Gender Inequality Index (GII) in Asia

45 countries in Asia, 2023. Unit: index 0-1. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.031
Singapore
Median country
0.291
half above, half below
World
0.455
UNDP aggregate
Range
0.031 to 0.838
Singapore - Yemen

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Across 45 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Yemen (0.838) and the lowest in Singapore (0.031).

The median country is at 0.291: half are above, half below.

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Source: UNDP, Human Development Report · licence

Gender Inequality Index over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Singapore0.031
2South Korea0.038
3United Arab Emirates0.040
4Japan0.059
5Israel0.080
6China0.132
7Bahrain0.165
8Malaysia0.172
9Armenia0.180
10Kazakhstan0.182
11Kuwait0.188
12Qatar0.195
13Oman0.222
14Türkiye0.227
15Saudi Arabia0.228
16Cyprus0.252
17Brunei0.257
18Georgia0.257
19Tajikistan0.258
20Bhutan0.278
21Mongolia0.284
22Thailand0.288
23Uzbekistan0.291
24Vietnam0.299
25Maldives0.309
26Azerbaijan0.315
27Kyrgyzstan0.340
28Philippines0.351
29Lebanon0.360
30Sri Lanka0.367
31Timor-Leste0.394
32India0.403
33Indonesia0.423
34Jordan0.433
35Laos0.475
36Myanmar0.478
37Iran0.482
38Bangladesh0.487
39Nepal0.487
40Syria0.490
41Cambodia0.506
42Pakistan0.536
43Iraq0.558
44Afghanistan0.661
45Yemen0.838
UNDP HDR · 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO Source and licence

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