .. 0.419 0.366
91 Colombia 0.522 0.506 .. 0.466 0.459
92 Sri Lanka .. 0.446 .. 0.412 0.402
93 Algeria 0.609 0.545 .. 0.488 0.391
94 Tunisia .. 0.334 .. .. 0.261
95 Tonga 0.664 0.468 .. 0.476 0.462
96 Samoa .. .. .. .. ..
96 Fiji .. 0.391 .. .. ..
96 Dominican Republic 0.524 0.514 .. 0.506 0.508
96 Belize 0.524 0.489 .. 0.453 0.435
100 Jordan 0.639 0.569 .. 0.493 0.482
101 China 0.579 0.225 .. 0.207 0.213
102 Turkmenistan .. .. .. .. ..
103 Thailand 0.458 0.408 .. 0.384 0.360
104 Maldives .. 0.419 .. 0.358 0.357
105 Suriname .. .. .. .. 0.467
106 Gabon .. 0.536 .. 0.500 0.492
107 El Salvador .. 0.518 .. 0.466 0.441
108 Mongolia .. 0.401 .. 0.411 0.328
108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.576 0.542 .. 0.478 0.474
110 Palestine, State of .. .. .. .. ..
111 Paraguay 0.541 0.517 .. 0.478 0.472
112 Egypt 0.658 0.603 .. .. 0.590
113 Moldova (Republic of) .. 0.311 .. 0.319 0.303
114 Uzbekistan .. .. .. .. ..
114 Philippines 0.477 0.458 .. 0.431 0.418
116 Syrian Arab Republic .. 0.553 .. 0.544 0.551
117 Micronesia (Federated States of) .. .. .. .. ..
118 Guyana 0.526 0.525 .. 0.509 0.490
119 Botswana 0.529 0.535 .. 0.497 0.485
120 Honduras .. 0.516 .. 0.504 0.483
121 South Africa 0.518 0.507 .. 0.470 0.462
121 Kiribati .. .. .. .. ..
121 Indonesia .. 0.549 .. 0.499 0.494
124 Vanuatu .. .. .. .. ..
125 Tajikistan 0.428 0.366 .. 0.345 0.338
125 Kyrgyzstan 0.455 0.672 .. 0.359 0.357
127 Viet Nam 0.357 0.323 .. 0.315 0.299
128 Namibia 0.531 0.511 .. 0.477 0.455
129 Nicaragua .. 0.528 .. 0.505 0.461
130 Morocco 0.683 0.534 .. 0.498 0.444
131 Iraq .. 0.799 .. 0.566 0.557
132 Cape Verde .. .. .. .. ..
133 Guatemala .. 0.577 .. 0.547 0.539
134 Timor-Leste .. .. .. .. ..
135 Ghana .. 0.585 .. 0.573 0.565
136 India .. 0.637 .. 0.619 0.610
136 Equatorial Guinea .. .. .. .. ..
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.579 0.548 .. 0.500 0.483
138 Cambodia 0.603 0.548 .. 0.486 0.473
140 Bhutan .. .. .. .. 0.464
141 Swaziland 0.613 0.577 .. 0.539 0.525
142 Congo 0.611 0.615 .. 0.615 0.610
143 Solomon Islands .. .. .. .. ..
144 Sao Tome and Principe .. .. .. .. ..
145 Kenya 0.682 0.642 .. 0.606 0.608
146 Pakistan .. 0.614 .. 0.569 0.567
146 Bangladesh .. 0.586 .. 0.531 0.518
148 Angola .. .. .. .. ..
149 Myanmar .. .. .. 0.466 0.437
150 Cameroon .. 0.661 .. 0.634 0.628
151 Madagascar .. .. .. .. ..
152 Tanzania (United Republic of) .. 0.585 .. 0.556 0.556
153 Nigeria .. .. .. .. ..
154 Senegal 0.622 0.594 .. 0.559 0.540
155 Mauritania 0.761 .. .. 0.649 0.643
156 Papua New Guinea 0.664 0.686 .. 0.674 0.617
157 Nepal 0.649 0.627 .. 0.498 0.485
158 Lesotho 0.600 0.582 .. 0.549 0.534
159 Togo .. 0.622 .. 0.577 0.566
160 Yemen 0.813 0.782 .. 0.756 0.747
161 Uganda 0.634 0.597 .. .. 0.517
161 Haiti .. 0.574 .. 0.596 0.592
163 Zambia .. 0.635 .. 0.617 0.623
164 Djibouti .. .. .. .. ..
165 Gambia 0.717 0.607 .. 0.602 0.594
166 Benin .. 0.650 .. 0.614 0.618
167 Rwanda 0.542 0.472 .. 0.421 0.414
168 Côte d'Ivoire .. 0.673 .. 0.653 0.632
169 Comoros .. .. .. .. ..
170 Malawi .. 0.655 .. 0.583 0.573
171 Sudan .. 0.657 .. 0.612 0.604
172 Zimbabwe .. 0.572 .. 0.555 0.544
173 Ethiopia .. .. .. .. ..
174 Liberia 0.688 0.674 .. 0.657 0.658
175 Afghanistan .. 0.746 .. 0.720 0.712
176 Guinea-Bissau .. .. .. .. ..
177 Sierra Leone .. 0.663 .. 0.658 0.643
178 Guinea .. .. .. .. ..
178 Burundi 0.588 0.517 .. 0.466 0.476
180 Central African Republic .. 0.682 .. .. 0.654
181 Eritrea .. .. .. .. ..
182 Mali 0.707 0.707 .. 0.696 0.649
183 Burkina Faso .. .. .. .. 0.609
184 Chad .. .. .. .. ..
185 Mozambique 0.609 0.618 .. 0.593 0.582
186 Niger 0.817 0.729 .. .. 0.707
186 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) .. 0.699 .. 0.691 0.681
.. South Sudan .. .. .. .. ..
.. Tuvalu .. .. .. .. ..
.. Somalia .. .. .. .. ..
.. San Marino .. .. .. .. ..
.. Nauru .. .. .. .. ..
.. Monaco .. .. .. .. ..
.. Marshall Islands .. .. .. .. ..
.. Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) .. .. .. .. ..
Footnotes
1. Refer to Technical Note 3 for details on the calculation.
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