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Gender Development Index (GDI)

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Gender Development Index (GDI)

Gender Development Index (GDI)

The Gender Development Index measures the same three HDI dimensions — health, education, and standard of living — but computes them separately for females and males, and then expresses the GDI as the ratio of the female HDI to the male HDI:

GDI=HDIfemaleHDImaleGDI = \dfrac{HDI_{\text{female}}}{HDI_{\text{male}}}

  • A GDI value close to 1 indicates near gender parity in human development achievements.
  • A GDI value well below 1 indicates a large gender gap, with women's health, education, or income outcomes lagging behind men's. …
Definition 1Gender Development Index (GDI)

The ratio of female HDI to male HDI, measuring the gender gap in human developmen …

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