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Human development index — Australia

Human development index in Australia in 2023 — 0.958 index. Ranked 7 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 10.5%.

2023 0.958 index +0.63% vs 2022
World rank 7of 193
Period maximum 0.958 index2023
Period minimum 0.867 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Australia, 1990–20230.850.8750.90.9250.950.9751990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.867 index1991: 0.868 index1992: 0.868 index1993: 0.872 index1994: 0.873 index1995: 0.882 index1996: 0.884 index1997: 0.887 index1998: 0.891 index1999: 0.893 index2000: 0.897 index2001: 0.9 index2002: 0.902 index2003: 0.906 index2004: 0.91 index2005: 0.914 index2006: 0.917 index2007: 0.919 index2008: 0.924 index2009: 0.927 index2010: 0.929 index2011: 0.933 index2012: 0.938 index2013: 0.935 index2014: 0.937 index2015: 0.938 index2016: 0.939 index2017: 0.94 index2018: 0.945 index2019: 0.947 index2020: 0.95 index2021: 0.954 index2022: 0.952 index2023: 0.958 index
Change over the period: +0.091 (+10.5%) Average annual rate: 0.3 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Australia 0.958 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
Australia and New Zealand computed 0.955 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.958 +0.006 +0.63%
2022 0.952 −0.002 −0.21%
2021 0.954 +0.004 +0.42%
2020 0.95 +0.003 +0.32%
2019 0.947 +0.002 +0.21%
2018 0.945 +0.005 +0.53%
2017 0.94 +0.001 +0.11%
2016 0.939 +0.001 +0.11%
2015 0.938 +0.001 +0.11%
2014 0.937 +0.002 +0.21%
2013 0.935 −0.003 −0.32%
2012 0.938 +0.005 +0.54%
2011 0.933 +0.004 +0.43%
2010 0.929 +0.002 +0.22%
2009 0.927 +0.003 +0.32%
2008 0.924 +0.005 +0.54%
2007 0.919 +0.002 +0.22%
2006 0.917 +0.003 +0.33%
2005 0.914 +0.004 +0.44%
2004 0.91 +0.004 +0.44%
2003 0.906 +0.004 +0.44%
2002 0.902 +0.002 +0.22%
2001 0.9 +0.003 +0.33%
2000 0.897 +0.004 +0.45%
1999 0.893 +0.002 +0.22%
1998 0.891 +0.004 +0.45%
1997 0.887 +0.003 +0.34%
1996 0.884 +0.002 +0.23%
1995 0.882 +0.009 +1.03%
1994 0.873 +0.001 +0.11%
1993 0.872 +0.004 +0.46%
1992 0.868 +0 +0%
1991 0.868 +0.001 +0.12%
1990 0.867 — —

Australia and New Zealand, 2023

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

AU Australia 0.958 NZ New Zealand 0.938
Full table for all countries

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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