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Human development index — Bangladesh

Human development index in Bangladesh in 2023 — 0.685 index. Ranked 130 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 72.5%.

2023 0.685 index +0.74% vs 2022
World rank 130of 193
Period maximum 0.685 index2023
Period minimum 0.395 index1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Bangladesh, 1990–20230.30.40.50.60.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.397 index1991: 0.395 index1992: 0.411 index1993: 0.419 index1994: 0.426 index1995: 0.434 index1996: 0.442 index1997: 0.451 index1998: 0.459 index1999: 0.468 index2000: 0.477 index2001: 0.486 index2002: 0.494 index2003: 0.503 index2004: 0.511 index2005: 0.52 index2006: 0.527 index2007: 0.534 index2008: 0.538 index2009: 0.551 index2010: 0.561 index2011: 0.572 index2012: 0.583 index2013: 0.589 index2014: 0.6 index2015: 0.621 index2016: 0.632 index2017: 0.633 index2018: 0.646 index2019: 0.656 index2020: 0.663 index2021: 0.663 index2022: 0.68 index2023: 0.685 index
Change over the period: +0.288 (+72.54%) Average annual rate: 1.67 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Bangladesh 0.685 index
World 0.756 index
South Asia computed 0.663 index
Southern Asia computed 0.669 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.685 +0.005 +0.74%
2022 0.68 +0.017 +2.56%
2021 0.663 +0 +0%
2020 0.663 +0.007 +1.07%
2019 0.656 +0.01 +1.55%
2018 0.646 +0.013 +2.05%
2017 0.633 +0.001 +0.16%
2016 0.632 +0.011 +1.77%
2015 0.621 +0.021 +3.5%
2014 0.6 +0.011 +1.87%
2013 0.589 +0.006 +1.03%
2012 0.583 +0.011 +1.92%
2011 0.572 +0.011 +1.96%
2010 0.561 +0.01 +1.81%
2009 0.551 +0.013 +2.42%
2008 0.538 +0.004 +0.75%
2007 0.534 +0.007 +1.33%
2006 0.527 +0.007 +1.35%
2005 0.52 +0.009 +1.76%
2004 0.511 +0.008 +1.59%
2003 0.503 +0.009 +1.82%
2002 0.494 +0.008 +1.65%
2001 0.486 +0.009 +1.89%
2000 0.477 +0.009 +1.92%
1999 0.468 +0.009 +1.96%
1998 0.459 +0.008 +1.77%
1997 0.451 +0.009 +2.04%
1996 0.442 +0.008 +1.84%
1995 0.434 +0.008 +1.88%
1994 0.426 +0.007 +1.67%
1993 0.419 +0.008 +1.95%
1992 0.411 +0.016 +4.05%
1991 0.395 −0.002 −0.5%
1990 0.397 — —

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
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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