Table 3.

The UNDP gender inequality index, 2000–2017

Country average by Human Development Index (HDI) Group	2000	2005	2010	2013	2014	2017	Point gap 2000–2017	Percent change 2000–2017
World average	0.4315	0.4199	0.3886	0.3754	0.3659	0.3500	−0.0815	−18.89
Very High HDI countries	0.2112	0.1991	0.1825	0.1532	0.1500	0.1520	−0.0592	−28.04
High HDI countries	0.4927	0.4119	0.3887	0.3560	0.3458	0.3457	−0.1470	−29.83
Medium HDI countries	0.5419	0.5419	0.4939	0.4852	0.4716	0.4761	−0.0658	−12.14
Low HDI countries	0.6746	0.6396	0.6035	0.5953	0.5929	0.6024	−0.0722	−10.70
Point gap between Low and Very High HDI countries	0.4633	0.4404	0.4210	0.4421	0.4429	0.4504
Ratio of Low HDI to Very High HDI countries	3.1936	3.2116	3.3064	3.8866	3.9520	3.9632
No. of countries with data points	83	137	133	152	155	160

Source: Authors’ calculations based on GII data from the UNDP website: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-inequality-index-gii.