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28Gender-related development index
Gender-related development index (GDI) valueExcel

HDI Rank Country 2005
1 Iceland 0.962
2 Norway 0.957
3 Australia 0.960
4 Canada 0.956
5 Ireland 0.940
6 Sweden 0.955
7 Switzerland 0.946
8 Japan 0.942
9 Netherlands 0.951
10 France 0.950
11 Finland 0.947
12 United States 0.937
13 Spain 0.944
14 Denmark 0.944
15 Austria 0.934
16 United Kingdom 0.944
17 Belgium 0.940
18 Luxembourg 0.924
19 New Zealand 0.935
20 Italy 0.936
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.926
22 Germany 0.931
23 Israel 0.927
24 Greece 0.922
25 Singapore ..
26 Korea (Republic of) 0.910
27 Slovenia 0.914
28 Cyprus 0.899
29 Portugal 0.895
30 Brunei Darussalam 0.886
31 Barbados 0.887
32 Czech Republic 0.887
33 Kuwait 0.884
34 Malta 0.873
35 Qatar 0.863
36 Hungary 0.872
37 Poland 0.867
38 Argentina 0.865
39 United Arab Emirates 0.855
40 Chile 0.859
41 Bahrain 0.857
42 Slovakia 0.860
43 Lithuania 0.861
44 Estonia 0.858
45 Latvia 0.853
46 Uruguay 0.849
47 Croatia 0.848
48 Costa Rica 0.842
49 Bahamas 0.841
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 0.839
52 Mexico 0.820
53 Bulgaria 0.823
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga 0.814
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.797
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman 0.788
59 Trinidad and Tobago 0.808
60 Romania 0.812
61 Saudi Arabia 0.783
62 Panama 0.810
63 Malaysia 0.802
64 Belarus 0.803
65 Mauritius 0.796
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation 0.801
68 Albania 0.797
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 0.795
70 Brazil 0.798
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan 0.792
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.787
75 Colombia 0.789
76 Ukraine 0.785
77 Samoa 0.776
78 Thailand 0.779
79 Dominican Republic 0.773
80 Belize ..
81 China 0.776
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 0.772
84 Turkey 0.763
85 Suriname 0.767
86 Jordan 0.760
87 Peru 0.769
88 Lebanon 0.759
89 Ecuador ..
90 Philippines 0.768
91 Tunisia 0.750
92 Fiji 0.757
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.750
95 Paraguay 0.744
96 Georgia ..
97 Guyana 0.742
98 Azerbaijan 0.743
99 Sri Lanka 0.735
100 Maldives 0.744
101 Jamaica 0.732
102 Cape Verde 0.723
103 El Salvador 0.726
104 Algeria 0.720
105 Viet Nam 0.732
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 0.721
108 Syrian Arab Republic 0.710
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua 0.696
111 Moldova 0.704
112 Egypt ..
113 Uzbekistan 0.699
114 Mongolia 0.695
115 Honduras 0.694
116 Kyrgyzstan 0.692
117 Bolivia 0.691
118 Guatemala 0.675
119 Gabon 0.670
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 0.667
122 Tajikistan 0.669
123 Sao Tome and Principe 0.637
124 Botswana 0.639
125 Namibia 0.645
126 Morocco 0.621
127 Equatorial Guinea 0.631
128 India 0.600
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.593
131 Cambodia 0.594
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros 0.554
135 Ghana 0.549
136 Pakistan 0.525
137 Mauritania 0.543
138 Lesotho 0.541
139 Congo 0.540
140 Bangladesh 0.539
141 Swaziland 0.529
142 Nepal 0.520
143 Madagascar 0.530
144 Cameroon 0.524
145 Papua New Guinea 0.529
146 Haiti ..
147 Sudan 0.502
148 Kenya 0.521
149 Djibouti 0.507
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 0.505
152 Togo 0.494
153 Yemen 0.472
154 Uganda 0.501
155 Gambia 0.496
156 Senegal 0.492
157 Eritrea 0.469
158 Nigeria 0.456
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.464
160 Guinea 0.446
161 Rwanda 0.450
162 Angola 0.439
163 Benin 0.422
164 Malawi 0.432
165 Zambia 0.425
166 Côte d'Ivoire 0.413
167 Burundi 0.409
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.398
169 Ethiopia 0.393
170 Chad 0.370
171 Central African Republic 0.368
172 Mozambique 0.373
173 Mali 0.371
174 Niger 0.355
175 Guinea-Bissau 0.355
176 Burkina Faso 0.364
177 Sierra Leone 0.320

Source :
calculated on the basis of data in columns 3–10; see Technical note 1 for details.