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Human development index — Afghanistan

Human development index in Afghanistan in 2023 — 0.496 index. Ranked 181 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 74%.

2023 0.496 index +0.2% vs 2022
World rank 181of 193
Period maximum 0.507 index2019
Period minimum 0.285 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Afghanistan, 1990–20230.20.30.40.50.61990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.285 index1991: 0.291 index1992: 0.301 index1993: 0.311 index1994: 0.305 index1995: 0.329 index1996: 0.334 index1997: 0.338 index1998: 0.338 index1999: 0.347 index2000: 0.351 index2001: 0.355 index2002: 0.383 index2003: 0.392 index2004: 0.408 index2005: 0.417 index2006: 0.426 index2007: 0.442 index2008: 0.446 index2009: 0.458 index2010: 0.465 index2011: 0.474 index2012: 0.484 index2013: 0.492 index2014: 0.497 index2015: 0.496 index2016: 0.495 index2017: 0.496 index2018: 0.498 index2019: 0.507 index2020: 0.501 index2021: 0.486 index2022: 0.495 index2023: 0.496 index
Change over the period: +0.211 (+74.04%) Average annual rate: 1.69 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 0.496 index
World 0.756 index
South Asia computed 0.663 index
Southern Asia computed 0.669 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.496 +0.001 +0.2%
2022 0.495 +0.009 +1.85%
2021 0.486 −0.015 −2.99%
2020 0.501 −0.006 −1.18%
2019 0.507 +0.009 +1.81%
2018 0.498 +0.002 +0.4%
2017 0.496 +0.001 +0.2%
2016 0.495 −0.001 −0.2%
2015 0.496 −0.001 −0.2%
2014 0.497 +0.005 +1.02%
2013 0.492 +0.008 +1.65%
2012 0.484 +0.01 +2.11%
2011 0.474 +0.009 +1.94%
2010 0.465 +0.007 +1.53%
2009 0.458 +0.012 +2.69%
2008 0.446 +0.004 +0.9%
2007 0.442 +0.016 +3.76%
2006 0.426 +0.009 +2.16%
2005 0.417 +0.009 +2.21%
2004 0.408 +0.016 +4.08%
2003 0.392 +0.009 +2.35%
2002 0.383 +0.028 +7.89%
2001 0.355 +0.004 +1.14%
2000 0.351 +0.004 +1.15%
1999 0.347 +0.009 +2.66%
1998 0.338 +0 +0%
1997 0.338 +0.004 +1.2%
1996 0.334 +0.005 +1.52%
1995 0.329 +0.024 +7.87%
1994 0.305 −0.006 −1.93%
1993 0.311 +0.01 +3.32%
1992 0.301 +0.01 +3.44%
1991 0.291 +0.006 +2.11%
1990 0.285 — —

Southern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IR Iran 0.799 LK Sri Lanka 0.776 MV Maldives 0.766 BT Bhutan 0.698 BD Bangladesh 0.685 IN India 0.685 NP Nepal 0.622 PK Pakistan 0.544 AF Afghanistan 0.496
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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