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Gender Inequality Index

Loss in human development caused by gender gaps in maternal mortality, adolescent births, parliamentary seats, secondary education and labour-force participation. Zero means no measured gap.

All world rankings
India’s rank
102 / 172
Human Development Report 2025
A newer edition is due from UNDP
Ahead of
41%
of the field
GII value
0.403
Published 6 May 2025
India’s rank, 1990–2023best 73, worst 123
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Gender Inequality Index: 1990 ranked 73 of 80; 1991 ranked 75 of 80; 1992 ranked 75 of 80; 1993 ranked 79 of 84; 1994 ranked 82 of 87; 1995 ranked 93 of 101; 1996 ranked 93 of 101; 1997 ranked 94 of 102; 1998 ranked 97 of 107; 1999 ranked 103 of 112; 2000 ranked 114 of 125; 2001 ranked 111 of 128; 2002 ranked 114 of 130; 2003 ranked 115 of 134; 2004 ranked 119 of 138; 2005 ranked 118 of 143; 2006 ranked 120 of 146; 2007 ranked 122 of 147; 2008 ranked 123 of 148; 2009 ranked 119 of 148; 2010 ranked 122 of 154; 2011 ranked 122 of 154; 2012 ranked 122 of 154; 2013 ranked 122 of 155; 2014 ranked 116 of 157; 2015 ranked 110 of 160; 2016 ranked 113 of 162; 2017 ranked 116 of 163; 2018 ranked 116 of 167; 2019 ranked 116 of 169; 2020 ranked 110 of 169; 2021 ranked 110 of 171; 2022 ranked 107 of 172; 2023 ranked 102 of 172.

What the publisher changed

  • UNDP recomputes its whole history each edition, so the earlier figures here are the current ones for those years, not the numbers printed at the time.
  • Ranks are computed from UNDP's released value series so every year sits on the same basis.

Coverage

Countries with sufficient data each year, 1990-2023.

Limitations

A low score can reflect missing data as much as genuine parity. UNDP recomputes the whole series each report, so values and ranks move retroactively and are not comparable with earlier editions. Not the same measure as the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index, which ranks a different set of indicators.

Every stored edition

India’s rank and score in the Gender Inequality Index by edition year
YearRankFieldGII value
20231021720.403
20221071720.427
20211101710.438
20201101690.441
20191161690.464
20181161670.487
20171161630.488
20161131620.484
20151101600.496
20141161570.528
20131221550.55
20121221540.557
20111221540.561
20101221540.566
20091191480.58
20081231480.596
20071221470.594
20061201460.601
20051181430.615
20041191380.629
20031151340.637
20021141300.643
20011111280.65
20001141250.671
19991031120.676
1998971070.682
1997941020.692
1996931010.697
1995931010.702
199482870.702
199379840.702
199275800.7
199175800.698
199073800.697
UNDP HDR composite indices, complete time series Read the methodology
Source
UNDP — UNDP HDR composite indices, complete time series
Edition published
6 May 2025

Data provenance

Edition published
6 May 2025
Coverage
Countries with sufficient data each year, 1990-2023.
Limitations
A low score can reflect missing data as much as genuine parity. UNDP recomputes the whole series each report, so values and ranks move retroactively and are not comparable with earlier editions. Not the same measure as the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index, which ranks a different set of indicators.
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