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Human development index — Bahrain

Human development index in Bahrain in 2023 — 0.899 index. Ranked 38 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 22.5%.

2023 0.899 index −0.33% vs 2022
World rank 38of 193
Period maximum 0.902 index2022
Period minimum 0.728 index1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Bahrain, 1990–20230.70.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.734 index1991: 0.728 index1992: 0.728 index1993: 0.732 index1994: 0.732 index1995: 0.737 index1996: 0.741 index1997: 0.746 index1998: 0.754 index1999: 0.761 index2000: 0.775 index2001: 0.785 index2002: 0.791 index2003: 0.799 index2004: 0.795 index2005: 0.791 index2006: 0.795 index2007: 0.8 index2008: 0.804 index2009: 0.804 index2010: 0.81 index2011: 0.817 index2012: 0.833 index2013: 0.846 index2014: 0.847 index2015: 0.868 index2016: 0.871 index2017: 0.874 index2018: 0.886 index2019: 0.894 index2020: 0.885 index2021: 0.885 index2022: 0.902 index2023: 0.899 index
Change over the period: +0.165 (+22.48%) Average annual rate: 0.62 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Bahrain 0.899 index
World 0.756 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.742 index
Western Asia computed 0.757 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.899 −0.003 −0.33%
2022 0.902 +0.017 +1.92%
2021 0.885 +0 +0%
2020 0.885 −0.009 −1.01%
2019 0.894 +0.008 +0.9%
2018 0.886 +0.012 +1.37%
2017 0.874 +0.003 +0.34%
2016 0.871 +0.003 +0.35%
2015 0.868 +0.021 +2.48%
2014 0.847 +0.001 +0.12%
2013 0.846 +0.013 +1.56%
2012 0.833 +0.016 +1.96%
2011 0.817 +0.007 +0.86%
2010 0.81 +0.006 +0.75%
2009 0.804 +0 +0%
2008 0.804 +0.004 +0.5%
2007 0.8 +0.005 +0.63%
2006 0.795 +0.004 +0.51%
2005 0.791 −0.004 −0.5%
2004 0.795 −0.004 −0.5%
2003 0.799 +0.008 +1.01%
2002 0.791 +0.006 +0.76%
2001 0.785 +0.01 +1.29%
2000 0.775 +0.014 +1.84%
1999 0.761 +0.007 +0.93%
1998 0.754 +0.008 +1.07%
1997 0.746 +0.005 +0.67%
1996 0.741 +0.004 +0.54%
1995 0.737 +0.005 +0.68%
1994 0.732 +0 +0%
1993 0.732 +0.004 +0.55%
1992 0.728 +0 +0%
1991 0.728 −0.006 −0.82%
1990 0.734

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.