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Human development index — Bahamas

Human development index in the Bahamas in 2023 — 0.82 index. Ranked 66 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 7.6%.

2023 0.82 index +0.24% vs 2022
World rank 66of 193
Period maximum 0.82 index2023
Period minimum 0.762 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Bahamas, 1990–20230.760.780.80.821990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.762 index1991: 0.762 index1992: 0.762 index1993: 0.763 index1994: 0.765 index1995: 0.774 index1996: 0.779 index1997: 0.773 index1998: 0.777 index1999: 0.783 index2000: 0.787 index2001: 0.79 index2002: 0.793 index2003: 0.794 index2004: 0.795 index2005: 0.798 index2006: 0.8 index2007: 0.801 index2008: 0.801 index2009: 0.8 index2010: 0.801 index2011: 0.802 index2012: 0.805 index2013: 0.805 index2014: 0.807 index2015: 0.807 index2016: 0.808 index2017: 0.81 index2018: 0.812 index2019: 0.8 index2020: 0.797 index2021: 0.794 index2022: 0.818 index2023: 0.82 index
Change over the period: +0.058 (+7.61%) Average annual rate: 0.22 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Bahamas 0.82 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.82 +0.002 +0.24%
2022 0.818 +0.024 +3.02%
2021 0.794 −0.003 −0.38%
2020 0.797 −0.003 −0.38%
2019 0.8 −0.012 −1.48%
2018 0.812 +0.002 +0.25%
2017 0.81 +0.002 +0.25%
2016 0.808 +0.001 +0.12%
2015 0.807 +0 +0%
2014 0.807 +0.002 +0.25%
2013 0.805 +0 +0%
2012 0.805 +0.003 +0.37%
2011 0.802 +0.001 +0.12%
2010 0.801 +0.001 +0.13%
2009 0.8 −0.001 −0.12%
2008 0.801 +0 +0%
2007 0.801 +0.001 +0.13%
2006 0.8 +0.002 +0.25%
2005 0.798 +0.003 +0.38%
2004 0.795 +0.001 +0.13%
2003 0.794 +0.001 +0.13%
2002 0.793 +0.003 +0.38%
2001 0.79 +0.003 +0.38%
2000 0.787 +0.004 +0.51%
1999 0.783 +0.006 +0.77%
1998 0.777 +0.004 +0.52%
1997 0.773 −0.006 −0.77%
1996 0.779 +0.005 +0.65%
1995 0.774 +0.009 +1.18%
1994 0.765 +0.002 +0.26%
1993 0.763 +0.001 +0.13%
1992 0.762 +0 +0%
1991 0.762 +0 +0%
1990 0.762 — —

Caribbean, 2023

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

AG Antigua and Barbuda 0.851 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.84 BS Bahamas 0.82 BB Barbados 0.811 TT Trinidad and Tobago 0.807 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.798 GD Grenada 0.791 DO Dominican Republic 0.776 CU Cuba 0.762 DM Dominica 0.761 LC Saint Lucia 0.748 JM Jamaica 0.72 HT Haiti 0.554
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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