Data for 2001

Gender Inequality Index, 2001

2001, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2001 covers 128 countries. Niger is highest, at 0.812; Sweden is lowest, at 0.056. The middle country reads 0.438. Against 2000, 121 values changed (23 up, 98 down), 3 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2001

HighestNiger

0.812

LowestSweden

0.056

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

128countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
116distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.056
2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.070
3	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.087
=4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.092
=4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.092
6	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.099
7	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.122
8	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.133
9	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.134
10	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.135
11	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.139
12	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.141
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.143
14	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.152
15	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.154
16	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.165
17	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.166
18	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.174
19	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.178
20	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.180
21	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.183
22	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.186
23	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.187
=24	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.189
=24	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.189
26	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.191
=27	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.206
=27	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.206
29	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.211
30	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.215
31	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.218
32	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.237
33	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.249
34	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.253
35	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.255
36	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.258
37	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.265
38	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.268
39	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.269
40	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.272
41	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.278
42	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.296
43	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.308
44	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.334
45	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.339
46	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.354
47	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.357
48	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.358
49	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.360
50	UruguayURYSouth America	0.367
51	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.368
52	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.372
53	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.380
54	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.382
55	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.384
56	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.396
57	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.402
=58	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.405
=58	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.405
60	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.408
61	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.423
62	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.425
=63	ChileCHLSouth America	0.435
=63	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.435
=65	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.441
=65	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.441
67	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.447
68	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.452
69	PeruPERSouth America	0.459
70	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.460
71	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.461
72	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.470
73	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.472
74	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.474
75	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.480
76	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.487
77	PanamaPANCentral America	0.494
=78	BrazilBRASouth America	0.495
=78	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.495
80	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.498
81	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.499
82	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.505
83	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.517
84	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.527
85	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.535
86	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.541
87	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.549
88	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.552
89	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.553
90	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.566
91	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.569
=92	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.573
=92	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.573
94	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.574
95	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.575
96	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.586
97	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.593
98	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.596
99	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.597
=100	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.601
=100	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.601
=102	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.602
=102	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.602
104	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.605
105	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.610
106	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.612
107	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.615
108	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.625
=109	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.639
=109	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.639
111	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.650
112	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.651
=113	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.657
=113	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.657
115	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.659
116	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.666
117	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.674
118	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.678
119	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.684
120	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.685
121	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.686
122	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.704
123	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.719
124	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.730
125	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.736
126	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.763
127	TongaTONPolynesia	0.765
128	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.812

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#128Niger0.812
#127Tonga0.765
#126Pakistan0.763
#125United Arab Emirates0.736
#124Mauritania0.730

Lowest

#1Sweden0.056
#2Denmark0.070
#3Switzerland0.087
#4Norwayshared0.092
#4Finlandshared0.092

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.438. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 125 in both
23 · 98rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe0.606 → 0.625+0.019
Morocco0.702 → 0.719+0.017
Venezuela0.502 → 0.517+0.015
Greece0.208 → 0.218+0.010
Bangladesh0.648 → 0.657+0.009

Fell most

Singapore0.260 → 0.189−0.071
Bulgaria0.336 → 0.268−0.068
Albania0.291 → 0.237−0.054
Slovenia0.187 → 0.139−0.048
Moldova0.400 → 0.354−0.046

+ Belarus

+ Ethiopia

+ Haiti

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

Read before you use

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 2001.
116 distinct values among 128
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.092. 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 128 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2001). Gender Inequality Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2001

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