Data for 1993

Gender Inequality Index, 1993

1993, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 1993 covers 84 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 0.786; Sweden is lowest, at 0.087. The middle country reads 0.432. Against 1992, 76 values changed (12 up, 64 down), 4 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 1993

HighestPakistan

0.786

LowestSweden

0.087

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

84countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
79distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.087
=2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.094
=2	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.094
4	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.111
5	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.115
6	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.117
7	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.147
8	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.161
9	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.165
=10	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.167
=10	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.167
12	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.183
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.184
14	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.185
15	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.190
16	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.204
17	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.211
18	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.228
19	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.230
20	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.241
21	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.243
22	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.259
23	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.261
24	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.264
25	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.265
26	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.276
27	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.282
28	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.285
29	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.293
30	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.302
31	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.317
32	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.324
33	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.327
34	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.355
35	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.367
36	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.369
37	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.372
38	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.379
39	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.396
40	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.416
41	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.419
42	UruguayURYSouth America	0.426
43	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.438
44	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.442
45	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.447
46	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.448
=47	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.452
=47	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.452
49	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.459
50	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.482
51	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.483
52	ChileCHLSouth America	0.486
53	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.493
54	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.496
55	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.498
56	PanamaPANCentral America	0.513
57	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.536
58	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.537
59	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.546
60	BrazilBRASouth America	0.557
61	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.562
62	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.568
63	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.583
64	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.593
65	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.599
=66	PeruPERSouth America	0.602
=66	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.602
68	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.613
=69	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.617
=69	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.617
71	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.623
72	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.636
73	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.647
74	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.653
75	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.655
76	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.662
77	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.680
78	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.688
79	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.702
80	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.724
81	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.741
82	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.751
83	TongaTONPolynesia	0.783
84	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.786

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#84Pakistan0.786
#83Tonga0.783
#82Morocco0.751
#81Sudan0.741
#80Nepal0.724

Lowest

#1Sweden0.087
#2Finlandshared0.094
#2Denmarkshared0.094
#4Netherlands0.111
#5Switzerland0.115

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.432. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
76values changed, of 80 in both
12 · 64rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Dominican Republic0.565 → 0.613+0.048
Peru0.579 → 0.602+0.023
Türkiye0.589 → 0.602+0.013
Russia0.441 → 0.452+0.011
North Macedonia0.432 → 0.438+0.006

Fell most

Cyprus0.421 → 0.396−0.025
Malta0.352 → 0.327−0.025
Romania0.501 → 0.482−0.019
Barbados0.388 → 0.372−0.016
Maldives0.639 → 0.623−0.016

+ Azerbaijan

+ Gabon

+ Jamaica

+ Cambodia

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.

The site’s method

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 1993.
79 distinct values among 84
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.094. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The rank is UNDP Human Development Report Office’s
Printed exactly as the publisher ranked the countries. This site does not re-rank them.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 84 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1993). Gender Inequality Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/1993

0634 held

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