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Gender development index — Malawi

Gender development index in Malawi in 2023 — 0.925 ratio. Ranked 145 in the world out of 184. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 8.2%.

2023 0.925 ratio −0.22% vs 2022
World rank 145of 184
Period maximum 0.934 ratio2020
Period minimum 0.855 ratio1998

Trend over time

1998–2023 · ratio

Gender development index — Malawi, 1998–20230.840.860.880.90.920.941998200120042007201020132016201920221998: 0.855 ratio1999: 0.861 ratio2000: 0.868 ratio2001: 0.868 ratio2002: 0.87 ratio2003: 0.879 ratio2004: 0.88 ratio2005: 0.872 ratio2006: 0.88 ratio2007: 0.877 ratio2008: 0.88 ratio2009: 0.885 ratio2010: 0.898 ratio2011: 0.9 ratio2012: 0.905 ratio2013: 0.899 ratio2014: 0.913 ratio2015: 0.914 ratio2016: 0.917 ratio2017: 0.924 ratio2018: 0.925 ratio2019: 0.926 ratio2020: 0.934 ratio2021: 0.929 ratio2022: 0.927 ratio2023: 0.925 ratio
Change over the period: +0.07 (+8.19%) Average annual rate: 0.32 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi

Malawi 0.925 ratio
World 0.955 ratio
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.9 ratio
Eastern Africa computed 0.915 ratio
Low-income countries computed 0.836 ratio
Gender development index — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year ratio Change Change, %
2023 0.925 −0.002 −0.22%
2022 0.927 −0.002 −0.22%
2021 0.929 −0.005 −0.54%
2020 0.934 +0.008 +0.86%
2019 0.926 +0.001 +0.11%
2018 0.925 +0.001 +0.11%
2017 0.924 +0.007 +0.76%
2016 0.917 +0.003 +0.33%
2015 0.914 +0.001 +0.11%
2014 0.913 +0.014 +1.56%
2013 0.899 −0.006 −0.66%
2012 0.905 +0.005 +0.56%
2011 0.9 +0.002 +0.22%
2010 0.898 +0.013 +1.47%
2009 0.885 +0.005 +0.57%
2008 0.88 +0.003 +0.34%
2007 0.877 −0.003 −0.34%
2006 0.88 +0.008 +0.92%
2005 0.872 −0.008 −0.91%
2004 0.88 +0.001 +0.11%
2003 0.879 +0.009 +1.03%
2002 0.87 +0.002 +0.23%
2001 0.868 +0 +0%
2000 0.868 +0.007 +0.81%
1999 0.861 +0.006 +0.7%
1998 0.855 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 1.004 MU Mauritius 0.971 TZ Tanzania 0.951 ZM Zambia 0.949 KE Kenya 0.944 ZW Zimbabwe 0.944 MG Madagascar 0.934 BI Burundi 0.932 KM Comoros 0.929 MW Malawi 0.925 RW Rwanda 0.922 MZ Mozambique 0.92 UG Uganda 0.908 ET Ethiopia 0.886 DJ Djibouti 0.814 SO Somalia 0.793
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About the indicator

The ratio of the Human Development Index computed for women to the index computed for men. One means equality, values below it mean women lag behind, above it men do, and the second happens more often than is commonly thought: in a number of countries women are ahead of men in life expectancy and education by enough to outweigh their lag in income. The indicator answers a question about the gap, not about the level: in two countries with the same ratio absolute development can differ twofold.

Important: A ratio, not a level: a value near one in a poor country speaks of equality between the sexes, not of well-being. It is worth looking at together with the Human Development Index itself.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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