Gender Inequality Index (GII) in Europe

38 countries in Europe, 2023. Unit: index 0-1. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.003
Denmark
Median country
0.075
half above, half below
World total
0.455
UNDP aggregate
Range
0.003 to 0.227
Denmark - Romania

How to read it

Across 38 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Romania (0.227) and the lowest in Denmark (0.003).

The median country is at 0.075: half are above, half below.

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Source: UNDP, Human Development Report · licence

Gender Inequality Index over time

Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Denmark0.003
2Norway0.004
3Sweden0.007
4Switzerland0.010
5Netherlands0.013
6Finland0.021
7Iceland0.024
8Belgium0.031
9Austria0.033
10France0.034
11Slovenia0.042
12Spain0.043
13Italy0.043
14Luxembourg0.044
15Ireland0.054
16Germany0.057
17Estonia0.061
18Lithuania0.070
19Croatia0.074
20Portugal0.076
21Belarus0.080
22Poland0.081
23United Kingdom0.083
24Czechia0.088
25Greece0.103
26Albania0.107
27Malta0.111
28North Macedonia0.112
29Latvia0.117
30Serbia0.117
31Montenegro0.121
32Moldova0.146
33Bosnia and Herzegovina0.157
34Russia0.169
35Slovakia0.176
36Bulgaria0.208
37Hungary0.213
38Romania0.227
UNDP HDR · 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO Source and licence

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