Data for 2004

Gender Inequality Index, 2004

2004, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gender Inequality Index, 2004 covers 138 countries. Saudi Arabia is highest, at 0.771; Sweden is lowest, at 0.047. The middle country reads 0.432. Against 2003, 131 values changed (23 up, 108 down), 4 countries joined.

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Gender Inequality Index · Data for 2004

HighestSaudi Arabia

0.771

LowestSweden

0.047

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

138countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
127distinct 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.047
2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.054
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.070
4	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.076
5	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.077
6	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.090
7	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.103
8	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.106
9	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.109
10	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.115
11	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.121
12	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.123
13	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.124
14	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.133
15	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.137
16	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.140
17	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.144
18	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.154
19	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.155
=20	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.157
=20	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.157
22	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.158
23	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.160
24	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.171
=25	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.176
=25	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.176
27	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.177
28	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.182
29	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.183
30	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.191
31	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.192
32	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.204
33	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.207
=34	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.212
=34	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.212
36	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.213
37	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.227
38	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.239
39	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.249
40	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.254
41	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.260
42	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.266
43	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.285
44	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.291
45	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.297
46	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.305
47	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.323
48	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.333
49	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.334
50	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.344
=51	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.349
=51	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.349
=51	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.349
54	UruguayURYSouth America	0.352
55	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.355
56	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.357
57	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.364
58	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.367
59	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.372
60	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.374
61	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.390
62	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.391
63	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.392
64	ChileCHLSouth America	0.393
65	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.396
66	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.404
67	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.406
68	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.422
69	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.431
70	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.432
71	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.433
72	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.439
73	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.446
74	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.448
75	PanamaPANCentral America	0.451
76	PeruPERSouth America	0.452
77	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.456
78	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.458
79	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.463
80	BrazilBRASouth America	0.470
81	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.474
82	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.478
83	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.486
84	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.489
85	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.491
86	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.493
87	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.513
88	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.514
89	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.515
90	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.517
=91	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.524
=91	SurinameSURSouth America	0.524
93	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.526
94	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.534
95	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.536
96	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.538
97	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.541
=98	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.552
=98	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.552
100	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.553
101	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.554
102	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.558
103	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.571
=104	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.575
=104	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.575
=104	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.575
107	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.578
=108	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.581
=108	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.581
110	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.582
111	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.584
112	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.588
113	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.589
114	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.603
115	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.611
116	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.613
117	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.620
118	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.624
119	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.629
120	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.640
121	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.647
=122	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.648
=122	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.648
124	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.652
125	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.663
126	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.670
127	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.671
128	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.678
129	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.680
130	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.689
131	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.694
132	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.699
133	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.715
134	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.719
135	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.726
136	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.739
137	TongaTONPolynesia	0.763
138	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.771

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#138Saudi Arabia0.771
#137Tonga0.763
#136Bangladesh0.739
#135Niger0.726
#134United Arab Emirates0.719

Lowest

#1Sweden0.047
#2Denmark0.054
#3Norway0.070
#4Netherlands0.076
#5Switzerland0.077

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

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
131values changed, of 134 in both
23 · 108rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Botswana0.493 → 0.517+0.024
Fiji0.401 → 0.422+0.021
Malta0.280 → 0.297+0.017
Azerbaijan0.353 → 0.367+0.014
Syria0.460 → 0.474+0.014

Fell most

Niger0.808 → 0.726−0.082
Uzbekistan0.308 → 0.227−0.081
South Korea0.173 → 0.109−0.064
Lithuania0.234 → 0.182−0.052
Belarus0.207 → 0.155−0.052

+ Cuba

+ Mali

+ Oman

+ Suriname

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 2004.
127 distinct values among 138
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.349. 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 138 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2004). Gender Inequality Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gender-inequality/2004

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