Gender Development Index
Gender Development Index (GDI) – an index that reflects the gender gap in a country’s human development across three main dimensions: health, measured by female and male life expectancy at birth; education, measured by expected years of schooling for girls and boys, as well as mean years of schooling for women and men aged 25 and older; and command over economic resources, measured by the estimated earned income of women and men (UNDP, 2018, p. 5).
The Gender Development Index is based on the Human Development Index and focuses on gender gaps that affect not only women, but also men.
On average, at the global level, the female Human Development Index is 8% lower than the male one. However, the situation changes significantly when specific regions and countries are considered separately, where the gap may range from 0% to 40%.
Reference:
UNDP. (2018). Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update. Retrieved from http://www.hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2018_technical_notes.pdf
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